NORTHERN Spain led an important turn round for February property sales in the country- after a year of monthly declines in real estate deals. The National Institute of Statistics (INE) revealed on Monday that there was a 5.8% increase in February compared to a year earlier, reversing a trend of sales falls. The regions with the highest increases were Navarre (50.6%), Galicia (38.4%) and Murcia(19.5%). READ MORE: On the other hand, the Canary Islands (-12.0%), the Balearic Islands (-10.3%) and Andalucia (-1.5%) registered the largest year-on-year decreases. A total of 52,796 operations were registered in February, according to the INE.
Is the north of Spain the next property goldmine? Figures from February show sales in Galicia and Navarra are soaring – while Andalucia and the Canaries suffered a year-on-year decrease
