Evictions fall over 35 percent in Spain this quarter
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The General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) in Spain reported that evictions decreased by 35.7 percent during the second quarter of this year.
The CGPJ detailed a 57.7 percent drop in evictions due to unpaid rent and an 8.8 percent decrease in those stemming from mortgage defaults compared to the same period last year. Across Spain, courts carried out 4,474 evictions between April and June.
Half of these evictions, 2,244 in total, resulted from cases under the Urban Rental Law, while 1,109 stemmed from mortgage foreclosures and the remaining 1,121 were due to other legal reasons. Though evictions related to unpaid rent and mortgages fell, the CGPJ noted a 152.5 percent increase in evictions stemming from other causes, such as arbitration awards or family court proceedings, rising from 444 to 1,121.
Catalunya led the country with 983 evictions, representing 21.9 percent of the national total, followed by Madrid with 778, Andalucía with 737, and the Valencian Community with 629. The CGPJ also tracked requests for evictions made to common notification and enforcement services, acknowledging that this data reflects trends but doesn’t provide absolute numbers, as the service isn’t available in all judicial districts.
