“From here, another thank you to everyone who over the course of 75 years of history has collaborated with Amat Immobiliaris and has allowed us to reach where we are today.”
The year 2023 has been a year of celebration for our company. Amat Immobiliaris has reached 75 years of history, and we wanted to celebrate it surrounded by the people who drive us every day: our clients, collaborators, our team, culture, the country, and family. It was an emotional event that we had been preparing for months. From here, another thank you to everyone who over the course of 75 years has collaborated with Amat Immobiliaris and allowed us to reach where we are today.
But many other things happened in 2023. We always talk about two major challenges in our sector and society that directly concern us as a company: on the one hand, access to housing, and on the other, the energy transformation of our existing real estate portfolio. In both areas, we cannot describe 2023 as a successful year.
In the rental market, which represents the most natural gateway to housing, 2023 confirmed what had been anticipated for years: the significant collapse of the long-term rental supply. From our point of view, this would likely be the headline of the year. It was also another year of legal changes related to housing, mainly around rentals, with the approval of a Housing Law that is still in the process of being implemented.
The sales market performed well, better than we expected, especially in the higher price ranges. Interest rate volatility primarily affected buyers in the mid-price range who require significant financing, as well as new construction projects sold off-plan, where uncertainty made it very difficult to project buyer confidence two years ahead.
Lastly, as we mentioned, we also cannot consider 2023 a successful year in terms of the transformation that the Next Generation Funds were supposed to bring to building renovations. It has been a year of hard work in this regard, but the combination of administrative complexity and the lack of trust between applicants and the Administration has prevented significant large-scale renovations from getting underway. As a society, we are missing an opportunity that we don’t know if we will have again, and this should make us all reflect.
Guifré Homedes Amat CEO
WHO ARE WE?
Amat is a family company.
Joan Amat. 1948
Concepció Amigó. 1952
Second generation: Immaculada and Joana Amat. 1990
Third generation: Guifré Homedes takes over as Managing Director. 2018
WHAT ARE WE?
Our driving purpose
We want to contribute to finding the private, public, and social balance that the real estate sector and our clients need.
Contribute to a healthy and sustainable world by actively working towards the transformation of buildings understood as places where people live or work.
Vision
Amat wants to be a reference in the real estate sector within the business world, driving digital change and continuously innovating, with a total commitment to the human team that makes it up, its clients, and its suppliers.
Mission
Amat’s mission is to advise, manage, and enhance the assets of its clients within a framework of trust, honesty, and security, innovating and creating new services to achieve this goal.
Values
Business Ethics.
Coherence, transparency, confidentiality, quality, and perseverance.
Long-term vision.
Knowledge, training, and innovation.
Shared responsibility and social commitment.
Identity traits
Passion for what we do.
Personalization of what we do.
Integrated into our time.
Curiosity and exploration to see what the future will be like and how to project the company and clients toward that future.
2023 AT A GLANCE
January
We organized the 72nd Networking Dinner with a presentation by Sofia Rodríguez, economist head of Banc Sabadell, who spoke about the development of the economy in 2023. https://issuu.com/amatimmobiliaris/docs/sopars_entorn_immobiliari
We co-organized the 15th International Symposium LRE in Barcelona. https://www.flickr.com/photos/121668343@N02/albums/72177720305386112/
7th edition of the Respon.cat Awards - Award for Time Reform.
February
March
Participation in MIPIMWorld - the @BcnCatalonia stand.
Presentation of the 2022 Market Report to the media. https://issuu.com/amatimmobiliaris/docs/real_estate_market_report_mr-2022
Amat signs an agreement as Global Partner of Aurial Padel Group by @Marta Marrero.
We organized the 73rd Networking Dinner with a presentation by Councilor Ramon Tremosa, titled ‘Sovereign Energy,’ where he discussed how Catalonia should transform its energy sector. https://issuu.com/amatimmobiliaris/docs/sopars_entorn_immobiliari
April
May
75th anniversary celebration of Amat. https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjADbDb https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe1er1poVnDpi3WJVQoxzg57irv47DX8h
June
Begins the Aurial Padel Circuit by Amat 75 years.
July
We organized a talk for clients titled ‘The Challenge of the Rental Market’ by Carme Trilla.
We organized the 74th Real Estate Networking Dinner with a presentation by Xavier Flores, Secretary General of Mitma, who spoke about actions related to roads and rail transport. https://issuu.com/amatimmobiliaris/docs/sopars_entorn_immobiliari
August
September
Tribute to individuals and entities from Sant Just Desvern.
