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Perhaps one of the most difficult decisions we have to make when renting a home is how do I choose a good tenant? In this post, we detail some keys to choosing a good tenant.
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Prefabricated houses, tiny houses, parasitic homes, vertical cities and housing cooperatives could be the real estate future. Time passes and the real estate market is not immune to it. In the last decade, a series of initiatives have emerged that could revolutionize the housing sector.
The objective? Overcome the difficulties that consumers encounter while moving towards a more efficient and sustainable future. Among the emerging trends, we could highlight several cases that are taking importance in some parts of the world, Europe and our country.
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The price of housing no longer grows as before. The bulky double-digit increments have long since been abandoned. In addition to this contraction, other fundamental market indicators, such as mortgages and sales, are registering a different evolution, moving from the negative to the positive terrain or vice versa from one month to another. The confluence of internal and external factors is making a dent in the sector.
...continue reading "Reasons why the housing market is slowing down"
The sale of homes in Spain fell almost 19% last June, according to those of the Council of Notaries. The causes of the growing current fear of investing in housing, according to some experts, lie in the lack of government and the entry into force of the current mortgage law. Therefore, it is worth asking what factors will mark the Spanish real estate market in the remainder of 2019.
The Spanish economy is expected to grow 2.3% at the end of this year, according to the forecasts already managed by the Government and to which the International Monetary Fund (IMF) itself points. Therefore, both investors and individuals can face these last months as a good time to consider buying a property. What to expect in recent months?
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It's the million dollar question. Is it time to buy? Everyone, at some point, we have asked this question. Through the analysis of certain economic indicators, we can estimate whether we are really facing a healthy market open to operations and whether, on the contrary, it would be more convenient to wait until certain incidents are resolved. Certainly, the most propitious moment is not marked by external factors, but by one's personal situation. In this post, we detail the factors to know how to make a good decision when buying.
...continue reading "Signs that warn that it is a good time to buy a home"
Summer is just around the corner if you are thinking about buying a house on the beach, you will realize that the market is no longer the same as in the past. In this post, we tell you about the facets that have changed in this type of housing on the coast.
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The bursting of the housing bubble during the last crisis has transformed the real estate market in countries that suffered the heaviest price of housing. In the years prior to the Great Recession, there was a relaxation of the financial conditions that allowed young people with low wages to mortgage in the very long term with the risk that this entails. The bursting of the bubble has had serious economic consequences that have changed the behaviour of banks and families. Now, the composition of mortgaged homes has changed: the profile is a person over 40 years old and has a high level of income. This transformation of the mortgaged has also occurred in countries that did not suffer the bubble, but for different reasons.
...continue reading "Who is mortgaged today? The transformation of the real estate market"
Spain is positioned as the most attractive market to invest in second homes, according to a study prepared by the real estate consultancy Savills and the vacation rental platform Home Away. ...continue reading "Spain is the most attractive market to invest in second homes"
According to the latest data from the Spanish Institute of Statistics (INE), the price of housing in Spain has culminated with an increase of 6.7% in the last quarter of the year. Even with the political and social crisis in Barcelona, Catalonia is among the communities with higher than average housing price increases. ...continue reading "Housing price in Catalonia remains despite the political crisis"
With rents rising astronomically across Spain, buying a property with the intention of renting it out is increasingly appealing for many expatriates. ...continue reading "Spanish Property: To lease or not to lease"