Our 100,000th reader just joined our network!

Thank you all.

It took us about 2 years to reach 60,000 readers, it took us less than 7 months to get the next 40,000 readers.

We are seeing an impressive growth in our traffic as we are THE solution of choice for any foreigner purchasing a property in Spain.

Our biggest EVER giveaway 20 x €5,000

In order to thank you, we have created our biggest event ever with our partners:

For the 20 first new build property buyers listed on our website, starting this 22nd of July 2019, we will reimburse you €5,000!

More than 500 properties listed on our portal

We can’t list all the properties of our partners but we list 30 of them representing more than 500 properties available:

Don’t hesitate to ask our partners for more by filling the form available on any property.

We are constantly adding properties and partners to our portal, so, before buying a property in Spain, check first here, we have the properties listed at the lowest prices available directly from renowned developers.

You already have a new build apartment on our portal for €173,000

Any trick?

Just buy any property listed and work with our partners, easy isn’t it? see detailed conditions here.

We will regularly update you with the list of the buyers.

Why our partners are happy?

They are all happy to work with you and to be partnering with us as it keep them busy.

Check our property buyers’ guides for the 11 top nationalities.

Here are our FREE pdf property buyers’ guides written for all the foreign nationalities looking to buy in Spain: click on your country flag, you will find your pdf report at the end of each article. Get most of our tips there.

And of course, don’t miss our quarterly report on the Spanish real estate activity:

Get all our useful animated videos and register to any of our YouTube Channel in your mother language:

Here is the TOP 100 list of the nationalities of our readers:

1. United Kingdom
2. Spain
3. United States
4. Belgium
5. France
6. Netherlands
7. Ireland
8. Germany
9. Sweden
10. Canada
11. Switzerland
12. India
13. United Arab Emirates
14. Luxembourg
15. Italy
16. Peru
17. Poland
18. Philippines
19. Russia
20. Denmark
21. Norway
22. Ukraine
23. Argentina
24. Australia
25. Bulgaria
26. Finland
27. Portugal
28. Brazil
29. Israel
30. Turkey
31. China
32. Mexico
33. Romania
34. Morocco
35. Singapore
36. Hong Kong
37. Lithuania
38. Malaysia
39. Colombia
40. Venezuela
41. Greece
42. South Africa
43. Estonia
44. Egypt
45. Hungary
46. Austria
47. Algeria
48. Czechia
49. Latvia
50. Saudi Arabia
51. Thailand
52. Vietnam
53. Cyprus
54. Nigeria
55. Indonesia
56. Iceland
57. Bahrain
58. Japan
59. South Korea
60. Qatar
61. Bangladesh
62. New Zealand
63. Chile
64. Iran
65. Moldova
66. Malta
67. Kenya
68. Kuwait
69. Kazakhstan
70. Costa Rica
71. Slovakia
72. Gibraltar
73. Mauritius
74. Pakistan
75. Tunisia
76. Taiwan
77. Jordan
78. Sri Lanka
79. Panama
80. Slovenia
81. Albania
82. Azerbaijan
83. Belarus
84. Croatia
85. Cambodia
86. Andorra
87. Dominican Republic
88. Lebanon
89. Oman
90. Curaçao
91. Ecuador
92. Honduras
93. Macedonia (FYROM)
94. Serbia
95. Bolivia
96. Côte d’Ivoire
97. Guernsey
98. Montenegro
99. El Salvador
100. Tanzania

Tell us how we can improve, take 1 minute, thank you in advance!

Looking for an expert: a lawyer, a property shopper, a mortgage, an architect in Spain? Ask us directly!

Stéphane

Senior analyst and strategist at HTBIS

Check the full HTBIS team here

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Are you in love with Spain?

Give us your nationality and we will tell you…

Even if you don’t know it yourself!

Before studying the numbers, do you know why it is important to take holidays?

Here is a quick reminder if you forgot (click on the picture to download the infographic):

As you know, we love Statistics… ;). We Studied the last statistics available from Eurostat about Tourism destinations from 2015 … and yes guess what?

Spain is “The” number one destination for holidays of Europeans!

