KBRA Releases Research: Spain's Housing and Mortgage Markets Better Positioned for Challenges
KBRA UK (KBRA) releases research that examines Spain's housing and mortgage markets, which have faced difficulty in recent years as the economy and banking market struggled through financial crises. KBRA notes that the current environment is different, with lower building levels and housing leverage, a higher proportion of fixed rate mortgages, improving unemployment, and relatively low delinquencies. Further, the housing and mortgage markets are better positioned to face the challenges of the rising rate environment and cost of living concerns versus the past and compared to other European markets. In this report, KBRA examines the various dynamics supporting the relatively improved health of Spain's housing and mortgage markets.
Key Takeaways
- Modest housing market recovery as house prices improve but remain below prior peak.
- Low levels of development and a decrease in the overhang from the prior crisis support housing values.
- Moderate leverage levels and an increased proportion of fixed rates support borrower capacity to weather rising rates and cost of living challenges, but delinquencies show early signs of increasing from low levels.
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