Press Release: Statistics on Transfer of Property Rights (STPR). October 2024. Provisional data.

Main results

In October, 231,209 properties were registered in the property registers, 37.7% more than in the same month the previous year.
The number of registered property sales and purchases increased by 51.3% compared with October 2023.

More information

Annex of tables (includes information from the Autonomous Communities)
Detailed results

The number of property transfers recorded in the property registers (from previously executed public deeds) in October was 231,209, which was 37.7% more than in the same month in 2023.

As regards registered property sales, the number of transfers was 130,575, an annual increase of 47.9%.

Transferred properties registered according to type of acquisition. October 2024

¹Includes the following items: land consolidation, condominium divisions, joint operations or mixtures of several transfer titles, transfers without title of acquisition, dation in payment, foreclosures and court orders.

Sales recorded in land registers

87.7% of registered sales in October were urban properties and 12.3% were rural properties. In the case of urban properties, 60.6% were house purchases and sales.

In October, the number of sales of rural properties increased by 36.8% in terms of the annual rate and that of urban properties rose by 49.6%. Within the latter, housing sales recorded an annual increase of 51.3%.

Sales registered by property type. October 2024

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Registered housing sales

92.4% of the homes transferred by sale in October were unrestricted and 7.6% were social housing.

In annual terms, the number of homes transferred by sale increased by 50.6% and the number of social housing dwellings by 60.2%.

23.4% of the homes transferred by sale and purchase in October were new and 76.6% were used.

The number of new home transactions increased by 83.4% compared with October 2023 and the number of used ones by 43.6%.

Number of registered housing sales. October 2024

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Results by Autonomous Community

Principado de Asturias (79.3%), Cantabria (65.8%) and País Vasco (54.1%) recorded the highest annual rates of variation in the total amount of transferred residential properties in October.

In turn, Comunidad Foral de Navarra (12.6%), Castilla y León (20.1%) and Extremadura (23.8%) recorded the lowest annual rates.

Regarding registered home sales and purchases, the Autonomous Communities with the largest increases were La Rioja (88.2%), Cantabria (81.3%) and Principado de Asturias (69.8%).

In turn, Comunidad Foral de Navarra (13.9%), Región de Murcia (28.5%) and Extremadura (35.8%) recorded the smallest decreases.

Annual variation in the number of housing sales by Autonomous Community. October 2024

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Data revision and updating

The data for 2024 are provisional and will be reviewed when the data for the same period next year are published. All results of this operation are available on INEbase.

Methodological note

The Statistics on Transfer of Property Rights provides information on the number of rights over real estate transferred during the reference month, on a national level, by provinces and Autonomous Communities.

The information on transfers of property rights is obtained from the information available in the Land Registers throughout Spain, by virtue of a collaboration agreement signed in 2004 between the two institutions.

Type of survey:: continuous monthly survey.
Population scope:: entries of transfers of property rights in the land registers.
Geographical scope:: the entire national territory, by Autonomous Communities and provinces.
Reference period of the results:: the calendar month.
Reference period of the information:: the calendar month.
Classification:: sale, donation, inheritance, exchange and other property titles, of rustic and urban properties (dwellings, plots and other urban properties).
Collection method:: administrative registers from Association of property and Mercantile registers of Spain.

More information on the methodology and the standardised methodological report.

INE statistics are produced in accordance with the Code of Good Practice for European Statistics. More information on Quality at INE and Code of Best Practices.