October
Awards Fotocasa PRO
We organized the 75th Real Estate Networking Dinner with a presentation by Josep Mª Ganyet, who explained the evolution from the 1930s to today’s AI. https://issuu.com/amatimmobiliaris/docs/sopars_entorn_immobiliari
November
December Meeting - Amat Christmas Lunch.
AMAT PATRIMONIAL WHAT DO WE DO?
Our objective is the enhancement of assets in both the rental market and community management.
We work to grow the wealth of our clients based on our legal, tax, technical, and financial knowledge. We understand assets to include both rental properties and the communities of property owners themselves.
The greatest effort for a family is the acquisition of their home, and our responsibility is to care for and improve it.
How?
Renovating and updating buildings and homes. Applying management tools to ensure economic control.
Addressing the needs of our clients, including community members, property owners, and tenants.
Providing them with the most advanced technology and digitalization, which enhances transparency, reliability, and speed of information.
Proposing the most suitable insurance options at all times.
Putting a constantly trained team at the service of our clients.
Rental Administration and Property Management
Vision
A long-term perspective, assets require a process of maturation, reinvestment, and sustained growth.
Mission
Get a balance between the two clients, the property owner and the tenant, by facilitating a legal and understanding framework so that both parties can establish mutual loyalty, which is the starting point for a long and stable relationship.
Key factors
Professionalism and Personalization: Trained and specialized staff.
Advice, Legal, Economic, and Tax Advisory: Comprehensive consulting services.
Digitalization: In line with sustainability needs, we offer our clients digital solutions for the entire service. Through an app, tenants and owners can track everything that occurs during the life of a contract or an asset, in a fully interactive manner (online administration since 2004).
Automation: Workflow automation for each management process. Electronic signature with legal certification.
Digital File: Intelligent reading of supplier invoices.
Property Maintenance: Care for the condition of the property and proposals for improvement.
Tenant Suitability Analysis: Contracts that safeguard the rights and obligations of both parties.
Condition Control Document: Document outlining the state of the property at the time of handover to the tenant and upon their resignation.
Control and Selection: Choosing the best suppliers to attend to each asset.
Property consulting
Service designed for Family Offices or internally managed asset companies.
Legal, Economic, and Tax Advisory: Comprehensive consulting services.
Communication of Legislative Changes: Keeping clients informed of changes in legislation and supporting the implementation of these changes.
Process Audit: Reviewing processes followed and providing consultancy with recommendations tailored to each asset.
Physical Condition Analysis: Evaluating the physical state of properties and proposing value-adding improvements and a plan for partial or total rehabilitation or transformation to maximize profitability.
Market Price Analysis and Valuation: Assessing and valuing market prices for the assets.
Administration of community of owners
Vision
Investing in the acquisition of a home is undoubtedly the greatest effort a family makes. This is why managing the community of property owners is so important. It brings together all the elements of a business: capital (the property), budget, clients (community members), suppliers, and management.
Mission
Our responsibility is to take on this management role, with the aim of caring for the building and maintaining it in the best possible condition under sustainability guidelines, which will ultimately benefit the economy and health of the people who live there.
The Key factors of the service
Professionalism and Personalization: Trained and specialized staff.
Advisory Services: Legal, economic, tax, maintenance, and rehabilitation consulting.
Digitalization: In line with sustainability needs, we offer our clients digital solutions for all services. Through the app, community members and the president can track all activities throughout the year interactively (online administration since 2004).
Automation: Workflow automation for every management process.
Digital Filing: Intelligent reading of supplier invoices.
Electronic Signature: With legal certification. Property Maintenance and Improvement Proposals: Focused on environmental care and sustainability.
Community Visit Control Document: A tool to assess and evaluate the state of the community and better plan maintenance actions.
Budget Control: Real-time accounting.
Provider Selection: Control and selection of the best suppliers for each case.
Call Center: 24-hour service, 365 days a year, with pre-selected and validated suppliers.
New department created in 2021.
Vision
In Amat, we are committed to sustainability and energy efficiency in all types of properties, as well as the constant maintenance of buildings to preserve their value.
Construction and buildings are part of the energy problem, contributing 39% of CO2 emissions. We offer our clients the opportunity to be part of the solution, fully aligned with their commitments to caring for the planet.
Mission
In AmatZonia, we work across different areas in both residential properties and industrial buildings or corporate headquarters, creating customized projects tailored to each client’s needs and the possibilities offered by the building.
