Spain Once Again Top Spot for Property in the World
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An example of this is that Brits choose Spain ahead of other
countries when they buy property abroad, but American buyers will choose to buy
a summer getaway in Mexico. This represents just two groups of buyers and
doesn’t even take into account the share size of the world.
Even so, recent rankings from TheMoveChannel.com aim to give
some form of structure and accuracy to these rankings. The portal has become to
the largest site in the world for viewing property, and the Top of the Props
index released by the website has become a trusted source among economists and
analysts alike.
This is why headlines were made back in February when it was
revealed Spain had lost its top spot to the USA. USA property became the hot
trend at earlier in the year, accounting for 14.02% of global enquiries.
The April index shows that Spain has reclaimed the top spot
once again, as Spanish property now accounts for one in ten search enquiries
across the months of March and April. Also impressive is that locations in Spain
accounted for 30 of the top 50 searched locations on the site.
This is hardly surprising, given that the Spanish property
market picks up steam during the Spring. Foreign buyers have also had a long
love affair with Spanish property; a love affair that the data from the Spanish
Registrars latest annual report would suggest is continuing.
The report, which was also published just last week, shows
13.25% of the Spanish properties sold during the first quarter of 2017 went to
foreign buyers.
There are very few people in the market that are surprised
by the news that Spain remains an attraction to overseas buyers looking for
property. Those who have always been confident in the appeal Spanish property has to British buyers are taking the fact that Brexit has done little to damage
British demand as a chance to rub it in people’s faces and say they told us so.
