Property/House & Garden news & information for Spain

NEW mortgage applications soared by 57.7% in the last year, showing a returning keenness among would-be homebuyers – and the highest figure in more than a decade.

WHICH is more economically viable in the short to medium term – buying a home with a mortgage, or renting?

'ROCKETING' house sales in Spain have reached levels not seen in over a decade, according to recently-released statistics – and although the rental market is said to be particularly buoyant at the moment,...

RESIDENTIAL property sales in August this year were at their highest since 2007, the peak year of the housing market 'boom', according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE).

YOUNG adults are proving to be the main market for rented property, outnumbering other, older age groups, according to recent figures.

HOME prices rose faster than the national average in several of Spain's key coastal hotspots in the second quarter of this year, with the Canary Islands leading the field.

MORTGAGE contracts signed for buying new residential property have risen by 41.2%, according to the most recent figures – the highest increase since December 2019, three months before the Covid-19 pandemic hit Europe,...

EUROZONE interest rates are close to historic lows and expected to end July on -0.49% - and, as Spanish mortgages are linked to these rates, buying a property is likely to be cheaper in the next month without home...

RENTING a property in most of Spain's largest cities has become cheaper, largely due to the 'urban exodus' following the pandemic and the switch to working from home, according to market sources.

MADRID and Barcelona jointly 'lost' 60,000 inhabitants in 2020, whilst the provinces of Valencia and Sevilla saw a significant rise as city-dwellers rethought their life plans during the long months of...

IF YOU can't get to the beach, get the beach to come to you – at least, that's the philosophy of a growing number of homeowners in Spain with their own land.

CREATING a circular economy through upcycling and recycling is becoming – and not before time – a trend in just about every industry and household; plastic waste fished from the sea and turned into clothing and home...