The collapse of Spain's booming housing market has left near-empty or abandoned residential development across the country.
Each failed development represents a loss for the banking sector, which admits to $240 billion of problematic exposure and is probably exposed to more. As home prices keep falling and unemployment soars, banks will face further writedowns.
Giant ghost towns like Valdeluz and Sesena have been profiled in the New York Times and the Guardian.
But they are just the tip of the iceberg. Rafael Valderrábano, director of Basico Homes in Madrid, told us "more than ghost towns, the real problem is the large numbers of small ghost villages surrounding big cities."
VALDELUZ: 700 people live in a town planned for 30,000
SESENA: 10,500 houses sit empty. Commercial real estate is bricked up
HORCHE: This village near Valdeluz has 1,175 inhabitants. It was planned for triple that population
CHILOECHES: Only 1,684 inhabitants live amid unfinished construction and vacant homes
QUER: Only 449 inhabitants in a town planned for thousands
ALOVERA: There are only 5,636 residents here, amid open space and unfinished construction
YUNCOS: This town near Toledo has about 6,000 residents. Unfinished developments could triple the population
LA SERENA GOLD RESORT: This vacation resort is one of three in a 20 km radius. Much of it remains empty even during holiday time
YEBES: A few families live amid hundreds of vacant homes and empty lots
SOTO DEL HENARES: More than 13,500 homes have been built, but only about 3,000 people live here
CALLE OJOS DEL SALADO: A new housing development on the outskirts of Granada sits completely empty
SALOU: A tourist town, thousands of the apartments and vacation homes remain empty, even during peak summer months
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Etiamsi omnes, ego non.
Estos 15 usuarios dan las gracias a Micru por su mensaje:
Faltarían las coordenadas geográficas y enlaces a otros hilos sobre estos despropósitos urbanísticos, que seguro que se ha hablado ya algo sobre el tema.
Brutal,el retrato de que nunca se debe jugar con algo tan básico como es la vivienda.
JoTaladro,ahora que he visto su avatar tu firma,me hubiera encantado saber que opinaba el amigo alkj de estas imagenes,que para estas cosas metía mucha caña.
Bestial. El foto de Soto de Henares veo dos pistas de aterrizaje, tiene que dar "gustito" cuando te pasen por arriba los aviones, sobre todo a ciertas horas y con las "reconocidas" calidades burbujeras.
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