The number of mortgages constituted on dwellings was 37,232, 3.8% more than in February 2023. The average amount of these transactions was 136,145 euros, a decrease of 5.2%.
The average amount of the mortgages on the total number of properties recorded in the land registries (from previous public deeds) decreased by 3.4%.
For mortgages constituted on the total of properties, the average interest rate was 3.33% and the average term was 23 years. 44.7% of mortgages on dwellings were with a variable interest rate and 55.3% with a fixed rate.
The average starting interest rate was 3.07% for variable rate home mortgages and 3.57% for fixed rate mortgages.
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The total number of mortgages with changes in their conditions recorded in the land registries rose by 11.0% in February in the annual rate.
Novations (or modifications with the same financial institution) rose by 23.5%. In contrast, subrogations to the debtor (changes the holder) decreased by 40.3% and subrogations to the creditor (change of holder) by 24.3%.
59.8% of the 12,402 mortgages with changes in their terms and conditions were due to changes in the interest rates.
The Autonomous Communities with the highest annual variation rates in the number of mortgages on dwellings in February were the Canary Islands (77.8%), the Autonomous Community of Navarre (64.6%) and the Balearic Islands (41.5%).
The largest declines in annual rates were in Cantabria (-20.5%), Castilla-La Mancha (-20.1%) and Andalusia (-16.3%).
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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.
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. Since 2006, information on mortgage changes and cancellations is published. 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, by virtue of a collaboration agreement signed in 2004 between the two institutions. In order to facilitate comparisons, the data for 2003 are presented according to both the old and the new base.
More information in the methodology and the standardized methodological report.
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