Real estate sales and loans

In the third quarter of 2013, nationwide real estate unit sales agreements
totalled 128.558, down -4.8% over the same period for the previous year. Of these, 120.120 (93.4%) concerned homes and appurtenances and 7.606 (5.9%) real estate units for business purposes .

In relation to type of use, sales of residential properties fell by -4.6%, whereas sales of properties for business use fell by -5.7%.