Uusien asuntojen hinnat huipussa New construction prices are at their highest and will continue to rise in 2025. Demand is expected to remain stable, boosted by international buyers. Today, 60 percent of buyers are Spanish (90 percent a few years ago), and 40 percent are foreigners. International investors come from Europe, Latin America, the United…
Asuinneliöt ja lattiapinta-ala Usually, the square footage of an apartment is indicated according to the total area of the apartment. For the first time, we met a real estate agency that emphasized the floor area of the apartment, in which case the built-in wardrobes in the bedrooms were a negative thing because the price per…
Oma myynti-ilmoitus We put a sale announcement on Idealista ourselves. Since the apartment owners are usually present and do most of the sales work, why not sell directly to the customers themselves? It is very common for the agent to know almost nothing about the object being presented. Only new properties are so well informed…
Kerrostaloasunto ilman hissiä I was surprised how many apartment buildings without elevators are sold on the market. I can still understand a one or floor apartment, but no longer the upper floors. These apartments are sold at an affordable price, i.e. apartments without an elevator. Some have even been well renovated and updated into modern…
Kettumainen yritys Many real estate agencies advertise that they are international, but what does that mean in practice, other than that some employees have studied languages, mostly English? In practice, companies do not know about the different ways of working in various countries and their laws. Even though we sold our house in the summer,…
Hyvä maa elää ja kuolla Where is the senior house located near the beach? Popular destinations for affordable coastal housing in Spain include Costa del Sol, Alicante, Almeria, Castellon, Cadiz and Murcia, where seniors can find a home for under €250,000 and enjoy beach life. Sales time on average 7 months-1 year Prices of old…
100% asuntolaina There was a time when it was common to get a mortgage for 100% of the property’s value. Sometimes even a little more. A few years ago after the real estate crisis, there was a certain agreement between financial institutions to grant 80% mortgages. But today it is not impossible to get a…
Uudisrakentaminen Of course, the loan granted by the bank depends on the destination, how much is the apartment worth? Is the apartment a renovation project or a nicer apartment in a good area? Basically, of course, the loan amount is affected by the object’s value. Yes, the bank always knows how to take its own,…
Älä myy alihintaan In the Spanish housing market, it is a common practice for the apartment to be let out to several real estate agents. This way, the apartment gets a lot of visibility and increases competition between agents. These are good things. The flip side of the coin is that the same apartment may…
Pikku-kylän notaari Last time I wrote about a Finnish couple and their difficulties with a notary in a small village. Small Spanish villages are not used to foreigners, so the attitude can even be racist and Spanish is the only language spoken. In this real estate transaction, we should still have spoken Valenciano, which has…