European Central Bank Announces Stagnation of Interest Rates After Year of Record Highs

European Central Bank Announces Stagnation of Interest Rates After Year of Record Highs

The European Central Bank has announced that the interest rates have stopped growing after a year in which only high values ​​were recorded. This will cause the Euribor to end up falling in the long run, but for the moment, very high interest rates are estimated. Currently, it marks 4.18%, when a year ago it … Read more

The Ris of Euribor and Fixed Mortgages in Spain: The New Rising Trend

The Ris of Euribor and Fixed Mortgages in Spain: The New Rising Trend

The Euribor has registered a spectacular rise in just under two years. In April 2022, the index to which most mortgages are referenced was positive for the first time since 2016. This situation caused the Spanish mortgage market to completely transform and begin to leave behind the era of “cheap mortgages”. The price of mortgages … Read more

The moderation of the Euribor will not prevent mortgages pending review from rising again

The moderation of the Euribor will not prevent mortgages pending review from rising again

The twelve-month Euribor, the indicator most used in the State to calculate the installments of variable mortgages, is on track to close November with an average rate of around 4.028%, which will mark its second drop of the year. Despite this foreseeable decrease in the Euribor in November, the installments of variable mortgages that have … Read more

This is how the Code of Good Practices of the Bank of Spain works to protect mortgage holders

This is how the Code of Good Practices of the Bank of Spain works to protect mortgage holders

Although this Thursday the European Central Bank (BCE) has decided to keep the price of money unchanged, interest rates have not stopped rising since July 2022. And it has done so at an unprecedented rate since its creation in 1999: 4.5 percentage points. With these figures, the ECB has decided to leave the main rate … Read more

Predicted Trends for the Spanish Real Estate Market: Mortgage Fees to Decrease in 2024

Predicted Trends for the Spanish Real Estate Market: Mortgage Fees to Decrease in 2024

The mortgage has been one of the great nightmares of the Spanish in the last times. And although in the last three months the Euribor has moderated its rise considerably, the reality is that in the new mortgage reviews that are taking place, The fees continue to rise. Less than a month ago, the European … Read more

Navigating Mortgage Subrogation Fees: What You Need to Know

Navigating Mortgage Subrogation Fees: What You Need to Know

Just one year ago, in November 2022, the Government of Pedro Sánchez announced the approval of a series of new developments in the Code of Good Practices of banking entities, which included the elimination of commissions for mortgage subrogations, in the event that these were made to change the interest rate from variable to fixed … Read more

European Commission’s Influence on Airlines’ Pricing and High Air Transport Tariffs Concerns

European Commission’s Influence on Airlines’ Pricing and High Air Transport Tariffs Concerns

Of course, the European Commission should not dictate to the airlines the price policy and how to raise air transport tariffs. The free market allows carriers to control their own prices and open and close routes. In Brussels, however, the biggest concern is that the high tariffs may affect the outer regions of the European … Read more

Smallest Increase in Euribor in Over a Year, but Variable Interest Mortgage Payments Still Rising

Smallest Increase in Euribor in Over a Year, but Variable Interest Mortgage Payments Still Rising

He euribor registered the smallest increase in more than a year in October, standing at around 4.16%, but Variable interest mortgage payments will continue to rise, although with less intensity than in previous months. In this way, the main reference for loans with variable interest intended to purchase housing chains two consecutive months of increases. … Read more

Government Measures and Aid for Mortgage Borrowers Amidst Rising Variable Rates

Government Measures and Aid for Mortgage Borrowers Amidst Rising Variable Rates

He mortgage benchmark of Spain is at the level of 15 years agobefore the outbreak of the financial crisis. As a consequence, the loans mortgage at variable rate are registering a significant increase. In this situation, there are different aids to alleviate the effects of a runaway euribor. Government aid: Code of Good Practices for … Read more