housing prices

In Spain 11th September 2023

Spanish house prices rise +2.1% in 2Q2023, year-on-year increase of 3.6%

Bankinter: House Prices rise +2.1% in 2Q2023 (q/q). The Housing Price Index, compiled by the INE (National Statistics Institute), points to a slight rise in prices of +2.1% in Q2 2023 (q/q). In year-on-year terms it remains positive (+3.6% vs +3.5% previously). Second-hand housing rises +2.2% year-on-year, while new builds are up +1.7% year-on-year. Assessment: We estimate that housing prices will moderate towards a cumulative decline of -5% between 2023-2024,…

In Spain, Spanish economy, Spanish Politics 21st April 2023

New Housing Law to cap rent rises at 2% this year and 3% next

Presented in Congress by the spokespersons of EH Bildu and ERC, the agreement on the future Housing Law maintains the 2% limit for this year on rent rises, a ceiling that will be increased to 3% in 2024 to create a new reference index applicable throughout the territory before the end of next year. The CPI will therefore be eliminated as the reference index for the annual updating of rent…

Spanish economy 16th February 2022

Have House Prices In Europe Peaked?

Mathias Pleissner (Scope) | House prices in Europe may have peaked during the pandemic. The 10.6% price increase in the 12 months to the third quarter of 2021 may have been the final sprint. The last time prices grew by double digits was in 2017, a year before they plunged 15%.House prices continued to be driven by ultra-low interest rates, a lack of investment opportunities, historically high household savings levels…

Spanish economy 22nd September 2021

Turkey Leads House Price Rises During The Pandemic With +29%, While Spain And India Are The Only Markets To Record Declines

According to the consultancy firm Knight Frank, which in its Global House Price Index has analysed the evolution of prices in 55 countries from 1Q20 to last spring 2021, in the USA, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Luxembourg and Sweden housing has risen by more than +15%, above the average (+9.2%). Turkey leads the ranking with an increase of +29%. Spain is the market with the biggest fall in the global ranking, with a decrease of 0.9%. India is the other lagging country in the list, with a 0.5% decline.

Spanish economy 4th May 2020

Housing Prices in Spain Could Fall 6% In 2020

COVID-19 will result in a slowdown in housing transactions of -35% – up to 326.000 transactions in 2020, returning to minimal levels (2012 to 2014). Home buying decisions will be postponed by 6-12 months, and some of the demand will disappear for longer, producing a temporary imbalance between supply and demand.

View of economists are not updated for globalism

World economy 20th June 2018

Global Economy, Monetary Policy, Housing Prices and Trade Policy

Benjamin Cole | The viewpoints of the world’s macroeconomists are becoming anachronisms, not updated for a global economy and housing costs. For starters, there are some storm signals out there in monetary-land; notably Far East investors are fearful of capital flight.

In Europe 11th April 2017

Housing Prices In The Eurozone See Biggest Increase Since 2007

Housing prices in the Eurozone rose 4.1% in the fourth quarter of 2016 from a year earlier, the highest interannual increase since the third quarter of 2007, according to Eurostat data. In Spain, the average rise in prices remained at 4.4%.

In Europe 11th September 2014

EU housing prices: Germany starts to recover while UK dispels a possible bubble

MADRID | The Corner | Historically, German housing prices have remained flat, but since 2011 they have increased by 30% (a low figure when compared with +150% growth of the last 15 years in UK, France and Spain). Morgan Stanley analysts already see signs of recovery in the German residential sector, so the stocks exposed to it may be attractive. Moreover, housing prices in the UK have fallen significantly more than expected: 40% in August from 48% in July, instead of the 47% expected fall. It’s the lowest level of the past 12 months. According to Bankinter, this is a good sign “because it dissipates the fear of a possible housing bubble and reduces the BoE arguments to raise its main interest rate in advance.”

In Europe 9th September 2014

Housing prices rising in Spain only the peak of a huge non-sold stock iceberg

MADRID | Ana Fuentes | The first rise in Spain’s property prices since 2008 made big headlines on Monday. The government was proud to feed the press with some positive figures in order to illustrate its new recovery rethoric: 2Q housing prices increased by 0.8% on the year, compared with a 1.6% drop in annual terms in 1Q. But prices are going up… only for the few real estate actually being sold. What about the 600,000 properties in stock that banks are desperate to get rid of?

Spanish economy 14th February 2014

Thousands of Spaniards trapped in underwater mortgages

MADRID | By The Corner | A few years ago, owning a house was the dream of many. However, today this dream was turned into a nightmare for more than almost 600.000 borrowers in Spain. Thousands of homeowners across Spain are trapped in underwater mortgages more expensive than their houses.

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