Category: Real Estate Market in Spain

Spain’s government lost its housing decrees in Congress on Friday, called an election on Monday and re-approved near-identical decrees on Tuesday. On Wednesday they hit the BOE, and one of them may never take effect. Four days that changed the housing debate Two decrees, two different fates The general housing decree enters into force on Thursday…

Landlords updating residential rents in September 2026 face different limits depending on when the tenancy agreement was signed, with increases capped at 2.49% for newer contracts and up to 3.6% for certain older agreements. Spain’s rules governing annual rent increases continue to create two distinct regimes for landlords and tenants. According to the latest guidance…

BENAHAVÍS, Costa del Sol — A fast-moving wildfire that broke out Sunday near the Ermita del Rosario, just off the A-7175 leading into Benahavís, remained active into a second day on Monday, keeping one of the Costa del Sol’s most sought-after inland towns on alert. The blaze was first reported to emergency services shortly after midday…

North Mallorca has spent years building its reputation quietly. While the southwest holds the island’s densest concentration of luxury infrastructure, Pollensa, Puerto Pollensa, Alcúdia and the Formentor peninsula draw a different kind of buyer — someone after character, a slower pace of life and, increasingly, better value per square metre — according to a detailed…

12,000 workers needed on the Costa del Sol. A 50,000-worker deficit reported in Alicante. Around 6,000 more needed in the Balearics. Spain wants to build more homes — but who is going to build them? For years, Spain’s housing debate has revolved around one overriding problem: There are not enough homes. The proposed solutions have…

Almost One in Two Alicante Buyers Is Foreign — And the Southern Costa Blanca Is at the Centre of the Story Something remarkable is happening on the southern Costa Blanca. For years, Torrevieja and Orihuela Costa were sometimes viewed as the more affordable alternatives to Spain’s better-known premium property markets. Marbella had the glamour. Mallorca…

The Costa del Sol property market is becoming more international, more diversified and, perhaps most importantly, less dependent on any single nationality. The latest figures from the Colegio de Registradores de España underline just how important international demand has become to Málaga province — the best official proxy available for the wider Costa del Sol market. In…

€15 Million for a Home: How Mallorca Entered Europe’s Ultra-Prime Property League There was a time when a €3 million budget in Spain placed a buyer firmly in luxury-property territory. In Mallorca in 2026, €3 million can increasingly represent the starting line. New research into Spain’s luxury housing market reveals just how dramatically the upper end…

Record price growth can create the impression that every Spanish property will sell rapidly and profitably. The evidence suggests a more complicated picture. Resale asking prices rose 17.2% annually in June, while S&P expects Spain to remain among Europe’s strongest housing markets through 2028. At the same time, buyers face affordability constraints, climate risks, higher…