CdM | Another surprise in the mortgage market. The National Statistics Institute (INE) published its mortgage statistics for May on Friday, showing that mortgages on homes rose by 54.4% compared to the same month in 2024, with a total of 42,274 loans signed. The increase in May is much higher than that recorded in April (up 14.4%), and with it, the signing of mortgages on homes has now risen for…

Link Securities | The National Statistics Institute (INE) reported on Friday that the number of mortgages taken out on homes rose to 39,176 in April, representing a 14.4% increase year-on-year. The average amount of these transactions was €155,883, an increase of 12.4%. For mortgages taken out on residential properties, the average interest rate in April was 2.98% and the average term was 25 years. 32.9% of mortgages on residential properties…

In Spain, in 2024, a total of 717,338 homes were put up for rent. The figure alone doesn’t say much. The comparison with previous years does. That’s 96,512 fewer properties than were rented a year earlier (which implies an 11% drop) and nearly 300,000 fewer homes than during the height of the Covid pandemic, whether compared to 2020, when the economy was at a standstill, or to 2021, as explained…

Bankinter : Housing transactions grew 41.5% in September (year-on-year) to 61,887 units versus 0.9% previously. This represents an accumulated increase of 3% so far this year (against a 5% estimated drop in 2024). Opinion of Bankinter’s analysis team: Good news. Transactions grew strongly in September, supported by the interest rate cuts, and reached the highest number of transactions in a month since 2007. A further sign of the strength of…