"Scarcity" (#1 *housing)
I'm currentlly obsessed with this concept of scarcity and shortages, surely the dominant theme of our time.
(Photo, Cristina G. Bolinches)
Can estate agents charge to show a rental apartment to a client?
‘Renting is like a competition, because it's no longer about looking at apartments until you find one that suits you and that you can afford. You have to meet more and more requirements.” Juan Carlos has found one “at a reasonable price and five Metro stops from the centre of Madrid” to live with his partner.
“We have had to pass a kind of casting and the solvency examination of an insurance company…”’ he tells elDiario.es here
Elsewhere…
‘Eight out of ten homes will not be able to be sold or rented from 2030, since they would not meet the energy efficiency requirements demanded by Europe and will have to be rehabilitated to obtain the required certificate’. The average age of homes in Spain is 43 years and many of them don’t make the cut.
(Source: businessovertapas.com)
More to come on the theme…