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Spaniards continue to direct most of their savings to real estate and not only to buy one house, but also to enjoy a second home or buy real estate in order to generate income from renting. The data provided by the Bank of Spain indicate that in the second half of 2021 in Spain, the growth of real estate prices and rental yields reached 7%...
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Thirty years ago, reconstruction was a secondary activity in the construction sector and accounted for only 5% of the total number of projects being implemented. Despite the gradual growth (in the period from 2017 to 2019, the number of renovated buildings increased by 10%), the figures recorded in the Spanish housing stock are still lower than in...
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According to the latest data from the Association of Registrars on real estate purchase and sale transactions for the period from July to September, secondary housing became the leader – 124,722 registrations, which represents a quarterly increase of 12.5%, while in the case of new housing, only 29,433 transactions were registered. According to...
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Foreign investment in the Madrid Community increased by 3% in the second quarter of 2021, while in the rest of Spain it decreased by 13.9%. According to Madrid President Isabel Diaz Oso, Madrid is currently the third most attractive European city for foreign investment. In 2021, it attracted 60% of foreign investments, the total amount of which...
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Last year's stagnation caused by the pandemic in the real estate market is over. Compared to September 2020, the number of mortgages signed for the purchase of real estate has reached more than 5,000 transactions in the Valencian community. This shows an increase of almost 75%. EUR 528,000,000 were mobilized to activate these mortgage loans, which...
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The real estate market is strengthening its recovery after the effects of the pandemic. According to National Institute of Statistics (INE), in September of this year, 53,410 purchase and sale transactions were registered, which is the highest figure since April 2008. In the first nine months of the year, these transactions are 8.5% higher than in...
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Real estate consulting company CBRE has presented its New Real Estate Horizon report, which highlights that the logistics and residential sectors have become leaders in 2021. Logistics With asset valuations rising by more than 23.21% in Madrid and 18.87% in Barcelona compared to 2019, this sector has performed the best. For its part, the value of...
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Royal Spanish Academy defines innovation as «changing or remaking something, introducing innovations». In relation to the real estate sector, this innovation manifests itself in different ways. From the impulse to the design and construction of architectural typologies to the integration of technologies into all processes. Jonathan Rose, an urban...
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Applying for a mortgage loan to buy a property is a difficult task for young Spaniards. Temporary work, low wages and instability lead to the fact that the moment of moving to their own housing is postponed. As iAhorro explains, this moment comes at the age of 35, when citizens reach a sufficiently high level of wages. No research is needed to...
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«Proptech completes the revolution, i.e. digitalization of all processes in the real estate sector», says Gustavo Lopez, Director of Operations at AIC (Association of Real Estate Agents of Catalonia). The sector is making progress in areas such as augmented reality (AR), artificial intelligence (AI), proactive home automation, blockchain and...
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