Unsurprisingly, habitual residence foreclosures rose to 1,804 in the third quarter of the year, an increase of 105.6% from the second quarter and 82.2% more than the third quarter last year. as the National Institute of Statistics announced this week.
The difficulties faced by families in bearing the cost of their houses – keep in mind that in Spain, in general, the mortgage is the last thing not paid According to the Funcas survey, the 20% of Spaniards who cannot afford the usual expenses are practically twice as high as the Germans, French or Dutch citizens who find themselves in this situation. Portugal also has a lower percentage of citizens who suffer from these basic payments, around 15%. Only Greece or Italy have higher values than the Spaniards.
In particular, one in four Europeans (27%) saw their income fall during this crisis, but in the Spanish case the percentage rises to 42%. Italians and French – two countries that, like Spain, are heavily dependent on tourism and have been badly shaken by the health crisis – have significantly lower percentages at 33% and 20% respectively.
