44,782 housing sales during May, compared to 32,227 in April, according to INE’s registry, which represents a monthly increase of 39% and 23% compared to May last year.
Key Feature:
New and Secondhand Properties:
Of the total housing, 7,733 were new construction and 37,049 used, representing a 17.3% vs. 82.7%.
Free and Protected Properties:
Among all transactions, 40,761 were free housing (90.8%) and 4,111 protected housing (9.2%).
Autonomous communities
Andalusia, Catalonia, Comunitat Valenciana and Community of Madrid accounted for 65.41% (29,292)
Areas which have decreased:
The communities of La Rioja, Region of Murcia and Galicia present a decline between 30.3% and 2.6%.