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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

1 Oct, 2025 @ 13:00

Costa del Sol·Lead·Property

Renting a home in Spain uses up 11% more of household income compared to buying a property

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

30 Sep, 2025 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

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

25 Sep, 2025 @ 19:20

Lead·Property

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.

25 Sep, 2025 @ 13:30

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News·Property

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

25 Sep, 2025 @ 12:15

Business & Finance·Lead·Property

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

24 Sep, 2025 @ 18:00

Andalucia·Business & Finance·Lead·Property

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

23 Sep, 2025 @ 15:19

Lead·Madrid·Other News·Property

Andalucian townhouse made famous by Alan Carr and Amanda Holden for hit BBC show is now taking bookings

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

23 Sep, 2025 @ 12:00

Granada·Lead·Property

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

23 Sep, 2025 @ 10:08

Lead·Property

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

22 Sep, 2025 @ 18:30

Lead·Property

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.

22 Sep, 2025 @ 15:48

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Other News·Property·Travel News

Valencia in Spain gets international UNESCO recognition for its work with design

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

18 Sep, 2025 @ 17:00

Lead·Property

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

17 Sep, 2025 @ 09:52

Lead·Property

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

16 Sep, 2025 @ 12:08

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Other News·Property

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

16 Sep, 2025 @ 11:32

Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga·Property

Airbnb shock in Alicante with 73% of tourist flats being advertised without a licence

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

16 Sep, 2025 @ 09:51

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Property·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

15 Sep, 2025 @ 14:21

Andalucia·Business & Finance·Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga·Other News·Property·Travel News

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

14 Sep, 2025 @ 13:54

Lead·Malaga·National News·Property

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

11 Sep, 2025 @ 14:13

Lead·Property

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

11 Sep, 2025 @ 12:00

Lead·Mallorca·Property

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

11 Sep, 2025 @ 08:29

Business & Finance·Lead·Property

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

10 Sep, 2025 @ 17:45

Barcelona·Lead·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

10 Sep, 2025 @ 13:45

Lead·Property

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

6 Sep, 2025 @ 17:00

Columnists·Lead·Property

Rental pressures are actually dropping across Barcelona, Malaga and Spain’s most popular cities – but dozens of people still compete for each room

SPAIN’S overheated rental market is finally showing signs of easing off in some of its most important cities, with several key destinations beginning to offer

4 Sep, 2025 @ 13:55

Lead·Property

Spain’s housing market sees single biggest price surge in history – average Madrid home jumps from €464,000 to €572,300 in just 12 months

SPAIN is witnessing the most dramatic property price explosion in its recorded history, in great news for homeowners – but devastating for first time buyers.

3 Sep, 2025 @ 07:00

Lead·Madrid·Property

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Renting on the Costa del Sol gets more and more unaffordable – but don’t ‘criminalise landlords’

Property boom continues with prices rising by 15% in just a year on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Spain’s property boom continues to break records with over 64,000 properties sold in July

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’

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

EXPLAINER: Why Spanish hotels could be set to sue Booking.com for a cool €1 billion

War zone in Madrid: 14 arrests after clashes with violent squatters terrorising neighbourhood

Andalucian townhouse made famous by Alan Carr and Amanda Holden for hit BBC show is now taking bookings

Is Spain in a housing bubble? Property prices continue to surge nationwide with 7% spike predicted for 2025

You CAN refuse to pay community fees: New ruling backs property owners in Spain – under certain conditions

DATE FOR THE DIARY: Sagrada Familia in Barcelona will host grand ceremony to mark centenary of Gaudi’s death

The neighbourhoods in Spain’s five major cities where rental homes are snapped up within 24 hours

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

Where house prices are cheapest in much-sought after Malaga province

How to pick up a bargain in Marbella and Benahavis: Four homes up for auction in Malaga with bids starting from €6,600

This Spanish city takes the unwanted crown for the most illegal tourist flats – even beating out several Costa del Sol towns

More than 8,000 tourist flats to be removed from Malaga province

Pedro Sanchez vows to remove 53,000 tourist flats and convert them into ‘permanent rentals’ for young people during Malaga visit

Where do foreigners buy homes in Spain? Brits dominate south coast but Germans make larger footprint nationwide

What’s behind the mysterious closure of a luxury German property empire in Mallorca just three years after it opened?

Forget tourism: Spain’s property sector is driving growth as one in four new companies are in real estate

Barcelona residents fight controversial Thyssen museum project over ‘property speculation’ fears

Spain’s record housing market far from peaking – ‘prices will reach unprecedented levels’

GUEST COLUMN: What can a small town in Austria teach Spain about tackling its housing crisis?

Rental pressures are actually dropping across Barcelona, Malaga and Spain’s most popular cities – but dozens of people still compete for each room

Spain’s housing market sees single biggest price surge in history – average Madrid home jumps from €464,000 to €572,300 in just 12 months

Body found beside motorway in search for Brit expat, 73, who vanished at night from home in southern Spain

WATCH: Storm Emilia brings torrential storms to Spain as RED alert issued for Valencia and Andalucia – 250mm of rain could fall on Sunday with severe risk of flooding

Grim end of year for violence against women in Spain: Six deaths in 15 days – will 2026 be the worst on record, asks MICHAEL COY

Scientists at high-security lab in northern Spain ‘experimented with African swine fever’ when first cases appeared just metres away

British man survives hail of bullets hitting his car and is ‘out of danger’ at Costa Blanca hospital