Spain price dip may fuel demand

Steadily declining house prices are expected to draw more property investors to Spain over the next few months.

Property prices in Spain have already fallen to nearly half their peak levels, and some of the country's leading market watchers have forecast further declines of between 4.4% and 10% this year.

With the biggest falls predicted along the Mediterranean coastline, it may be an opportunity for investors to snap up cheap real estate in popular holiday destinations.

Spain's housing market has been hit by a combination of surging interest rates and oversupply of properties.

The downward trend in prices is expected to continue into 2012, according to data from various measures and indices collected by Spanish Property Insight.

However, investor interest in bargain properties could drive up demand over the next few months.

Copyright Press Association 2011 | Jake Richards

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