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And now the plateauā¦or the fall?
Weāre back from summer break! After Philadelphia, Santander, and CĆ”diz (talk about schizophrenic travel!) Iāve returned to suffer revel in Madridās wilting 40Ā°C heat, mumbling to myself repeatedly, āAt least thereās no humidity.ā Then again, I shouldnāt complain; thatās why god made caƱas.
But this real estate market could drive anyone mad. It flies higher every month without a visible source of propulsion. Likeā¦magic. Fine, I'm exaggerating. There are a lot of visible motives. Like, say, a) massive immigration, especially into the biggest metro areas, b) Spain's soaring global cachet, c) a lack of new housing, and d) cheap mortgages.
Still, all good things must come to an end, right? At least that's what my parents told me. Oh my godā¦did they lie? But seriously, everything must come to an end, and the relentless rise in real estate prices might not be a complete āgood thingā anyway.
Now, however, there are new signs that the market's peaking. The question is what comes next. Do we just plateau and say, "Well, that was a ride,ā or crash and say nothing because we're, like, dead? We're betting that we're finding the new equilibrium, not a tipping point before the rollercoaster drop.
Let us count the ways (or the whys):
