Home evictions averaged 184 a day in Spain last year
Number of court-ordered expulsions reached 67,189 in 2013, according to judicial figures
The number of court-ordered home evictions for non-payment of mortgages, rent or other legal reasons reached 67,189 last year, according to judicial statistics released on Friday.
The number of open cases – pending eviction requests – stood at 82,860, which is 9.8 percent fewer than the previous year, said the General Council of Judiciary (CGPJ) legal watchdog in its annual report.
Of the total number, 38 percent were due to non-payment of mortgages while 57 percent were for non-payment of rent. Another four percent were for other causes. The figures reflect an average of around 184 evictions per day in 2013.
A breakdown by regions shows that Catalonia had the most evictions last year (23.8 percent) followed by Valencia, Andalusia and Madrid.
In January, the Bank of Spain for the first time released its own figures based on stricter calculations of the number of evictions that took place in the first half of 2013. From January to June, 35,098 families were evicted from their homes for failing to pay their mortgages, the central bank said.
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