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The European Central Bank (ECB) has already raised the key lending rate twice in 2022, ending more than a decade of extremely cheap money that the general consumer could get negative rates. At the same time, the increase in the cost of lending this year was the highest in the last 22 years. While uncertainty in Europe is growing, the US is already...
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One of the most serious problems that a homeowner in Spain may face is squatting or self—occupation of housing. In most cases, we are talking about the behavior of vulnerable social groups deprived of any "roof over their heads", which is expressed in the search for an empty house and, in case of prolonged absence of the owners, their unauthorized...
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In 2022, the City Council of Jerez (Jerez de la Frontera, Cadiz province) approved the construction of 488 residential buildings, which significantly exceeded the volume of construction in the city last year. Of the specified number of construction licenses, 162 permits were granted for the construction of residential facilities in the historical...
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At the moment, few people have doubts about the onset of a new recession in the global economy. Many wealthy individuals, investors, and companies are actively searching for "quiet bays" for their savings. Various assets are being used, including real estate. However, what should those who want to buy real estate purely for their own use do? Is it...
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In the current period of uncertainty in the world markets, some large international companies from the field of alternative investments have decided to double the volume of their assets in Spain. The American Castle lake Foundation, formerly TPG Credit, announced in the summer of 2022 that it had chosen Madrid as the location of its new office,...
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According to the statistics of the real Estate Registry of the Association of Real Estate Registrars of Spain, from January to June 2022, more than 328,000 residential units were registered on the Spanish real estate market. Such a volume of transactions on the market has not been observed since the beginning of 2008. In quarterly terms, both...
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The explosive growth of housing sales in Spain, together with the increase in the cost of production of new facilities, for example, due to a shortage of building materials, forced the prices of residential real estate in the country to actively grow in the last two years. If in 2019 the annual price growth barely reached 4%, then only in Q1 2022...
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If we summarize the opinion and recommendations of experts of the European real estate market about the current situation, then they can be expressed in the following phrase: "Hurry up if you are selling a house. Take your time if you are buying. Stay if you have taken out a loan". It is already obvious that the current tightening of monetary...
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Before you start looking for real estate in Spain, the buyer needs to analyze the potential costs that he will have to face. When concluding a transaction, the costs go far beyond the value of real estate. They will include taxes, the services of such professionals as lawyers, agents and notaries, the purchase of furniture and much more....
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The market of real estate in Spain, like those of any other country, has experienced many ups and downs. Although the twenty-first century began relatively recently, the local economy has already faced 2 serious events, the 2008 bubble and the COVID-19 pandemic, the consequences of which are being fought worldwide. Let's review how these crises...
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