Price data from the Spanish valuations company Sociedad de Tasación shows property prices reached an average of €1,303/m2 in the third quarter of this year leaving them down by 0.5% on Q3 2014 but up on Q2 2015 by 1.4%.
The company, in its quarterly report Real Estate Sector Trends (Tendencias del Sector Inmobiliario) says that their statistics have shown prices as having stabilised over the last ten quarters with only minor increases and decreases being recorded.
As has been the case for many years the data from different sources on Spain’s property market tells very different stories. The Sociedad de Tasación now has the peak-to-present decrease in prices at 45.7% while the most recent data released by the Spanish Registrar’s showed this decrease to now be below 30% at 29%.
Two-speed market
One thing that all statisticians do seem to agree on is that the recovery is uneven with Spain’s largest cities and tourist regions benefiting the most while the rest of Spain lags behind.
The valuation company said that this two-speed market phenomenon is particularly noticeable in both sales data and construction activity with new-build construction paralysed in Spain’s interior, save for Madrid, while on the coasts half-finished developments are being completed and new projects are ever more commonplace.
Rising confidence
The Sociedad de Tasación also has a confidence index which in the most recent quarter stood at 51.1 points having risen by 2 points on the previous quarter. The index has revealed a growing confidence in the sector after having registered a record low in Q4 2012 at 30.6 points.
Main image: A photo of the La Floresta Sur development on the Costa del Sol, Andalucia ©Taylor Wimpey España
