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Spain records 139,497 inherited homes through August, nearing annual record
Spain recorded 139,497 inherited homes through August, 2.5% more than in the same period last year.
The figures cover the first eight months of 2026 and come from the National Statistics Institute.
The total could exceed 2025's record of 208,455 homes, the highest annual figure recorded.
Home inheritances have generally risen since 2015, with a sharp increase in the first year after the Covid-19 pandemic.
Andalusia, Catalonia and the Valencian Community had the highest totals through August.
The figures suggest inherited homes could set another annual record, but the full-year total is not yet known.
Spain recorded 139,497 inherited homes in the first eight months of 2026, up 2.5% from the same period in 2025.
The total could exceed the annual record of 208,455 homes inherited in 2025.
Andalusia recorded the most inherited homes through August, followed by Catalonia and the Valencian Community.
The figures come from Spain’s National Statistics Institute.
The number of inherited homes rose sharply in the first year after the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Who
- Spain’s National Statistics Institute published the figures.
- What
- Spain recorded 139,497 inherited homes through August, 2.5% more than in the same period the previous year.
- When
- The figures cover the first eight months of 2026.
- Where
- Spain.
- Why
- Not stated
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Spain recorded 153,495 inherited homes, a 13% fall from the previous year.
Inherited homes rose 31% from 2020, reaching 201,117.
Spain recorded a record 208,455 inherited homes, 3.4% more than in 2024.
Spain recorded 139,497 inherited homes, 2.5% more than in the same period of 2025.
- Inherited homes, January–August 2026
- 139,497
- Change from January–August 2025
- +2.5%
- Annual record, 2025
- 208,455
- Andalusia, January–August 2026
- 24,025
- Catalonia, January–August 2026
- 20,175
- Valencian Community, January–August 2026
- 19,661