{"id":1226,"date":"2018-12-10T12:46:05","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T10:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.portamallorquina.com\/blog\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2018-12-04T12:46:40","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T10:46:40","slug":"property-market-spain-foreigners-share-continues-to-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portamallorquina.com\/blog\/property-market-spain-foreigners-share-continues-to-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Property market Spain &#8211; Foreigners share continues to rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">According to a report by the Spanish Notary Association the <strong>number of real estate purchases by foreigners\u00a0<\/strong>who do not have their primary place of residence in Spain has risen in the first half of 2018. Across the whole of Spain up until the 30<sup>th<\/sup>June around <strong>every fifth property\u00a0<\/strong>on the market was purchased by a foreigner, representing an increase of 5.6% compared to the same period in the previous year.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1227\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 600px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1227\" title=\"Around every 5th property sold in Spain is purchased by a foreigner. On the Balearics German buyers dominate. Picture source: www.notariado.org\" src=\"https:\/\/www.portamallorquina.com\/blog\/mallorca\/ausl\u00e4ndische-k\u00e4ufer-spanien-hj2018.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"458\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Around every 5th property sold in Spain is purchased by a foreigner. On the Balearics German buyers dominate. Picture source: www.notariado.org<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"Textbody\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The <strong>strongest buyer group\u00a0<\/strong>nationwide among the non-Spanish is the <strong>British\u00a0<\/strong>and in the provinces of <strong>Murcia<\/strong>, <strong>La\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Rioja<\/strong>, <strong>Andalusia\u00a0<\/strong>and the region of\u00a0<strong>Valencia\u00a0<\/strong>they occupy first place. Along the French border and on the Bay of Biscay the French are the strongest foreign buyers of Spanish real estate. On the <strong>Balearics<\/strong>, in particular in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portamallorquina.com\/\">Mallorca<\/a>, <strong>German buyers\u00a0<\/strong>dominate with a share of 46% of the market.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"Textbody\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Real estate sales in the Balearics slightly decreasing<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"Textbody\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">With reference to the numbers of transactions the Ministerio de Fomento (Ministry of Development) determined a slight decline in the number of real estate sales in the first half of 2018. In Mallorca, Ibiza and Menorca 9.078 properties were sold during this period, 4,35% less than during the same period in the previous year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Textbody\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><strong>Mallorca<\/strong>, with a share of almost 80%, remains the <strong>strongest real estate market in the Balearics<\/strong>, although a significant decline was noted on the largest Balearic island in the normally high-revenue municipality of <strong>Calvia\u00a0<\/strong>which includes prime locations including <strong>Bendinat<\/strong>, <strong>Portals\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Nous\u00a0<\/strong>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portamallorquina.com\/property\/search\/?kaufart=sale&amp;region=&amp;ort=santa-ponsa&amp;objektart=&amp;preis=&amp;schlafzimmer=&amp;badezimmer=&amp;wohnflaeche=&amp;grundstueck=&amp;ausstattung=&amp;s=sale+++santa-ponsa++++++\">Santa Ponsa.\u00a0<\/a>This highly-priced area, popular especially with foreign investors, registered a total of 752 real estate transactions during the first half of 2018, almost 20% less than the same period in the previous year.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1229\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 600px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1229\" src=\"https:\/\/www.portamallorquina.com\/blog\/mallorca\/mallorca-finca-108429-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.portamallorquina.com\/blog\/mallorca\/mallorca-finca-108429-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.portamallorquina.com\/blog\/mallorca\/mallorca-finca-108429-1024x683-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The south-east region of Mallorca is not only known for its lovely countryside, but also offers a rich selection of high-quality fincas.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"Textbody\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The highest percentage increase in real estate sales is in the small municipality of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portamallorquina.com\/property\/search\/?kaufart=sale&amp;region=&amp;ort=campos&amp;objektart=&amp;preis=0&amp;schlafzimmer=0&amp;badezimmer=0&amp;wohnflaeche=0&amp;grundstueck=0&amp;ausstattung=&amp;s=sale+++campos++++++\">Campos\u00a0<\/a>in the\u00a0<strong>south-east of Mallorca<\/strong>. From January to June 2018 a total of 140 properties were sold here, during the same period in the previous year the number was only 83, an increase of just under 80%. By contrast, in the <strong>capital of Palma\u00a0<\/strong>the number of transactions involved around 3.100 properties \u2013 almost the same as the previous year during that period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Textbody\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Thorsten Kaiser, Sales Manager for Spain, confirms the south-east trend for the subsidiary <strong>Porta Mallorquina<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"Textbody\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">&#8221;The south-west continues to be a very desirable region although customers are increasingly finding other areas, and particularly the south-east of Mallorca has seen a significant increase in demand in the last two years&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"Textbody\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Porta Mallorquina is represented in this trend-region with a real estate shop in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portamallorquina.com\/property\/search\/?kaufart=sale&amp;region=&amp;ort=santanyi&amp;objektart=&amp;preis=0&amp;schlafzimmer=0&amp;badezimmer=0&amp;wohnflaeche=0&amp;grundstueck=0&amp;ausstattung=&amp;s=sale+++santanyi++++++\">Santanyi<\/a>. <\/span>Throughout Mallorca the company has <strong>nine locations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a report by the Spanish Notary Association the number of real estate purchases by foreigners\u00a0who do not have their primary place of residence in Spain has risen in the first half of 2018. 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