The residence mortgage agency falls 2% in February


The rise in charges and the rise within the value of the Euribor carry the typical curiosity on residence mortgages to 2.86% Only in 5 communities extra residence mortgages have been signed final February than a yr earlier65.7% of the mortgages have been signed at a hard and fast price, ten factors lower than in July 2022, when it reached its highest degree

The variety of mortgages constituted on houses fell by 2% final February in comparison with the identical month in 2022, to a complete of 35,900 loans, in line with knowledge launched this Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).

The common quantity of mortgages constituted on houses rose 1.2% year-on-year within the second month of the yr, to 143,413 euros, whereas the capital lent fell 0.9%, to five,148.5 million euros.

By autonomous communities, those who registered the best variety of mortgages constituted on houses in February have been Andalucía (7,061), Cataluña (6,479) and Madrid (6,218).

Only in 5 communities extra residence mortgages have been signed final February than in the identical month of 2022 and twelve registered year-on-year decreases, particularly La Rioja (-33.4%), Extremadura (-26.2%) and Cantabria (-26.1%). The solely will increase occurred in Asturias (+15.4%), Aragón (+9.6%), Catalonia (+6.9%), the Canary Islands (+3.9%) and Andalusia (+0.9%) .

On a month-on-month foundation, residence mortgages fell 4.1% in comparison with January, their greatest drop in a month of February since 2020. For their half, borrowed capital fell 3.6%, their greatest drop this month since 2019.

In the primary two months of the yr, residence mortgage loans have elevated by 0.4%, with a rise in borrowed capital of 1.6% and a rise in common capital of 1.2%.

Sharp rise within the rate of interest on housing loans

In February, the typical rate of interest for all mortgage loans stood at 3.21%, its highest determine since March 2017, with a median time period of 23 years.

34.3% of mortgages on houses have been constituted final February at a variable price, whereas 65.7% have been signed at a hard and fast price, ten factors lower than in July 2022, when a most of 75 was reached. ,4%. The common rate of interest in the beginning was 2.70% for variable-rate residence mortgages and a pair of.96% for fixed-rate mortgages. Less mortgages with adjustments in circumstances

Last February a complete of 11,213 mortgages modified their circumstances, a determine 26.8% decrease than that of the identical month of 2022.

Considering the kind of change within the circumstances, there have been 8,468 novations (or modifications produced with the identical monetary entity), with an annual lower of 31.9%. The variety of operations that modified entities (subrogations to the creditor) was 2,083, 13.1% lower than in February 2022. For its half, in 662 mortgages the proprietor of the mortgaged asset modified (subrogations to the debtor), 35.4% greater than a yr earlier.

Of the 11,213 mortgages with adjustments of their circumstances, 39.7% are because of adjustments in rates of interest. After the change in circumstances, the share of mounted curiosity mortgages elevated from 13.5% to 46.7%, whereas that of variable curiosity mortgages decreased from 85.4% to 52.1%.

The Euribor is the speed to which the very best share of variable-rate mortgages refer, each earlier than the change (81.3%) and after (50.2%). After the modification of circumstances, the typical curiosity on the loans in variable-rate mortgages it fell by one tenth, whereas that of fixed-rate mortgages didn’t register any variation.

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