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Interest rate in housing increased to 3.088%
Interest rates implied in housing loans
Interest rate in housing increased to 3.088% - March 2026
21 April 2026

Summary

The implicit interest rate for all housing loan agreements increased, for the first time since January 2024, from 3.079% in February to 3.088% in March. For the contracts that were closed in the previous three months, the interest rate decreased from 2.871% to 2.830%. The average value of owed capital increased 584 Euros, reaching 77,078 Euros. The average value of loan repayments increased 5 Euros to 402 Euros, 4 Euros above the value observed in March 2025. In the last month, interest represented 48.8% of the average repayments. In the contracts signed in the last 3 months, the average value of loan repayments increased 5 Euros from the previous month to 700 euros (15.9% higher than in the same month of the previous year).  


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