Joe Duggan (Reporter)
FOREIGN buyers splashed a record €1.6 billion on Balearic property in 2016.
The ministry of development’s figures show total spend by foreign owners is 50% up on 2014.
Europeans made the bulk of the purchases, with the number of Swedish buyers rising by a third, according to Taylor Wimpey Espana.
Most foreign buyers are looking to buy rather than rent, with average prices in the southwest rising by 21% from €1.7million to €2.1 million.
