British Lead Charge as Cheap Spain Beach Homes Sell Immobilien
(Bloomberg) -- Londoner Barry Leverington said he figures his money is better off in a Spanish home than earning next to nothing in a British savings account.
The 33-year-old bank employee is searching for a property at the Mazarron Country Club in the southern region of Murcia, where two-bedroom bungalows in gated communities near the Mediterranean can sell for as little as 75,000 euros ($85,000). He said he wants to close a deal by this summer.
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(Bloomberg) -- Londoner Barry Leverington said he figures his money is better off in a Spanish home than earning next to nothing in a British savings account.
The 33-year-old bank employee is searching for a property at the Mazarron Country Club in the southern region of Murcia, where two-bedroom bungalows in gated communities near the Mediterranean can sell for as little as 75,000 euros ($85,000). He said he wants to close a deal by this summer.
Buyers from abroad are returning to the Spanish housing market, attracted by economic growth that’s beating most of Europe and signs that prices are bottoming out after years of declines. Britons are the biggest investors as near-zero interest on U.K. savings accounts and rising residential prices make it less attractive to keep money at home.
Non-Spaniards spent 6.05 billion euros on Spanish property in the first nine months of last year, up 30 percent from the same period in 2013, according to data from the country’s Ministry of Public Works. The 40,338 dwellings purchased represent a 27 percent increase from the same period a year earlier, led by the Valencia, Andalusia and Catalonia regions, the data showed.
Average home prices in Spain fell 42 percent from their 2007 peak, while properties in coastal areas dropped 50 percent, according to Tinsa, the country’s largest home appraiser. Declines slowed to 3 percent last year from 9 percent in 2013, Tinsa said.
Purchases from abroad accounted for a record 13.9 percent of Spanish residential transactions in the fourth quarter of last year, according to the country’s registrar’s office. Britons were the largest group, followed by French and German buyers.
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