International ratings agency S&P forecast that Spanish house prices will continue rising this year, albeit at a lower rate than in recent years. However, the Coronavirus was an external shock they were not expecting, and the assumptions of their forecast could now be out of date. Without taking account of any potential negative impact of […]
The leading Spanish property valuation firm Tinsa published its latest batch of monthly data regarding the market value of housing across the country on Wednesday morning, reporting that in February 2020 the recovery in market prices of recent years continued to progress at a minimal rate. A year-on-year increase of just 2.4 per cent was […]
Spain is activating the first of its three state of emergency levels, which allows the government to restrict movement among other measures. The Spanish government is due to declare an “estado de alarma” across the country this Saturday after a special Cabinet meeting. The mechanism unlocks a range of drastic measures the government could use […]
Strong property market activity and growth is being experienced in five of Spain’s key cities, giving potential buyers a renewed sense of confidence, according to new analysis. The highest residential prime property prices are in Madrid where values increased 9.7 per cent during the year to March 2019, and are 50.1 per cent higher than […]
Tinsa report November rise of 3.7 per cent in Spanish property values. The leading Spanish property valuation firm Tinsa published its latest batch of monthly data regarding the market value of housing across the country on 4th of December, reporting that in the month of November the recovery in market prices of recent years continued. […]
If the weather conditions hold, this ski season promises to be a long one. Autumn snowfalls have meant that resorts are opening early, with Masella in Girona in the northeastern region of Catalonia getting a head start as usual; this year its lifts powered into action on November 13. But despite all the signs of […]
Following the recent Spanish elections PSOE has come out on top in Andalucia as the most voted party in seven out of eight of the region’s capitals with Granada favouring the PP. But the party has lost support since the general election in April dropping 150,000 ballots. In Andalucia the PSOE maintains its strength with […]
The last housing boom came over a decade ago when the construction market was at its highest thanks to relaxed EU regulations. However the figures show that today’s prices even exceed that most profitable period. The results show that the municipalities with the highest prices are Algarrobo Costa, Chilches, Estepona, Fuengirola, Marbella, Nerja and Ojen. […]
Almost half of all purchases in September were financed by mortgage loans. The latest set of data regarding the residential property market to come from Spains notaries, reporting exactly the same total in September as in the same month last year after four consecutive year-on-year decrease in previous months, although at the same time the […]
The latest provisional data published by the Spanish government’s central statistics unit on Monday show that the annual inflation rate in August was just 0.1 per cent, 0.2 points lower than in the definitive report for the previous month and the lowest since September 2016, when a long period of negative inflation came to an […]
Statistics regarding the market price of officially valued residential property in Spain during the second quarter of 2019 were published by the Ministry of Development this week, offering some interesting insights into how the market is developing and reinforcing to a certain extent the impression that the recovery in prices is beginning to run out […]
The Ikos Andalusia, in Estepona, is set to be completed in the next 15 months following a €150 million investment. Built on the site of the former Princess Hotel, it is the Greek chain Ikos’s first venture into Spain and will comprise 11 swimming pools, an indoor swimming pool, theatre, top-level sports facilities and spa. […]