Malaga rents hit record high as families forced to spend 58% of income on housing
THE figure, from property portal Idealista, is nearly double the 30% that households should ideally spend on rent, according to financial experts.
British buyers once again Spain’s biggest foreign house-buying nationality even as overall sales slow
BRITONS have reclaimed the top spot as Spain’s biggest foreign homebuyers after briefly losing the crown to Dutch property hunters last year. UK buyers purchased
Home sales in Spain fall for the eighth month running — but prices keep rising fastest in the Balearics and Andalucia
PROPERTY sales in Spain fell for an eighth successive month in May, with an annual fall of 11.8%. The General Council of Notaries said house
The British are beginning to lose their cast-iron grip on Spain’s foreign property market, writes Mark Stucklin
FOR decades the British were the dominant force in Spain’s foreign property market. On many parts of the coast, especially the Costa del Sol, Costa
PP leader Feijoo pledges to build one million homes if elected – alongside a 60% tax cut for young homebuyers
RIGHT-WING Partido Popular (PP) leader Alberto Nuñez Feijoo has pledged to build one million homes if elected in 2027, describing Spain’s housing crisis as ‘the
Spain is offering up to €30,000 grants to renovate empty village homes and attract new rural residents to ‘empty Spain’
OFFICIALS in a remote corner of ‘empty Spain’ are offering grants of up to €30,000 to homeowners in a move they hope will breathe new
Spain’s rental crisis deepens as nearly 23,000 homes vanish from the market in fresh blow for tenants, report warns
NEARLY 23,000 rental properties are set to disappear from the Spanish market this year, a new report has warned, piling even more pressure on tenants
House prices in Spain’s coastal areas soar by up to 300% in just five years to match exclusive areas of Barcelona and Madrid
A SURVEY by real estate portal Fotocasa shows that house prices in Spain’s coastal areas have doubled and even tripled over the last five years.
Saudi royal family to build new palaces on the Costa del Sol in €30m deal – after filling Marbella’s coffers to the tune of €19 million
APPROVAL from the Local Governing Board has initiated the royal expansion of Saudi residency along Marbella’s Golden Mile, expected to generate significant revenue for the
Cheap flights and mass tourism are adding €3,800 to the cost of the average Spanish home, new report warns
CHEAP flights and mass tourism are making homes more expensive to buy and rent across Spain, a new report has warned. Tourism growth added €3,800
Malaga to ban construction of new hotels and tourist apartments for three years
MALAGA is set to ban the building of new hotels and tourist apartments in residential areas for three years. The announcement was made on Wednesday
Sun, sherry and smart returns: why Cadiz is Spain’s most exciting property destination
FROM a 18th-century palace in the heart of the city to front-row golf apartments in Sanlucar de Barrameda, the province of Cadiz is offering buyers
Spain moves to clamp down on tourist flats by jacking up VAT by more than double
SPAIN is moving to more than double taxes on tourist flats as it seeks to bring a deepening housing crisis under control. The government is
Inside football superstar Erling Haaland’s incredible Marbella mansion – his ‘ultimate luxury escape from pitch pressure’
HIGH above Marbella’s Golden Mile, a winding mountain road leads to one of the most exclusive residential enclaves on the Costa del Sol. At the
Thousands protest across Spain over soaring rents amid housing crisis
THOUSANDS of people across Spain took to the streets last weekend as fed-up residents staged fresh protests over the country’s deepening housing crisis. Demonstrators marched
Bank of Spain rules out another 2008-style property crash – but points to a different problem ‘of great magnitude’
SPAIN’s housing market has become harder to afford, but the Bank of Spain has addressed the issue as a lack of housing rather than signs
British couple return to find squatters have taken over their Balearics holiday home – and police tell them to spend the night in a hotel
A BRITISH couple were left stunned after returning to their Menorca holiday home to discover it had been occupied by squatters – and were told
More than one home is squatted every day in Malaga province as PP calls for 24-hour evictions and bill cut offs
THE conservative Partido Popular(PP) has claimed that Malaga’s rental housing supply is drying up because owners are worried about squatters. Malaga’s PP president, Patricia Navarro,
Spain’s housing shortfall grows by 150,000 in a single year while tourist flats continue to boom, new report warns
SPAIN’S shortage of available homes to buy is continuing to rise according to figures published by the Bank of Spain. It has calculated a shortage
Spain’s least visited region has a lot going for it – from low property prices to amazing wines
AS Spain celebrated a record 96.8 million foreign tourists last year, one corner of the country remained largely untouched by the boom. Tucked between the
Eviction looms for Barcelona couple over unpaid rent as Spain scraps Covid-era tenant protections
A BARCELONA family has slammed Spain’s housing market as ‘completely dehumanised’ as they face eviction from their home of 22 years over unpaid rent. Nearly
MD of monolithic US asset manager BlackRock in Spain says ‘we are the star of Europe’ as world eyes up Spanish housing market
INVESTORS worldwide are racing to snap up a stake in Spain’s housing market, experts have revealed, as the country’s property sector continues to boom. Adolfo
EU gives Spain two months to end tax discrimination against foreign property owners
THE European Union has given Spain two months to stop discriminating against foreign property owners or face possible sanctions if a court rules against it.
Property boom sees Spanish mortgages hit 16-year high as average home loan jumps to €174,000
SPAIN’S property boom is gathering pace after mortgage approvals hit their highest March level in 16 years – despite soaring house prices nationwide. New figures
Catholic religious order is accused of building Madrid property empire from donated homes – and evicting pensioners
A RELIGIOUS brotherhood has been accused of cashing in on dozens of donated properties across Madrid – with elderly tenants facing eviction if they cannot
Tens of thousands take to Madrid’s streets to call for affordable housing including lower rents
THOUSANDS of people took to the streets of central Madrid on Sunday to call for affordable housing. The march was organised by Madrid Tenants’ Union
