Total house sales in Spain

Quarterly report of housing transactions in Spain recorded by official registrars

Q1 2023: 157,817
Annual change 10.02%
Quarterly change 9.29%

Region	Annual change	Q1 transactions	Market peak	Peak volume
Andalucia	7.23%	32,084	Q1 2007	47,449
Aragon	4.48%	4,136	Q2 2007	6,543
Autonomous city of Ceuta	25.62%	270	Q1 2007	647
Autonomous city of Melilla	28.72%	134	Q1 2007	398
Balearic Islands	22.01%	3,741	Q2 2007	6,317
Basque Country	22.28%	5,113	Q2 2010	7,691
Canary Islands	7.23%	7,137	Q2 2007	11,340
Castile and Leon	8.99%	7,553	Q1 2007	13,224
Castile-La Mancha	9.15%	6,944	Q4 2007	12,931
Catalonia	10.46%	23,645	Q1 2007	34,393
Community of Cantabria	14.65%	1,882	Q2 2007	3,804
Community of La Rioja	19.31%	1,036	Q2 2007	2,349
Community of Madrid	23.08%	18,523	Q4 2021	25,140
Community of Navarra	31.28%	1,450	Q2 2007	2,579
Extremadura	15.46%	2,685	Q1 2007	4,435
Galicia	8.15%	5,564	Q2 2007	9,969
Murcia Region	6.83%	5,745	Q2 2007	10,129
Principality of Asturias	0.14%	3,476	Q1 2007	5,070
Valencian Community	2.67%	26,833	Q2 2007	36,396

Note: Registrars publish this data quarterly, often up to 6 months after the transaction date. We check government sources daily and post the latest data as soon as it becomes available.

Source: Ministry of Development

International buyer activity

House purchases by foreign nationals as a percentage of total property transactions, Jan - Mar 2023

Q1 2023: 20.13% of all transactions
Annual change 1.48%
Quarterly change 0.42%

Region	International buyers	Q1 transactions	Annual change
Andalucia	18.81%	6,034	0.32%
Aragon	11.90%	492	1.37%
Autonomous city of Ceuta	2.96%	8	2.55%
Autonomous city of Melilla	5.22%	7	3.29%
Balearic Islands	34.83%	1,303	7.65%
Basque Country	5.30%	271	0.44%
Canary Islands	40.86%	2,916	2.21%
Castile and Leon	5.63%	425	0.61%
Castile-La Mancha	9.39%	652	1.71%
Catalonia	19.54%	4,621	2.04%
Community of Cantabria	6.43%	121	0.49%
Community of La Rioja	13.42%	139	2.52%
Community of Madrid	10.06%	1,864	0.67%
Community of Navarra	9.93%	144	1.07%
Extremadura	4.25%	114	0.41%
Galicia	6.92%	385	1.82%
Murcia Region	28.79%	1,654	3.05%
Principality of Asturias	9.03%	314	1.74%
Valencian Community	38.41%	10,307	2.82%

This includes both resident and non-resident foreign buyers.

Source: Ministry of Development

Domestic mortgage approvals

Number of new mortgages and loans on property in Spain, August 2023

Aug 2023: 36,320
Annual change 24.29%
Monthly change 3.66%

Region	Annual change	No. loans	Value
Andalucia	20.17%	7,419	€1,262,187,000
Aragon	26.78%	968	€135,080,000
Autonomous city of Ceuta	26.09%	29	€4,422,000
Autonomous city of Melilla	79.05%	22	€2,679,000
Balearic Islands	28.03%	945	€313,398,000
Basque Country	12.29%	2,069	€448,174,000
Canary Islands	13.27%	2,049	€497,810,000
Castile and Leon	21.80%	1,614	€205,728,000
Castile-La Mancha	14.76%	1,727	€183,256,000
Catalonia	26.03%	5,642	€1,231,640,000
Community of Cantabria	33.44%	404	€53,034,000
Community of La Rioja	29.54%	198	€20,841,000
Community of Madrid	36.08%	5,062	€1,314,132,000
Community of Navarra	6.08%	510	€87,203,000
Extremadura	11.30%	620	€67,529,000
Galicia	26.01%	1,408	€166,604,000
Murcia Region	6.71%	1,196	€124,721,000
Principality of Asturias	33.93%	701	€87,758,000
Valencian Community	34.87%	3,737	€458,445,000

Official mortgage data is published monthly, normally 8-12 weeks after the transaction date.

Source: National Institute of Statistics

House sales (monthly) in Spain

This housing transaction data is less detailed than the quarterly release, but is more regularly updated.

Aug 2023: 49,252
Annual change 14.42%
Monthly change 1.96%

Region	Annual change	8/2023 transactions
Andalucia	16.48%	10,519
Aragon	16.31%	1,303
Autonomous city of Ceuta	39.39%	46
Autonomous city of Melilla	57.14%	33
Balearic Islands	37.70%	980
Basque Country	15.58%	1,755
Canary Islands	25.62%	2,085
Castile and Leon	0.92%	2,481
Castile-La Mancha	0.88%	2,243
Catalonia	17.15%	7,208
Community of Cantabria	11.79%	733
Community of La Rioja	6.51%	359
Community of Madrid	22.88%	5,518
Community of Navarra	8.73%	635
Extremadura	4.06%	757
Galicia	12.29%	1,692
Murcia Region	10.84%	1,810
Principality of Asturias	3.73%	1,002
Valencian Community	6.94%	8,093