Bank of Spain: Spain’s Housing Market is Not Overvalued
9 June 2019 – Eje Prime
The Bank of Spain does not think that a real estate bubble exists. The institution’s Director General of Economics and Statistics, Óscar Arce, has assured that the bank does not consider that the housing market is “overvalued in general”. Nevertheless, he is following the sector “very closely” given its history.
Arce highlighted several differences between the current climate and the previous cycle including the fact that price rises now are not uniform across all regions or cities. In fact, according to the latest data published by the Bank of Spain, average house prices rose by 6.8% YoY during Q1 2019, driven by Madrid, Barcelona, some parts of the coast and the islands.
Original story: Eje Prime
Translation/Summary: Carmel Drake