We analyse the building with a holistic approach, from its envelope, including facades and roofs, to the recovery of spaces, which are increasingly important for family use and enjoyment, such as rooftops or backyards.
Key Factors of the Service
Qualified and specialised personnel, both internal and external.
Comprehensive advice. Turnkey projects, technical, legal, financial and administrative solutions.
Refurbishment of buildings to achieve more efficient buildings.
Installation of photovoltaic panels, aerothermal energy.
NextGeneration. We analyse and search for the most suitable solution for each building and manage the entire process.
Green roofs. Increases thermal and acoustic insulation, improves the performance of photovoltaic panels, increases biodiversity, improves air quality, creates new recreational spaces and, finally, increases the value of the property.
Control and selection of the best suppliers for each case.
AMAT COMMERCIAL
Vision
We understand that real estate transactions related to the primary residence are the most important investment that a family makes, so we take care not to put them at financial risk, advising them at all times thanks to our experience and extensive knowledge of the market.
Mission
To advise, accompany and secure both sales and rental operations; we want satisfied customers on both sides.
We want to carry out operations, but based on the fact that they are carried out with the maximum information, security and guarantees.
Identity traits of our service
Knowledge of the property market and the environments in which we operate.
Knowledge of the demand segmented by typology.
Transparency of information from the outset. Rigour in the valuation, in the data and in the legal situation of the property.
Legal and tax advice before, during and after the transaction.
Processing of previous documentation, energy certificates and certificates.
Constant communication to all parties involved in the operation.
Balanced negotiation between the two interested parties.
Clients satisfets.
Price impact of new construction 2022
Amat sales point
Commercialization of new developments
Definition of the real estate promotion model, our value contribution.
In-depth knowledge of the surroundings, the type of population, their needs and requirements.
We participate, if possible, in the conception and design of the developments
Search for a balance between product, price and financing.
Commercialization
Training specialized teams with extensive knowledge of materials, performance, and characteristics.
Adaptability to the information systems and control of the promoters.
Constant communication
With the promoter, detailed and periodic reports on commercial activity and results. With the buyers, quarterly throughout the duration of the promotion.
Definition of the Marketing Plan.
We design a Marketing Plan for each promotion. Adapting it to the different phases or changes in market situations.
Our brand provides credibility and guarantees for the promotion.
We accompany the promoter and buyer throughout the entire process.
Jardins de Can Matas · Tiana
Plaça 1 · Vilanova i la Geltrú
Àgora Sant Rosa · Mollet
Remunta Centre · Hospitalet
Vision
New developments require a certain adjustment period. We offer comprehensive management of issues at the time of delivery.
Mission
Provide an effective solution to the promoter at the time of delivery of the homes..
Offer precise service to the buyer to resolve the setup of their home.
Identity features of our service
We relieve the promoter of this workload with a controlled price per home.
In-depth knowledge of the promotion with pre-delivery meetings with the technical teams and the promoter. Property visit with technicians prior to the courtesy visit with the buyer to detect and resolve possible issues. Reception and analysis of issues identified by the buyer.
Coordination between construction and industrial teams.
Ongoing information to both parties regarding the status of incidents.
Through the app, each management action can be visualized.
Advantages of the service
Experience. We have agile and effective working systems that allow us to manage incidents. The promoter frees up their structure. The promoter has flexibility in configuring the contracted services. They obtain rigorous control of the costs involved in this service. We mediate between both parties to achieve the best solutions.
EVOLUTION OF THE AVERAGE RENT
EVOLUTION OF THE RENTAL IMPACT PRICE
Differentiating features of renting
Legal Security. Continuous adaptation to published regulations, technical, fiscal, and legal standards. Client Security. Legitimacy to contract, not putting the tenant at financial risk, payment default insurance, delivery document of the property as a guarantee for both the owner and the tenant.
Fair Valuation. An inaccurate valuation harms the tenant, who takes longer to access the property, and the owner, who loses months of rent and therefore profitability. Support throughout the entire marketing and contract process. A balanced contract between both parties.
Second-hand commercialization
Differentiating features of sales Security.
Before. Obtaining and analysing the property registration note.
During. Resolving any legal, urban planning, or maintenance issues that may arise.
After. Follow-up and cancellation of pre-existing charges.
EVOLUTION OF PRICE IMPACT ON SECOND-HAND SALES
Taxation. Advising as required by either party. Valuation. We advise the owner on the fair price; setting inflated prices poses a significant risk for the owner and the market in general.
