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Informative note on the progress of results of the 'June 2019 Barometer'
Madrid, 03 July 2019
Nota informativa
81.8% of Spaniards prefer to buy "their own home"
- According to the June CIS barometer, 45% of renters do not have enough income to buy a house.
- 47.7% believe that the price of rent is rising in the area in which they live.
Madrid, July 3, 2019 . The Sociological Research Center's barometer for the month of June reveals that 81.8% of Spaniards would prefer to buy "their own home" compared to 12.9% who choose to rent.
According to this survey, 45% of those who rent do not have enough income to buy a house . 13.8% of tenants have opted for leasing "because they do not want to get a mortgage", while 14.9% do so as "a temporary solution until they can buy".
Regarding rental prices in the area in which they live, 47.7% of Spaniards think that rental prices are rising . 20.9% think "a lot", 26.8% say "somewhat" and 27.4% say they remain stable.
People who claim that the rental price has increased believe that it is mainly due to "that there are few apartments for rent" (21.9%) , they also attribute it to "speculation" with the rental price (19.4% ) and, among other reasons, because "there are more people who want to rent" (14.7%).
decent housing
90% believe that the Government "has to actively protect the right of Spaniards to have decent housing." Of these, 52.8% think that the best solution is "building social housing for people with few economic resources", 49.9% with "cheap loans to buy homes", and 46.9% "encouraging housing is built at affordable prices for the middle class.
Housing rehabilitation
87.4% of people believe that public administrations should adopt initiatives to help this. Of those who think that measures should be taken for rehabilitation, 52.3% believe that the best option is “providing aid to pay for part of the rehabilitation”, 43.7% “providing cheap credit”, while 27% .4% believe that “tax deductions for housing rehabilitation” should be “established.”
These and other data are collected in the barometer carried out between June 1 and 11, - with a sample of 2,974 interviews - which is available to all media on the website of the Center for Sociological Research (www.cis.es ).
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