Bank bailout but at a price for Spain

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Bank bailout but at a price for Spain

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Spain's bad bank loans rise

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Shares slide despite Spanish bank bailout deal

[PeterHeirman]

The banks own most of the real-estate.
They could drop the price of real-estate to a comparable level of Ireland and USA. Then people who still have savings would buy. Now those with savings just wait until the price drops as announced by the media with 25 to 30%.
Banks probably can't afford the 25-30% drop as their balance sheet would show their bankruptcy. So the banks need the €60-80-100 Billion to save their balance sheet before they can drop the prices.
Meanwhile they hope enough (dumb) tourists just buy over the summer.

[FuerteMakesMeHappy]

35% drop? If you can buy a €150K place for €100K they will sell that's less than £80K! I'd even be there!