Costa del Sol property prices soar 17% as two-bed flat reaches an eyewatering €318,000
AN average two-bed flat on the Costa del Sol now costs an eyewatering €318,000. It makes Malaga province the most expensive place to buy in
Madrid offers first-time property buyers 100% mortgage deals – but there is a rather harsh catch
A NEW Madrid city council scheme will make it easier for ‘young’ property buyers to purchase their first home in Spain’s capital.Community of Madrid President
Renting on the Costa del Sol gets more and more unaffordable – but don’t ‘criminalise landlords’
RENTERS on the Costa del Sol are facing the highest costs in Andalucia, with a typical two-bedroom apartment now setting tenants back €1,494 per month
Property boom continues with prices rising by 15% in just a year on Spain’s Costa Blanca
HOUSE prices soared by 15.3% in Alicante province during the third-quarter of 2025 compared to the same three months last year- according to figures from
Spain’s property boom continues to break records with over 64,000 properties sold in July
SPAIN’S property market continues to go from strength-to-strength with a record 64,730 home sales in the month of July, the highest figure registered since records
Spanish youths now live at home till 30: Stay-home kids mask a structural problem that is ‘one of the four greatest threats to Spain’
YOUNG Spaniards now leave their parents’ home at the age of 30 on average, according to the latest Eurostat data – the fifth-latest in Europe.
Idealista pulls out of takeover of property portal Kyero – favoured by Brits looking for a ‘place in the sun’ – after clash with Spain’s competition watchdog
SPANISH property portal Idealista has pulled out of its planned acquisition of Kyero amid claims that Spain’s competition authority (CNMC) nixed the deal. The takeover
EXPLAINER: Why Spanish hotels could be set to sue Booking.com for a cool €1 billion
SPANISH hotels are gearing up for what could be one of the country’s biggest legal battles against a multinational corporation – and it’s all about
War zone in Madrid: 14 arrests after clashes with violent squatters terrorising neighbourhood
By  Alessio Ghirlanda in Madrid TENSIONS have exploded in a north Madrid neighbourhood after fed-up residents confronted a violent gang of squatters over the weekend
Andalucian townhouse made famous by Alan Carr and Amanda Holden for hit BBC show is now taking bookingsÂ
THE Andalucian townhouse renovated by celebrities Alan Carr and Amanda Holden for BBC One’s Amanda & Alan’s Spanish Job has opened to paying guests this
Is Spain in a housing bubble? Property prices continue to surge nationwide with 7% spike predicted for 2025
SPAIN’S housing boom shows no sign of slowing down after research from a leading real-estate agency revealed that property prices nationwide are on course to
You CAN refuse to pay community fees: New ruling backs property owners in Spain – under certain conditions
PROPERTY owners across Spain can legally refuse to pay controversial community levies after the Supreme Court ruled in favour of residents who had fought a
DATE FOR THE DIARY: Sagrada Familia in Barcelona will host grand ceremony to mark centenary of Gaudi’s death
IT’S taken more than 140 years, countless cranes and a mountain of scaffolding – but Barcelona’s world-famous Sagrada Familia is about to hit the heights.
The neighbourhoods in Spain’s five major cities where rental homes are snapped up within 24 hours
DEMAND for rental homes in some neighbourhoods across Spain’s main five cities is truly approaching physics-defying speeds. At least one in five homes get snapped
A handy property guide to Spain’s charming towns and villages where you can still find a bargain – from €20k ruined townhouses to €75k beachfront apartments
AS Spain’s property prices soar with no end in sight, here is a guide of eight beautiful towns and locations where you can still pick
Where house prices are cheapest in much-sought after Malaga province
WHILE the Costa del Sol continues to dazzle with its luxury developments and sea-view penthouses, the real bargains lie inland – far from the tourist
How to pick up a bargain in Marbella and Benahavis: Four homes up for auction in Malaga with bids starting from €6,600
FANCY picking up a bargain house on Spain’s glorious Costa del Sol? If you are, then you’re in luck as four houses are set to
This Spanish city takes the unwanted crown for the most illegal tourist flats – even beating out several Costa del Sol towns
WITH its eye-catching orange tree-lined streets, renowned gastronomy and spectacular monuments such as the Plaza de España or Royal Alcazar, it’s no surprise that Sevilla
More than 8,000 tourist flats to be removed from Malaga province
THE Spanish government has announced that over 8,000 tourist flats in Malaga province will be removed from online platforms such as Airbnb and Booking. Prime
Pedro Sanchez vows to remove 53,000 tourist flats and convert them into ‘permanent rentals’ for young people during Malaga visit
SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has announced plans to remove 53,000 tourist apartments from rental platforms across Spain – with 6,000 of them located in
Where do foreigners buy homes in Spain? Brits dominate south coast but Germans make larger footprint nationwide
BRITISH buyers continue to dominate property searches in southern Spain, but Germans now cast the biggest shadow across the market as a whole. New figures
What’s behind the mysterious closure of a luxury German property empire in Mallorca just three years after it opened?
A HIGH-END German real estate firm has abruptly closed its Mallorca office just three years after launching with ambitious plans to dominate the island’s luxury
Forget tourism: Spain’s property sector is driving growth as one in four new companies are in real estate
SPAIN’S construction and property sectors are driving a business creation surge that signals the strongest market confidence in years, new figures reveal. The latest Business
Barcelona residents fight controversial Thyssen museum project over ‘property speculation’ fears
PLANS to turn one of Barcelona’s most famous cinemas into a new Thyssen museum have sparked fury among residents, who claim the project is property
Spain’s record housing market far from peaking – ‘prices will reach unprecedented levels’
SPAIN’S housing market is showing no signs of cooling down, with a leading property analyst warning that prices will reach ‘levels never seen before in
GUEST COLUMN: What can a small town in Austria teach Spain about tackling its housing crisis?
In a first guest column for the Olive Press, regular reader and commenter Mark Leonard took the time to write about his experiences in the