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• Foreigners have invested 1.720 million euros in Spanish in real estate assets during the second quarter of 2013
• There are 19 euros coming in from foreign investors for every euro going out
• The purchase of a home’s worth more than 500,000 euros gives the right to residence permit
• Demand from abroad is vital to the sanitation of the real estate sector and its recovery.

Doubts and uncertainty about the solvency of Spain and the risk of a possible rescue caused a slowdown in ...

Last year were signed only 275,000 mortgages of the nearly 320,000 homes that were sold in Spain in 2012, according to data from the ine (National Statistics Institute). This means that three of every ten homes had been paid cash, saving up to a 50% avoiding extra interest of the loan or the expenses of appraisal.

Buyers are, in general, small and medium-sized home investors over the age of 55, who ...

The purchase of housing in Barcelona as an investment to rent is gaining weight as an alternative to the fixed term for investors with a low risk profile and for foreign investors with purchasing power. Facing an interest rate that can reach a maximum of 3% in a fixed-term lease housing offers a return between ...