Support throughout the entire marketing process Screening of visits for the seller’s own security
Experience since 1983 with the arrival of international executives in Sant Just Desvern, Esplugues de Llobregat, and Sant Cugat del Vallès. Today, we offer homes throughout Catalonia.
Specialized professionals with proficiency in various languages, providing commercial, legal, and fiscal support.
Personalized service based on nationality.
Welcoming to the city and addressing educational, cultural, and recreational needs.
Xarxes Internacionals
We have an extensive network of collaborators around the world.
We belong to Luxury Real Estate, FIABCI, MAYFAIR, and Nac Premier. We attend the best international symposiums.
New department since 2022
Vision
The needs of the new economy have led to the necessity of responding to new demands.
We are immersed in a movement of creating technological and scientific companies, along with all those that must be part of the City of Knowledge, complemented by the events that a city like Barcelona regularly organizes.
Barcelona hosts clients every day who require this type of accommodation, resulting in a high occupancy rate.
Mission
With this new specialized department, we aim to meet the mobility demands that all of this represents, working to create new offerings and satisfy a special demand with unique needs.
Identity features
For the owners
If you are a landlord looking for profitability, peace of mind and someone you can trust to rent your flat, we can help you meet your needs. We offer a personalized service tailored just for you.
We have multilingual and specialized professionals.
We will take care of your property from the moment you entrust it to us. When you decide to rent your flat, you decide much more.
You decide your expectations and needs, and you also decide not to take any risks. We want to accompany you in this process.
We furnish and equip with all the details, we commercialize the properties and we find the best tenants.
Our usual tenant profiles are mostly foreigners: business schools, companies from all sectors. We want these clients to feel that they have a home where they lack nothing, that they feel accompanied and want to return many times. They will be well received and will feel happy. We take care of everything: satisfied owners because they see their assets with maximum profitability, and tenants happy to live in an open, cosmopolitan and welcoming city that is not their own, but where they manage to feel as if it were.
AMAT CONSULTANT
The transformation of land and investments
The raw material of the real estate sector, an essential actor for social transformation and our environment. For this reason, for a company with a vision for permanence and long-term perspective in real estate, Amat has been involved in transformations throughout the territory in its 75 years of existence, particularly in the areas where it has a physical presence.
Some samples:
Urban planning consultancy
Vision
Participate in the urban development of cities, their planning and their future.
Mission
To provide our market knowledge in order to meet the current and future demand of the environments in which we operate.
Identity features
We accompany landowner clients throughout the development of their plans, no matter how long they may be.
We put our extensive experience at the service of our clients, as well as the municipalities and all the institutions involved.
We generate a framework of trust among all parties.
We integrate into the compensation boards as secretaries.
What?
Urban Planning: we promote initiatives, advise on planning changes, and manage derived planning...
We advise homeowners’ associations, individual owners, and negotiate with Territories, Municipalities, and Consortiums.
Intermediation in all types of land and buildings: residential, industrial, tertiary, retail, hospitality, facilities...
Renovation.
Change of use.
Unique assets.
Feasibility analysis of projects and real estate developments.
Search for investors, users, partners for projects. projectes.
Valuations.
Inheritances Companies.
Success stories
External urban planning advice to the owner, up to the transaction of properties resulting in an area undergoing transformation, for over 1,000 housing units. Sale of land for residential promotion in El Prat, as well as the sale of various buildings in Barcelona and its surroundings.
Esplugues de Llobregat.
Starting Commercialization Hotel a la Vall d’Aran.
3th land in commercialization Sant Feliu de Llobregat “Matacas”
El Prat Ignasi Iglesias (land designated for development )
Abrera Centre:
Amat Immobiliaris
Legal and fiscal advice
Vision
To ensure that our clients fulfill their legal and tax obligations with the utmost guarantee and security..
Mission
Analyse, advise, and support in the ongoing relationship with the tax authorities or the institutions that legally require it.
Identity features
Internal legal advice for all clients in Property and Commercial sectors.
Specialized external advice in Real Estate Law. Inheritance and wills.
Deeds for new construction, divisions, separations, consolidations, and corrections of registries and cadastres. .
Income, assets, companies, VAT, non-residents, property transfers, donations, inheritances. Processing of all taxes and declarations (operations with third parties, income attribution regimes, census declarations, etc.).
Custody of digital certificates and management of notifications.
Handling of requests and assistance with inquiries and inspections.
Investment advisory services
How?
