Araba/Álava province · report
Foreign buyers in Araba/Álava province
Buyers living abroad bought 0.4% of the homes sold here in the four quarters to Q2 2026.
- Bought by buyers abroad, 12 months
- 0.4%
Homes bought by buyers living abroad in Araba/Álava province
Share of dwellings sold to buyers not resident in Spain, by quarter, from notarial deeds (MIVAU). Foreigners living in Spain count as residents.
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| Period | Araba/Álava province |
|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 0.1% |
| Q1 2026 | 0.4% |
| Q4 2025 | 0.4% |
| Q3 2025 | 0.5% |
| Q2 2025 | 0.2% |
| Q1 2025 | 0.4% |
| Q4 2024 | 0.3% |
| Q3 2024 | 0.2% |
| Q2 2024 | 0.3% |
| Q1 2024 | 0.2% |
| Q4 2023 | 0.7% |
| Q3 2023 | 0.5% |
| Q2 2023 | 0.2% |
| Q1 2023 | 0.1% |
| Q4 2022 | 0.7% |
| Q3 2022 | 0.1% |
| Q2 2022 | 0.3% |
| Q1 2022 | 0.2% |
| Q4 2021 | 0.3% |
| Q3 2021 | 0.5% |
| Q2 2021 | 0.4% |
| Q1 2021 | 0.1% |
| Q4 2020 | 0.2% |
| Q3 2020 | 0.1% |
| Q2 2020 | 0.4% |
| Q1 2020 | 0.2% |
| Q4 2019 | 0.1% |
| Q3 2019 | 0.1% |
| Q2 2019 | 0.5% |
| Q1 2019 | 0.2% |
| Q4 2018 | 0.2% |
| Q3 2018 | 0.7% |
| Q2 2018 | 0.1% |
| Q1 2018 | 0.2% |
| Q4 2017 | 0.4% |
| Q3 2017 | 0.0% |
| Q2 2017 | 0.3% |
| Q1 2017 | 0.4% |
| Q4 2016 | 0.4% |
| Q3 2016 | 0.2% |
| Q2 2016 | 0.0% |
| Q1 2016 | 0.0% |
| Q4 2015 | 0.2% |
| Q3 2015 | 0.4% |
| Q2 2015 | 0.2% |
| Q1 2015 | 0.0% |
| Q4 2014 | 0.2% |
| Q3 2014 | 0.0% |
| Q2 2014 | 0.3% |
| Q1 2014 | 0.0% |
| Q4 2013 | 0.2% |
| Q3 2013 | 0.3% |
| Q2 2013 | 0.3% |
| Q1 2013 | 0.0% |
| Q4 2012 | 0.2% |
| Q3 2012 | 0.0% |
| Q2 2012 | 0.2% |
| Q1 2012 | 0.2% |
| Q4 2011 | 0.1% |
| Q3 2011 | 0.0% |
| Q2 2011 | 0.0% |
| Q1 2011 | 0.0% |
| Q4 2010 | 0.0% |
| Q3 2010 | 0.0% |
| Q2 2010 | 0.1% |
| Q1 2010 | 0.0% |
| Q4 2009 | 0.0% |
| Q3 2009 | 0.1% |
| Q2 2009 | 0.0% |
| Q1 2009 | 0.3% |
| Q4 2008 | 0.1% |
| Q3 2008 | 0.1% |
| Q2 2008 | 0.1% |
| Q1 2008 | 0.0% |
| Q4 2007 | 0.1% |
| Q3 2007 | 0.0% |
| Q2 2007 | 0.1% |
| Q1 2007 | 0.0% |
Who lives here
Net migration: the people who moved in, from abroad or the rest of Spain, minus those who left (INE, from 2021).
- Net migration, Araba/Álava province, 2024
- +4,285
- 12.6 per 1,000 residents
Residence is not nationality: a foreigner living in Spain buys as a resident, and a Spaniard living abroad as a non-resident. MIVAU publishes counts by province, not prices, so the report describes how many homes buyers abroad take, not what they pay.
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At the average appraised value, a 90 m² home costs €227,817. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €869 a month. Spain sets no cap on the payment; lenders must assess each borrower's solvency.
- Payment, two incomes
- 22%
- Payment, one income
- 43%
8.1% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 809
- Per 1,000 residents
- 2.4
Appraised values have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 1995. The deepest began in Q2 2006.
- Deepest fall
- −27.7%
- Recovery from the low
- Not yet
In 2024 the population grew by 3,354 while 557 homes were finished: 6.0 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2024
- 6.0
- Population change, 2024
- +3,354
6.5% of the 168,086 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 6.5%
- Empty homes
- 10,965
Public bodies signed €7.8M of housing works here in 2021, and €7.8M since 2017.
- Signed in 2021
- €7.8M
- Per resident, 2021
- €23