For a year now, Catalonia has been a real estate laboratory. This Sunday marks 12 months since the Generalitat decided to adopt the Housing Law and declare “stressed areas” in 140 of its municipalities, later adding another 131. It was the first community to do so – the Basque Country joined later, and so far no one else has – and today 90% of the Catalan population lives in an…

Courts across Spain registered 1,782 judicial proceedings for the occupation of homes during the first nine months of the year, according to data released by the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ). In just the third quarter of 2024, there were 580 judicial complaints for home occupation, a 55% increase year-on-year compared to the 373 judicial complaints from the summer of 2023, confirming that the issues of legal insecurity affecting…

After 30 years of blockage, the definitive step has just been taken for the largest urban development in Spain and Europe to become a reality. Crea Madrid Nuevo Norte (CreaMNN, the project developer, participated by BBVA, Merlin, and Sanjose) and the public railway entities (Adif, Adif Alta Velocidad, Renfe Operadora, and Renfe Ingeniería y Mantenimiento) have formalized before a notary the transfer of the lands of the railway facilities in…

BancaMarch| The sale and purchase of housing has fallen sharply in Spain. In July, housing sales stood at 48,303 units, a fall of -10.5% compared to the same month last year and which intensifies the drop in sales and purchases in the year to date to -5.3%. By type, 17% of the dwellings transferred by sale and purchase in July were new and 83% were used, with the number of…

Alphavalue/DIVACONS| The price of housing increased by +7.9% in the first eight months of the year and by -0.2% between July and August, placing the price at €2,145/square metre, according to data from the Fotocasa Real Estate Index. This last monthly value (-0.2%) is the first fall detected in the last two years (since January 2022) and the price rise in the first eight months is the most moderate in…