We cover the entire lifecycle of real estate assets of all kinds, from creation to transformation, valuation, asset management, investment, and disinvestment:
We analyse and evaluate an asset from all angles.
We make improvement proposals.
We provide legal and tax support to individuals, asset companies, families, and institutions.
We legally establish assets, separations, declarations for new construction, divisions, statutes...
We act before the authorities.
We are a socially active private agent in defending our clients’ interests.
We have opinions.
Advise on what we believe Continuously training.
Collaborate with the best.
MIPIM, Cannes.
QUALITY
Quality in service is a fundamental value for Amat.
We were the first company in the sector to obtain ISO certification in the year 2000.
For this reason, since our inception, we have been associated with, participated in, and are members of various organizations within the sector.
Our insurance is the peace of mind of our clients.
We have insurance coverage with a guarantee of up to 2 million euros.
CORPORATE MARKETING
Events:
Presentation to the media of our Market Report 2022.
15th Annual International Symposium in Barcelona. As hosts, we conducted a tour of the three best luxury real estate properties in the city.
Reflective discussion on rental housing at a conference for our clients and collaborators with the participation of Carme Trilla.
72nd dinner, 26 of January 2023
73rd dinner, 29 of March 2023
74th dinner, 20 of July 2023
75th dinner, 3 of october 2023
Sofía Rodríguez
Xavier Flores
Josep Maria Ganyet
Ramon Tremosa
AMAT IN NUMBERS
13.749
Clients
Rental administration and property management Patrimonial
Rental arrears department.
Rental arrears
5.202.000 Volums de gestió For rent 2023 511.200 2022 521.098 2021 546.233 For sale 2023 79.000.000 2022
Purchase of a real estate portfolio
75th Anniversary Celebration.
Definition of a New Strategic Plan for the Coming Years.
prices, fewer contracts.
67.000.000 2021 88.000.000
GENDER
Training
Internal LAU training for sales representatives. English training.
REBUILD 2023 – National Congress of Advanced Architecture and 4.0 Construction.
Seminar: Latest jurisprudence and practical issues regarding Urban Leases.
Leasing workshop: “Let’s talk about seasonal leases.”
Seminar: Urban Planning Practice.
Seminar: How to reduce the energy bill in Homeowners’ Associations.
Workshop: “II Sustainability Forum.”
Workshop: Detecting pathologies in energy rehabilitation projects.
IIV Real Estate Law Congress, ICAB.
Seminar: The urgency of Energy Rehabilitation in the residential market.
Seminar: Evictions after the new Housing Law.
We participate in and are members of various industry associations:
Association of Property Managers. Association of Advocacy. Association of Advocacy. Association of Economists. Association of Technical Architects.
Cercle d’Economia BY AGE
We are members of:
Barcelona Global Women in Real State Spain
AIJEC
Cambra Hispano Sueca de Barcelona
COBATY
Brithish Chamber
Nac Premier Ceigrup
Mayfair
WHERE ARE WE?
SANT CUGAT DEL VALLÈS
Av. de Rius i Taulet, 17, Sant Cugat del Vallès
BARCELONA
SEU CORPORATIVA Via Augusta 3, BCN
Occidental
SANT JUST DESVERN
OFICINA LUXURY Balmes 345, BCN
Bonavista 63, Sant Just Desvern
Vallès
Baix Llobregat
WHAT DO WE THINK?
Interview with Guifré Homedes in the ESADE Alumni Special Real Estate Sector, where he discusses trends in the real estate sector.
Immaculada reflects in the article “Radiography of Women in the Labor Market” for VIA Empresa.
Interview with Guifré Homedes in La Vanguardia discussing how superblocks are driving up seasonal rental prices and doubling rents.
VilaWeb interviews Immaculada and Joana on the occasion of Amat’s 75th anniversary.
El País speaks with Guifré about how seasonal rentals are disrupting the market in Barcelona.
Guifré participates in the debate organized by Tot Sant Cugat on Housing and Mobility with various candidates for the municipal elections in Sant Cugat del Vallès.
Guifré is recognized as one of the top three influencers in The New Barcelona Post, where they interview prominent figures from the business, social, and cultural sectors each week.
CULTURE
Vision
Transmission of our values to society.
Mission
Participate in environments where we can contribute our acquired knowledge to make proposals for the city, equality, inclusion, education for young people and the promotion of culture.
We sponsor book presentations. The calendar is always in a cultural context; this year, we feature an Auca by Pilarín Bayés for the 75th Anniversary.