Spain is the number one tourist destination for Europeans with 5% of nights spent, then Italy with 3%, France with 3%, USA with 2% and finally Germany with 2%.

Which means that Spain has nearly as many tourists as France & Italy COMBINED!!!
Have a look at our interactive chart for details by nationality (click on any data):

Which nationalities have Spain has the top destination for holidays?

Spain is “The” top destination for holidays

for the residents of those countries

1. Ireland
2. The United Kingdom
3. Germany
4. Denmark
5. Finland
6. Sweden
7. Portugal
8. France

All those have Spain as the number one destination for their holidays.

The ranking is by decreasing order of “love” as you can see on our chart.

Spain is the second destination for holidays

for the residents of those countries

1. Belgium (France is first)
2. Netherlands (France is first)
3. Italy (France is first)
4. Romania (Italy is first)

Noone has Spain as third spot…

But Luxembourg, Zwitserland, Austria and Estonia have Spain as the fourth spot.

Finally, Malta, has Spain as the fifth spot for holidays.

Spain is the top destination as well for foreigners buying properties:

Read our last article of December 2017: “Who are the foreigners buying Real Estate in Spain now?”

Or check our reports:

Are you going on holidays soon in Spain?

We did some work to help you:

Check our monthly weather statistics of the top 20 Spanish cities.

Have a look at our maps on all the Spanish Costas.

Have a look at our city trip infographics on Alicante, Malaga, Barcelone and Madrid.

And here we help you to find the best beaches in Spain.

Source: Eurostat Tourism data

Looking for an expert in Spain? Ask us directly!

Stéphane

Senior analyst and strategist at HTBIS

Check the full HTBIS team here

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Real estate prices went up on average by 4.1% for the 19 European countries.

Eurostat just released the numbers up to end December 2016.

Prices went up by 4.1% on average in Europe in 2016 and during the last quarter of 2016, the growth was 0.8%.

You can find this table of European real estate prices always updated on our site.

TOP EUROPEAN GAINERS ON THE YEAR

1. Malta
2. Luxembourg
3. Portugal
4. Ireland
5. Romania
6. Austria

with all having price increases of more than 7% !!!

As you can see on the table, the Spanish residential price increase is just a little bit above the European average with a growth of 4.4% vs 4.1%. Real estate prices are low compared to historical standards and started to rise again since end 2014. Check this chart of National averages.

• Check our Price Indicator Table with real estate indicators in Spain
• Real estate prices are low compared to rental yields

Find all the European real estate price rankings on different periods: quarterly basis… to 10 year period here.

Here is the 10-year ranking of the main European countries:

Looking for an expert in Spain? Ask us directly!

Stéphane

Senior analyst and strategist at HTBIS

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Real estate estimated return is back in strong positive territory

According to statistics released by the Central Bank of Spain in December 2016, the return expected on the residential Real Estate market in Spain is of 8,4%.

This performance comes from two sources: gross rent yield estimated at 4,4% and the capital gain estimated at 4%.

First real positive return since the crisis of 2008

As you can see on our chart, the estimated return became slightly positive for the second time since 2008 at the start of 2014. In 2010, the estimated return went slightly positive but it was not enough to compensate the mortgages costs. This time, the performance is much stronger as the estimated profitability of 8.4% nearly covers by more than 3 times the mortgages costs.

While the estimated profitability was slightly positive for the first time in 2010, it was not enough to compensate the mortgages costs. This time, the performance is much stronger as the estimated profitability of 8.4% nearly covers by more than 3 times the mortgages costs.

Real estate performance remains very negative on 10 years

Have a look at the comparison of the real estate market in Spain vs other European countries on a 10-year time frame

As you saw on this histogram, Spain as the weakest performance just in front of Ireland on a 10-year timeframe.

Have a look at the many reasons why we think that the Spanish market is a nice real estate opportunity right now. We bought ourselves in 2014, let’s put our money where our words are 😉 .

Another positive factor: Activity is picking up

You should take into account the increase of activity in the market by both nationals and foreigners as you can notice on this chart:

It looks like others agree with our conclusions…

Looking for an expert in Spain? Ask us directly!

Stéphane

Senior analyst and strategist at HTBIS

Check the full HTBIS team here

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