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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

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This surfer’s paradise is the only town in Andalucia’s top 10 most expensive outside of Malaga

NINE out of ten Andalucian towns with the most expensive housing are in Malaga province, with a typical 80-square-meter apartment costing an average €320,000. Tarifa

1 Jul, 2025 @ 14:58

Andalucia·Cadiz·Lead·Property

Spain’s mandatory tourist flat registry comes into effect TODAY – with €500k fines for those who miss it

MORE than 168,000 properties advertised as short-term tourist rentals must remove their listings off platforms like Airbnb and Booking.com today or face large fines ranging

1 Jul, 2025 @ 11:52

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Malaga continues to hand out new tourist apartment permits despite housing backlash

DESPITE the Malaga City Council’s plans to regulate tourist accommodation within the city, in reality it’s continuing to hand out new permits for apartment complexes.

13 Jun, 2025 @ 13:14

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Property

Sevilla students feeling the crush of Spain’s housing crisis

STUDENTS studying in Seville have to pay an average of €350 for just a room in the Andalusian capital. The rental market in Seville has

6 Jun, 2025 @ 12:26

Andalucia·Lead·Sevilla

Brussels tells Spain to build more social housing as EU makes Spanish housing crisis ‘a priority’

BRUSSELS is calling on Spain to address its housing crisis through taking actions to strengthen its supply of social and affordable homes. The European Commission

5 Jun, 2025 @ 13:59

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Aid for young renters in Mallorca: €250 offered to combat housing crisis

YOUNG people will soon be able to apply for aid of up to 250 euros for renting apartments and rooms in Mallorca. The second round

4 Jun, 2025 @ 17:30

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Estate agency scraps controversial advert that critics said 'trivialised' Mallorca's housing crisis

Uproar forces German estate agency to sheepishly scrap advert that ‘trivialised’ Mallorca’s housing crisis

A GERMAN real-estate agency in Mallorca has scrapped an advertising campaign that used the ‘Game of Thrones’ TV series to ‘trivialise’ the island’s housing crisis.

30 May, 2025 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Outrage in Mallorca as German real estate company ‘makes fun’ of island’s housing crisis

A SLOGAN has caused outrage among the inhabitants and visitors of Mallorca, with a text seemingly making fun of the island’s housing crisis. ‘Game of

29 May, 2025 @ 16:30

Lead·Mallorca

Housing crisis latest: Three out of four renters in Spain are unable to save up to buy a home

SPAIN’S housing crisis is hitting renters the hardest, with new figures showing that three out of four rental households cannot afford the upfront costs of

26 May, 2025 @ 11:00

Lead·National News·Property

Big increases in tourist and cruise taxes announced to stop 'saturation' of top holiday area in Spain

‘We want tourists to feel fear’: Warnings in Spain ahead of summer season of discontent

FOREIGN media outlets have been reminding tourists to beware of Spain’s ‘tourismophobia’ ahead of its busiest season of the year heating up; summer. Drawn to

12 May, 2025 @ 16:31

Barcelona·Lead

Spain’s housing crisis latest: New tenant review platform puts abusive landlords on alert

A RENTAL property review app is empowering tenants to ensure their future homes are safe, healthy and liveable. The app Reviu allows tenants to share

11 May, 2025 @ 16:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Property

Hundred of thousands of people across Spain rally for their basic right to a home

UP to 30,000 people have protested in Malaga against Spain’s housing crisis. They were joined by hundreds of thousands of people around the country over

7 Apr, 2025 @ 19:00

Andalucia·Lead·Property

‘Housing can never be a commodity, it must be a right we protect:’ Hundreds of thousands march across Spain

WHEN 22-year-old Málaga student Elena’s parents were her age, they could easily afford to buy an apartment in the city. Now Elena cannot even afford

5 Apr, 2025 @ 20:47

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Spain’s Housing Minister Isabel Rodriguez pledges to ‘limit’ impact of tourist accommodation with stricter regulations on room rentals

SPAIN’S Housing Minister Isabel Rodriguez has held her role for more than 100 days now, and to take stock of the Socialist Party-led government’s actions

14 Apr, 2024 @ 13:39

Lead·Politics

Andorra BANS foreigners from buying property in bid to battle soaring prices

THE PRINCIPALITY of Andorra is taking action to combat property speculation and is banning foreigners from buying property in a bid to battle soaring prices.

18 Sep, 2023 @ 17:45

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Spanish coalition government to extend ban on home evictions by up to four years, affecting renters and homeowners alike

FURTHER protection for people struggling in the Spanish financial climate is to be announced today. Spain’s new government will extend the current restriction on home

10 Mar, 2020 @ 07:06

Barcelona·Costa Blanca·Lead·Madrid·Politics·Property

Spaniards are still the world’s most fervent homeowners, despite the crisis

Despite high unemployment and five-year housing crisis, Spain still has more homeowners than any other country

6 Mar, 2014 @ 17:27

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