20 December 2024

Mortgage Statistics (M)

October 2024. Provisional data

Main results

  • The number of mortgages constituted on dwellings registered in land registries in October was 51,535, up 60.8% in the annual rate.
  • The average amount of mortgages on dwellings increased by 7.3%, standing at 150,556 euros.
  • The average interest rate on new mortgages on dwellings was 3.12%.

The number of mortgages constituted on dwellings was 51,535, 60.8% more than in October 2023. The average amount of these transactions was 150,556 euros, an increase of 7.3%.

The average amount of the mortgages on the total number of properties recorded in the land registries (from previous public deeds) rose by 6.9%.

Mortgages constituted. October 2024

Mortgage interest rate on dwellings

For mortgages on dwellings, the average interest rate was 3.12% and the average term was 25 years. 37.4% of mortgages on dwellings were taken out at a variable rate and 62.6% at a fixed rate.

The average starting interest rate was 2.83% for variable rate mortgages on dwellings and 3.32% for fixed rate mortgages.

Average interest rate on dwellings

Percentage

Mortgages with registration changes

The total number of mortgages with changes in their conditions recorded in the land registries decreased by 1.9% in October at an annual rate.

Novations (or modifications with the same financial institution) increased by 13.9%. On the other hand, subrogations to the debtor (change of mortgagor) decreased by 38.9% and subrogations to the creditor (change of lender) by 80.1%.

Mortgages with registration changes. October 2024

95.3% of the 11,850 mortgages with changes in their terms and conditions were due to changes in the interest rates.

Results by Autonomous Community

The Autonomous Communities with the highest annual variation rates in the number of mortgages on dwellings in October were the Principado de Asturias (140.1%), Aragón (122.1%) and Galicia (89.9%).

For their part, those that presented the smallest increases were Canarias (1.0%), Comunidad Foral de Navarra (20.3%) and Cataluña (54.3%).

Monthly variation in the number of mortgages on dwellings. October 2024

Percentage

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 Mortgage Statistics provide information on constitutions of mortgages, that is, on the number of new mortgages constituted on real estate properties during the reference month and the amount of new mortgage loans corresponding to said mortgages. All this information is broken down on the basis of various variables, such as the nature of the mortgaged property or the lending institution.

All the information on constitutions, changes and register cancellations of mortgages is obtained from the information contained in the Land Registers of the entire national territory. In order to facilitate comparisons, the data for 2003 are presented according to both the old and the new base.

Type of survey:
monthly continuous survey.
Population scope:
the registration of mortgages constituted, with changes or cancelled in the land registries.
Geographical scope:
the entire national territory, by Autonomous Communities and provinces.
Reference period of the results and the information:
the calendar month.
Classification:
rural and urban properties (dwellings, plots and other urban).
Collection method:
administrative registers from the Association of Land and Mercantile Registrars of Spain.

More information in the methodology and the standardized methodological report.

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