Supply of properties under 200,000 Euros explodes in Barcelona and Madrid

Flat for sale for 127,000 Euros in Barcelona Gothic Quarter, asking price reduced by 24% (see details at Idealista.com) The supply in Barcelona and Madrid of properties for sale under 200,000 Euros has exploded in the last year as vendors drop their prices, reveals new research from Spanish property portal Idealista.com.

Tinsa Spanish property price index down 4.3pc

Average Spanish property prices fell 4.3% over 12 months to the end of July, according to Tinsa, one of Spain’s leading property appraisal companies.

Resale asking prices down a fraction in July says portal

Resale asking prices for property in Spain fell 0.4% in July compared to the same month last year, according to the index published by Idealista.com, a leading property portal. The problem is average asking prices in Spain are a long way from the reality of what buyers are prepared to pay.

Banks keeping price of property artificially high

A recent article in one of Spain’s leading papers points the finger at banks for keeping the price of property artificially high

Latest property price index from Housing Ministry down 3.7pc

Spanish property prices fell just 3.7% over 12 months to the end of June, say the latest figures from the Ministry of Housing. The Ministry’s figures are so detached from reality they can usually be ignored, but this time I decided to delve, a bit deeper and found out that we can learn something from [...]

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