The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled on the possible scope of the decisions adopted for the intervention of Banco Popular, under Directive 2014/59 in the actions for nullity and/or liability for defective information on the leaflet concerning...
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Average Property Selling Price Rose 1.7% In Catalonia Until 2,265 €/m2
Property in Catalonia is still an upward value. None of the Catalan provinces registered lower average sales prices last year. The average price rose 1.7% until 2,265 €/m2,as indicated in a study of the Catalan residential market prepared by Deloitte for the College...
Home Purchases By Foreigners Increase 42% And Return To Pre-pandemic Figures
After a complicated 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic outbreak, the Spanish property market recovered with upward trends during 2021. Among all sector agents, one of the most important was the return of foreign buyers and investors. According to the General Council...
Mortgage signatures continue to grow in Spain against a favourable backdrop for home purchases
The property market is moving steadily towards a post-pandemic recovery that is confirming its resilient character despite a scenario of new uncertainty due to the war in Ukraine and inflation, which in turn has an impact on supply and demand confidence and on the...
PropTech: The technology that has revolutionised the property market
The property market is constantly developing given external societal changes that clearly affect supply and demand, as well as wishes, preferences, and needs. On the other hand, however, main changes within the industry are intrinsic as technological advances driven...
Catalonia’s property sector demands public-private partnership to tackle the housing problem
The Constitutional Court has deemed Catalonia does not have devolved power to determine criteria in order to set rental prices. For that matter, the main Catalan property sector organisations, with the Catalan Association of Property Agents (Asociación de Agentes...
TThe weight of russians in the catalan property market fell by 42.1% in 2020
The war between Russia and Ukraine will inevitably have an impact on the Spanish and Catalan economies, and thus also on the Spanish property market. The relationship between Catalonia and Russia has been consolidating for a decade due to the high interest of Russian...
How Cryptocurrencies Are Standardised in Spain
Cryptocurrencies have gained importance in the last two years as an investment asset and way of purchasing goods and services, even in the property market. However, the Spanish Government has not taken any action until now regarding cryptocurrency market regulation. A...
The Catalan Market Leaves Covid Behind: Home Purchases And Sales Grew 35.2% In 2021
The Catalan Association of Property Agents (Asociación de Agentes Inmobiliarios de Catalunya, AIC), chaired by Vicenç Hernández Reche -also Tecnotramit’s CEO-, and Barcelona’s Official College of Property Agents (Colegio Oficial de Agentes de la Propiedad Inmobiliaria...
Blockchain, The Technology That Will Have The Biggest Impact On The Course Of The Property Market Disruption
There is no turning back from technological transformation and the pandemic has convinced us all that it is a road of no return. Technological disruption has entered the property market to stay and revolutionise its processes. ‘The standstill caused by lockdown has...
Maintain Stability and Restrain Upward Trends, Big Challenges For The 2022 Property Market
Despite the uncertainty generated by the coronavirus crisis, the property market ended 2021 on a positive note and strengthened its recovery with unprecedented figures since the burst of the 2008 housing bubble. Looking forward to 2022, maintaining stability and...
Tecnotramit’s CEO, Vicenç Hernández Reche, Present At The VII Tribuna Immoscopia Edition
The VII edition of Tribuna Immoscopia took place this week, one of the property sector’s benchmark events. It was organised by the Catalan Association of Property Agents (Asociación de Agentes Inmobiliarios de Catalunya, AIC) and Barcelona’s Official College of...
Property Market Forecasts For 2022
According to data on purchases during 2021, Spaniards have opted to buy homes instead of renting them. Last year’s transactions recovered and even surpassed the number of purchases during 2019 before the pandemic outbreak. Housing prices are expected to rise in 2022...
2022 Mortgage Market: The Power Of Fixed Rate And Green Mortgages
2021 was a great year for the Spanish mortgage market. It recorded the best numbers in a decade. This recovery should continue into 2022 due to rising housing requests, savings -currently at an all time high-, and low financing costs. More than 400,000 mortgages were...
Why Are Manufactured Homes On The Rise
In only one year, manufactured homes have increased dramatically in Europe and to a lesser extent in Spain as only 1% of the market. Prospects dictate these types of dwellings will continue to thrive. Barcelona has the greatest number of requests to build...
What Does Rental With Option To Buy Consist Of
Usually, clients who wish to buy a property must have enough savings to pay at least 20% of the property’s price plus taxes, and notary and property registry fees. Many are not able to overcome this first obstacle but new rental companies with option to buy have...
Tecnotramit Awarded Best BPO Company During The European Technology Awards, 2nd Edition
Paris has become for the second time stage to the European Technology Awards. The event’s organiser, El Suplemento, has chosen the French capital yet again to house the 2nd edition of these awards. They acknowledge the work and effort of leading European technology...
Main Reasons Why Spaniards Sell Their Homes
Home sales rose 40.6% total year-on-year (January-September), amounting to 53,410 transactions. It is the largest number of sales since April 2008 (54,801), according to the Spanish National Statistics Institute (Instituto Nacional de Estadística, INE). This recovery...
Half A Million Young Adults Are Expected To Leave Home In The Next Six Months
Many Spanish youngsters returned home during the Covid-19 pandemic and few youngsters between the ages of 18 and 34 left home during this crisis. But this could be the end. Nearly half a million young adults will leave their parents’ homes in the next six months. This...
Evolution 2021 How The Property Sector Will Be Transformed
EVOLUTION 2021 took place in Barcelona last 4th November. It was an event that gathered major property sector players to analyse and reflect on the impact of the technological change in the industry. The event’s motto was ‘Open Your Eyes to The Property Evolution’ and...