The number of mortgage loans and other consumer credit has gone down in Navarra during the second quarter of 2010, while it has increased the maturity of loans for the acquisition of housing.

So it finds the chapter on Housing and Mortgage Loans included by the Statistical Institute of Navarra ( IEN ) in the Survey of Consumer Economic Situation , for which asked a sample of 640 older than 18 years Navarre .

The survey, as reported today by the INE, shows that 72.3% of Navarre over 18 have a home and of these, 96.1 % have owned (96.9 % in 2009), 0.4 % for rent and 1.3% assigned, while the remaining 2.2% holding encompasses other situations.

13.7% of available buyers account before a housing (18.6 % in 2009) and another 13.7% had no home ownership (9.5 % in 2009).

The number of mortgage loans decreased from last year as a quarter of buyers have a loan current , which in almost all cases, mortgage to finance house purchases, while in 2009 it had in force third of the buyers.

On the other hand, the percentage of the value housing loans representing has declined, as more loans account for less than 50 % the value of housing and significantly decrease the loans which represent over 50% of the acquired property (74.8 % versus 85.1 % in 2009).

In the latter year the maturity of loans has been changed, highlighting those with growth within 16 to 20 years (12.6 points in 2009), and a decrease of which are depreciated between 10 and 15 years (nine points less than in 2009).

The interest rate that applies to home loans is primarily the variable (86.5 % ), followed by fixed rate (12.6 %) and mixed type (0.9 %), compared to 83.7 %, 15.6 % and 0.7 % in 2009, respectively.

As for the reference applied in the updating of the loans, the Euribor are used in 91.8 % of loans, similar percentage as in 2009.

Given the time of purchase, 3.1 % acquired less than three years, 21.6 % in the range of 3-10 years and 75.3% of respondents over 10 years.

Moreover, in regard to the type of housing, 86.6 % of homes purchased are free (compared to 83.1 % in 2009).

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