Parable for the Spanish Bubble, Deer take over 37 million euro estate

Two years ago the 37-million euro Spanish hunting lodge overrun by deer a parable of property bust

Now, just two years after he lost the property to the bank, wild sheep roam at will and with no hunting, the deer population has multiplied more than fivefold, said Fabian Vinagre, the caretaker of the estate near the Spanish city of Caceres 305 kilometers (190 miles) west of Madrid.

Sareb’s sell-off is part of the process of Spain’s recovery from a five-year slump that caused property prices to plunge more than 30% and drove default rates on loans for real estate activity as high as 31%.

Even so, Spain’s property market slump is still deep. House sales fell 15% in August from a year earlier and home- mortgage approvals fell an annual 43% in July, according to Spain’s National Statistics Institute. Fitch Ratings said today the non-performing loan ratio for mortgages increased to 5.2% from 4.1% last quarter.

OECD and Deutsche Bank Rank the Most Overvalued Countries

The Most Overpriced Housing Markets In The Developed World
Country - Over valued by:
Italy - 10%
Denmark - 17%
Finland - 22%
Sweden - 25%
Spain - 33%
UK - 34%
Netherlands - 36%
Australia - 39%
France - 42%
New Zealand - 44%
Norway - 48%
Canada - 54%
Belgium - 56%

I don't actually agree with this analysis that the U.S. is 9% undervalued. I would have put it at 7-8% overvalued. But given the wide differences between markets, it probably comes down to the weightings. For example, because Las Vegas and Arizona overbuilt without regard to lower population, many of those houses simply shouldn't count in the analysis. Also, if they are using average incomes, that completely ignores that most of the gains in the last decade went to the top few percent and isn't available to the middle class at large to invest. But this isn't about places finding a bottom. It's about those that are doing an excellent impression of Wile E Coyote.

Ghost Towns in Spain

Ghost towns built for tens of thousands aren't just for China.
Here I live alone
(note: google translate)

He says: "The loneliness you feel at night. It's like living in the countryside." One of his first acts was to put bars on windows and doors. Pour your deck an extension of urbanized land. Grids of asphalt and palm trees on what was a farm with pomegranate, fig and almond trees.