Spain Housing Market Activity
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Source: ECB MIR monthly new housing loans and Eurostat table STS_COBP_M residential building permit dataset; mortgage series smoothed with a 3-month moving average before rebasing and weighting.
Source description: Monthly Spain housing market activity indicator based on a weighted combination of 3-month smoothed new mortgage lending and residential building permits, indexed to 2019 = 100.
Table ID: macro_economics/housing/es_housing_market_activity_monthly
Key findings:
- Spain's housing activity exceeds 2019 levels, indicating strong home-related demand.
- Activity remains firm, but recent trends show no clear new demand impulse.
- Read alongside Spain's furniture retail growth in 2025, adding context to housing-linked demand.
Latest data:
| date | value |
|---|---|
| 2025-03-01 | 149.4 |
| 2025-04-01 | 156.12 |
| 2025-05-01 | 157.85 |
| 2025-06-01 | 165.47 |
| 2025-07-01 | 172.68 |
| 2025-08-01 | 158.66 |
| 2025-09-01 | 148.28 |
| 2025-10-01 | 139.01 |
| 2025-11-01 | 154.29 |
| 2025-12-01 | 167.08 |
| 2026-01-01 | 158.6 |
| 2026-02-01 | 158.91 |
Methodology: Housing Market Activity Methodology
Spain Housing Market Activity tracks the monthly direction of Spain's residential cycle using 3-month smoothed new mortgage lending and residential building permits. The series is designed for reading the housing backdrop behind furniture demand in Spain, where home moves, apartment completions, renovation projects, second-home activity and regional construction cycles can all influence demand for kitchens, storage, sofas, beds and other home-furnishing categories.
Market Context
Spain's housing cycle has a distinctive role in furniture-market analysis because residential activity is spread across owner-occupied homes, rented housing, holiday-home areas and urban apartment markets. Mortgage lending gives a finance-side read on buyer activity, while residential permits capture construction-side momentum before new dwellings are completed and furnished. The 3-month smoothing on the mortgage input reduces short-term lending volatility, making the page more useful for comparing housing momentum with Spain Furniture Retail Market Size and Spain Furniture Product Search Trend.
