ALMERIA has more empty homes than Malaga, Granada and Jaen combined.
At the end of 2014 a total of 16,201 new properties remained unsold in the province, according to the Ministry of Development.
In comparison, Malaga had 4,159 empty new-builds at the end of the year and in Granada and Jaen combined there were just more than 10,000 newly built properties left uninhabited.
Despite the empty homes it was a good 2014 for the property market, with 7,052 new-builds sold in the province.
Only five years ago there were around 40,000 unsold homes in Almeria.
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