Real estate showcase, on July 17, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). The sale and purchase of homes registered last May a 21.5% decrease with respect to the same month of 2023, to a total of 44,013 operations, as reported by the National Statistics Institute (INE). The year-on-year decline in the sale and purchase of homes in May was due both to the fall in transactions on new apartments, which decreased by 14.4% year-on-year, to 9,105, and to those on used homes. These fell by 23.2% year-on-year in May, to 34,908 transactions. 17 JULY 2024 Marta Fernández Jara / Europa Press 07/17/2024 (Europa Press via AP)