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In February, property sales jumped by 22.9% year-on-year, while the price per square metre rose by only 0.6% to \u20ac1,230. According to the General Council of Notaries, in February 2016, the largest number of transactions took place on the secondary market \u2013 23,000, which is 25.9% more than a year earlier. On the primary market, 2,340 transactions were registered, 5.1% less than in 2015. The average price per square metre of villas in Spain was \u20ac1,000 (+3.8%), apartments \u2013 \u20ac1,350 (+0.6%), new apartments \u2013 \u20ac1,620 (+0.3%). The Spanish property market is gradually recovering .<\/u> Further evidence of this is the rapid growth in the number of approved mortgages. The number of loans jumped by 34.7% in a year, with the average amount buyers took out from the bank reaching \u20ac119,000.<\/p>\n
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