June Spanish property market still weak

Home sales in June were the lowest since the property crash began, show the latest figures from the Statistics Institute (INE).

There were 24,699 home sales in June (excluding social housing), down 26pc on the same time last year, below even June 2009, when the crash was thought to be at its nadir. The graph above makes it clear that, after a deceptively promising start, 2011 (in red) is turning out to be the worst year yet.

Compared to June 2007, sales were down 60pc – a teeth-jarring fall by any measure.

Year-to-date, transactions are down 11pc compared to last year, 3pc compared to 2009, and 55pc compared to 2007, as illustrated by this table.

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