Alphavalue / Divacons| The sale and purchase of homes recorded a -6.4% drop in May compared to the same month last year, to a total of 56,137 operations, according to the National Statistics Institute (INE) on Friday. With this annual decline, which is almost two points lower than that recorded in April (-8.1%), the sale and purchase of homes has now been negative for four months.
By segment, it is worth noting that 19% of the dwellings transferred by sale and purchase in May were new and 81% used, with the number of transactions on new homes increasing by +4.1% compared to May 2022, while the number of used homes fell by -8.6%.
