{
  "id": 6144992,
  "title": "Housing sales fall by 7.7% in July, the largest drop in over two years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/la-compraventa-de-vivienda-cae-un-7-7-en-julio-el-mayor-descenso-en",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-07T13:48:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Expansion ES",
    "slug": "expansion-es",
    "url": "https://www.expansion.com/inmobiliario/mercado/2026/09/07/6a9ec03f468aebc34a8b4575.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "In July, housing sales in Spain fell by 7.7% to 60,050 transactions, the largest annual decline in over two years, according to data from the Colegio de Registradores. A total of 118,000 property sales were recorded, a 4.7% decrease from July 2025. Only four autonomous communities saw an increase in total property sales: Galicia (3.2%), Murcia (3%), Castilla y León (2%), and Navarra (0.4%). The number of mortgages also decreased, with 57,400 total mortgages recorded, a 0.6% decline, and 43,300 mortgages on housing, a 4.2% decline.",
  "summary": "The buying and selling of homes fell by 7.7% in July, to a total of 60,050 operations, which is the largest year-on-year drop in more than two years.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}