From El Mundo comes some figures on house-sales.
These will be different from coastal and holiday homes, but not perhaps by very much:- 'The sale of housing fell by 24.7% in the first quarter of 2013 compared with the same period of the previous year due in part to the change of the tax treatment of housing that produced a temporary advancement in the decision to purchase, according to the General Council of Notaries.
Between January and March 2013, the average price per square metre fell by 16%, while in the case of apartments, prices fell by 17.3% and the number of transactions contracted by 25.1%.
Statistics also show that the total number of new mortgage loans signed during the first three months of the year decreased by 27% in relation to the same quarter of 2012, and those earmarked for the purchase of housing fell by 35.1%.
Just in March, the number of house-sales recorded a year on year decline by 31.1%, and, in the case of apartments, the volume of transactions fell by 32.3%'...
This message was last edited by johnzx on 16/05/2013.
This message was last edited by johnzx on 16/05/2013.