Bank Reopens Credit for Construction and Housing

Spanish banks, including CaixaBank, Santander, and Bankinter, have significantly increased lending for construction and housing promotion. They boosted their mortgage portfolios by over 30%, amounting to 14.4 billion euros. This increase is expected to exacerbate the difficulty of acquiring housing and could lead to a shortage of 900,000 homes within two years.

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