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2025 will be an unforgettable year for the residential sales market

Forcadell and the University of Barcelona presented the Real Estate Report – Today’s Market and Forecast 2024, in a press conference this morning. Among the main conclusions of this report is the forecast of an “unforgettable” 2025 for the residential sales market, a year in which 825,000 units are expected to be sold, a figure not reached since 2007 (836,871 transactions) nationwide.

According to the report, next year will be memorable due to factors such as the high pent-up demand (around 1 million households), rental scarcity, increased bank credit, lower mortgage interest rates, parental financial support for home purchases, and the rise in home acquisitions by foreigners.

These and other findings were highlighted in the presentation to the media conducted by Ivan Vaqué, CEO of Forcadell, and Dr. Gonzalo Bernardos, Associate Professor of Economics at UB and Director of the Master’s in Real Estate Advisory, Management, and Promotion at UB.

The 2024 Forcadell-UB report is divided into five chapters, covering the national and international economic outlook for 2024. It also delves into the prospects for property sales, rental, office, retail, and industrial/logistics markets in Spain. This edition also includes a section dedicated to short-term rental housing.

Main Findings of the FORCADELL – UB 2024 Report

RESIDENTIAL SALES MARKET

RESIDENTIAL RENTAL MARKET

COMMERCIAL MARKET