The data on home construction in the US They were below expectations, without having an impact on the market. Home starts fell 10.3% in February, to 1,421,000 (annually) below the 1,565,000 market consensus. It is the lowest level since August last year. Regarding the construction permits these had a decrease of 10.8% in February it […]
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Home Purchases Plunged 15.4% In January, Its Biggest Adjustment Since July
Despite the fall, housing transactions rebounded in January 2021 by 10.1% compared to December Barcelona The great expropriating failure of Ada Colau: she does not get a single apartment of the 194 that she announced in July The year of recovery The comeback in construction: between the Playmobil houses and the umpteenth catharsis of the […]
Owners and opposition revolt against Armengol’s measure: “It is worrying that they want to expropriate homes”
The Balearic Government’s decision to initiate the mandatory transfer of 56 homes belonging to large owners to be used for social rents has unleashed criticism, anger and alerts among the owners themselves and local and national political opposition. They believe that such a measure generates legal insecurity, scares away investment and opens the door to […]
Calviño reiterates his opposition to limiting rents: “Simplifying complex problems does not help us solve them”
The rental price limitation keeps the Government partners divided and in a key week for the negotiation of the future Housing Law, the President of Economic Affairs, Nadia Calviño, has once again made clear its opposition to that measure. “Simplifying complex problems does not help us solve them,” he synthesized. This is not the first […]
Podemos and Sánchez’s partners threaten the PSOE with a proposed alternative housing law if it does not regulate rent
The Housing Law encapsulates not only the relationship between the two government partners, PSOE and Unidas Podemos, but also with the formations that guarantee the parliamentary stability of the coalition. Given the refusal, at least until now, of the Ministry of Transport and Housing to impose the rent regulation, a condition signed with Podemos to […]
Pending home sales disappoint in January with a 2.8% drop
The Pending home sales in the United States fell 2.8% monthly during the month of January, worsening the 0.5% rise in December (figure revised up from -0.3%), and disappointing the estimated 0%. This is the biggest drop seen since last April. To level Yearly, Home Sales Up 13%, below the 21.4% previously and the 19.5% […]
We can believe that it is “difficult to understand” the change of opinion of the PSOE about the rent and warns that it is “a red line”
The confrontation within the Government over the regulation of the rental price continues. Nacho Ãlvarez, Secretary of State for Social Rights and spokesperson for Economía de Podemos, recalled that the coalition agreement “was clear.” So, after Josà © Luis Ãbalos Refusing to limit prices, he affirmed that “it is difficult to understand this change of […]
From the Balearic Islands to Teruel: 809 euros difference between the most expensive and cheapest rental in Spain
The coronavirus pandemic has changed the rhythm of the rental market in Spain and has suddenly halted the upward trend in prices. The increases are more and more localized and in the big cities, the most stressed so far, the rents have turned around. In the general calculation, rental prices fell 7.46% on average in […]
House price index rises 1.1% in December
The US FHFA house price index rises 1.1% in December. The House Price Index released by the US Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) showed a 1.1% rise in December after rising 1% in November. This reading was slightly above the market expectation of 1%. Meanwhile, the home price index S&P/Case-Shiller presented a rise of 10.1% […]
The Housing Law, about to blow up: Ábalos refuses to limit rents and Podemos reminds him that “what has been agreed is mandatory”
Negotiations on the future Housing Law are on the verge of being blown up by the declarations of the Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, Josà © Luis Ãbalos, in which he refuses to limit the price of rents, thus breaching the agreement reached by the PSOE with its government partner, Unidas Podemos. “We […]