The purchase and sale of homes decreased by 6.4% in the interannual rate in June, up to 53,999 operations, which chains its fifth consecutive fall in the middle of a scenario of more expensive financing as a result of the rise in interest rates for contain inflation.

In the semester, this activity fell by 4.5% compared to the same period of the previous year, dragged down by the downward trend of these months, of which only one, January, ended in positive by rising 6.6 %, according to data published this Friday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).

The levels registered in June also show a drop of 3.8% compared to May, when home sales stood at 56,137 operations.

The purchase and sale of used homes fell by 9.7% in the sixth month of the year, to a total of 43,532 operations, while the transactions carried out on new apartments increased by 10.7%, to 10,467 operations.

92.3% of the houses transferred by sale in June were free houses and 7.7%, protected. In total, the sale of private homes fell by 6.2% year-on-year, to 49,852 operations, while the sale of subsidized homes fell by 8.7%, to a total of 4,147 transactions.