Thursday, 10 March 2016

Residential property sales in the Costa Del Sol


Residential property sales in the Costa Del Sol and Spain continues to rise for 18 successive months      
 
The upward trend in Spain &
Costa Del Sol's residential property sales extends to 18 months in a row as the most up to date data shows a noteworthy increase of 7.3% in residential property sales compared with the same month of 2014.

The figures shown in the analysis report of the General Council of Notaries illustrate a year and a half of ceaseless growth in the Costa Del Sol housing market and conspicuous signs of a stable recovery.




An analysis of these data shows that annual apartment sales have expanded by 6.2%, more than twofold the growth recorded in October 2015. The convincing rise in apartment sales can be traced back to an 8.3% surge in sales of free price apartments and also to a 12.2% rise in sales of second hand apartments.

The market for individual family homes in Costa Del Sol also enjoyed solid development, up 11.4%, recording nine consecutive months of double figure growth However, the downturn in new housing sales continued as prices dropped for a tenth month in a row, the decline rate in November being 18.6%.

Be that as it may, prices are still fluctuating. The average selling price of per square meter of homes saw a 1.1% year on year fall in prices, as prices dropped to €1,219 per square meter in November.

A study suggests that apartment prices declined by 0.6% and the price of single family residences declined by 0.8%.

The data additionally demonstrates that the price per square metre of second hand flats dropped by 0.7% year on year to €1,320 but for new apartments it steeped by 5.9% to €1,666.

Having experienced an annual increase of 7.3% in November, the total number of new mortgage loans is also on the rise, but when seasonally modified, this figure comes down to an annual increase of 2.4%, the minimum rate of increase in 18 months.