Housing

Mortgages soar 53% in the Canary Islands

And that's despite the average amount being 15,000 euros higher in the archipelago in May than last year

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The number of mortgages on homes in the Canary Islands last May rose to 1,335, 53.3% more than last year, according to data provided by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).

Its average amount increased by 10.8% from 124,484 in May 2024 to a total of 139,580 euros at present.

At the national level, 42,274 mortgages were established, 54.4% more than in May 2024. The average amount of these operations was 158,153 euros, with an increase of 12.7%.

The communities with the highest annual variation rates in the number of mortgages on homes in May were Galicia (116.0%), La Rioja (100.0%) and Cantabria (92.8%).

For their part, those with the smallest increases were Catalonia (30.9%), Illes Balears (34.6%) and Aragón (34.7%).

For mortgages constituted on homes, the average interest rate was 2.91% and the average term was 25 years. 30.1% of mortgages on homes were constituted at a variable rate and 69.9% at a fixed rate.

The average interest rate at the beginning was 2.78% for mortgages on homes at a variable rate and 2.97% for those at a fixed rate.