That is the number of housing units that have never been built on speculation and never sold, standing empty, in the Province of Granada.

The provincial capital is ‘home’ to 27,024 of them, meaning that two out of ten are standing empty. This provincial figure is 21% higher than a decade ago, yet these figures come from the Censo de Viviendas de 2011… in other words, two years ago.

This official figure is closer to the estimate offered by the Junta de Andalucia than to the figures offered by the construction sector; i.e., the Asociación de Constructores y Promotores.

The actual figure for housing units in the whole of the province stands at just over half a million (532,088), which is around half the number of provincial inhabitants; in other words, one housing unit for every two people living in the province.

As for the major provincial towns, it breaks down like this: Motril has 4,139 housing units standing empty, which is 11.6% of its total housing stock; Almuñécar has 1,968, representing 7.6% of its total housing stock and Armilla has 1,609 empty housing units, which is 15.3% of its total.

However, it’s not the major towns that have the worst percentage figures for empty houses: Cijuela has 34% of its housing stock standing empty, Láchar 31.4% and Vélez Benaudalla with 31%.

But what about second-home accommodation – who has the highest percentage? Well, Almuñécar takes the biscuit in the provincial percentage ranking, reaching fifth place on a nationwide scale because it has 13,735 housing units categorized as ‘second homes… a whopping 53% of the Almuñécar’s total housing stock.

(News: Almunecar, Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucia)