Wednesday, Jun 13, 2007

Glad I missed the boat

spanishpropertyinsight: The Spanish Government

The Bank of SpainAverage Spanish property prices are overvalued by 24% and the rate of Spanish property price increases need to slow rapidly to avoid a hard landing for the property market, according to José Luis Malo de Molina, director general and head of statistics and research at the Bank of Spain.British banks reduce lending to Spanish developers
British banks are reducing their exposure to Spanish developers, according to an article in the Spanish daily ABC.
British banks, such as the Royal Bank of Scotland, Halifax, and HSBC, are reported to have been some of the biggest lenders to the Spanish real estate sector in recent years, but have now changed strategy and are avoiding the sector.
According to a banking source quoted in the article, the change in policy

Posted by chris @ 10:44 PM (174 views) Add Comment

2 Comments

1. Orwell said...

Can confused please answer my query about bonds (under Banking meltdown?) article or pref here?

Thanks Confused...........

Wednesday, June 13, 2007 11:04PM Report Comment
 

2. tyrellcorporation said...

Zikes! and Trichet has recently signalled more Euro IR rises to come. I have long suspected the fabled HPC will be an imported phenomenon. The US, Spain, Ireland and possibly France will all start to see falling house prices in the next 12 months. The negative sentiment this creates plus the actual drop in overseas property investments by UK citizens will, I believe, start the ball rolling here.

Ironically it'll be the One-Size-Fits-All interest rates at the ECB which will crack this nut!

Thursday, June 14, 2007 08:48AM Report Comment
 

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