42% of owners who have rented a holiday home have succeeded to do so in the first two weeks of Advertising
- 54% of owners who rent a holiday home are women with an average age of 44 years
- 41% were apartments with less seniority to 20 years
- Andalusia is the community that more homeowners claim for rent holiday your home
- 63% varied the starting price to rent housing
Four out of ten owners who have rented a holiday home in the past year, they have managed to do in the first two weeks of it on the market. In fact, he got 7% in the first three days, 16% within a week and 19% within two weeks of having advertised the property for rent. This follows the report “Owner who has rented a holiday home Profile” by the real estate portal Fotocasa.
“The speed and ease with which the tourist accommodation for both owners and tenants, together with the good moment that tourism in our country, are rented explained that this type of tourist rental is living a boom in big cities and tourist destinations and that more and more homeowners opting for this formula , “says Beatriz Toribio, responsible for studies.
As the study showed ” x – ray housing market in 2016-2017 ” 5% of the population over 18 years participated in the rental market putting a home under this regime. Of these, 12% said they rented their homes for short periods of time. Regarding the current demand for housing, ie Spaniards who are looking for housing purchase, 2% think that allocate housing to rent holiday.
The report also shows what the profile owner who has rented in the last year your home for short periods of time in Spain. Thus, 54% have been women with a mean age of 44 years and middle class. If analyzed in detail the age, is the largest group is between 35-44 years (28%), followed by 25-34 years (24%), those over 55 years (24% ), the 45-55 (21%) and finally 4% are between 18-24.
Regarding who have rented housing in 41% of cases it is apartments, followed by flats (28%) and finally a 10% rent a house or chalet. In addition, 57% of households have less than 20 years old, 14% between 20 and 30 years, 11% between 30 and 50 years and 17% rent a housing over 50 years.
As for the square meters of housing, 28% are between 60 and 80 meters, 26% have between 80 and 100 meters and 18% are housing between 40 and 60 meters. Regarding the rooms, 53% have three or more bedrooms, and 34% have two rooms.
The report also studying how regions more owners who claim to have rented your holiday home in the last year. Thus, 22% of the owners is concentrated in Andalusia, 19% in the Community of Madrid, 12% in Catalonia, 12% in Valencia, 1% in the Basque Country and 35% in the rest autonomous communities.
63% of owners had to reduce the initial price
Regarding the price, 63% of owners varied price to rent the house. On the one hand 49% lowered the price because there were negotiations with the tenant and 14% so varied without negotiation. Thus, the report shows that these owners have flexibility to lower the rental price.