In the third quarter of 2012, nationwide real estate unit sales agreements totalled 134,984, down by 23.7% over the same period for the previous year. Of these, 125,903 (93.3%) concerned homes and appurtenances and 8,065 (6%) real estate units for business purposes.<\/p>\n
In relation to the type of use, sales of residential properties fell by 23%, whereas sales of properties for business use fell by 25.7%.<\/p>\n
In the third quarter of 2012, transfers of properties of real estate units registered a negative trend in all the geographical areas. The North-East (-25.4%) and the North-West areas (-24.7%) registered the worst trends. Also negative, but however below the national average (-23.1%), the sales respectively in the Islands (-22.7%) and in the South area (-17.4%).<\/p>\n
In general, this negative trend is common both to sales of real estate units for residential use and appurtenances and for business use.<\/p>\n
Transfers of properties for residential use recorded in metropolitan city notarial archives indicated a smaller decrease (-21.6%) compared to that recorded in the remaining district archives (-24.1%), while transfer of properties for business purposes indicated an higher decrease in metropolitan city notarial archives (-28.5%) compared to that recorded in the remaining district archives (-24.0%).<\/p>\n
In the third quarter of 2012, nationwide 59,155 mortgage-secured loans were stipulated.
\nAll the geographical areas showed a negative trend: decreases above the national average (-37.8) were in the Islands (-43.9%) and in the South areas (-42%), whereas under the national average the North-West (-36.8%), the North-East (-36.2%), and the Centre (-36.1%).<\/p>\n
With regard to the type of district notarial archives, mortgage-backing loans stipulated on the territory of the archives located in metropolitan cities showed a smaller decline (-36.8%) than the value recorded in those located in other cities (-38.5%).<\/p>\n