Category: Real Estate Market in Spain

Spain’s foreign property market is undergoing a quiet but significant shift. According to the latest data from the Colegio de Registradores (Q4 2025), Dutch buyers now account for 6.77% of all foreign property purchases in Spain, making the Netherlands the second-largest foreign buyer nationality. The UK remains in first place at 7.93%, but the gap is narrowing – and…

Spain’s residential real estate sector could see one of its largest transactions of 2026 as Brookfield Asset Management enters exclusive negotiations to acquire Fidere, the Spanish residential platform owned by Blackstone, according to reporting from Reuters and Spanish financial daily Expansión. If confirmed, the deal could be valued at approximately €1 billion, positioning it among the most significant property transactions in Spain…

Southern Europe is intensifying its bid to attract digital nomads, remote workers and location-independent professionals. Spain has strengthened its position with a long-term Digital Nomad Visa (DNV) pathway allowing residence of up to five years, while Portugal remains one of Europe’s most established and lifestyle-driven remote work hubs. For globally mobile professionals and for investors…

Spain is facing a widening crisis in affordable housing access, with public and regulated housing (“vivienda protegida”) failing to keep pace with soaring demand. As rents and property prices escalate across major cities and coastal areas, the ability for middle- and low-income residents – particularly young people and local workers – to secure stable housing is…

Spain is once again debating a large-scale migrant regularisation (legalisation) programme that could affect hundreds of thousands of undocumented residents. While the proposal has sparked political debate, history and data suggest that measures like this have often delivered net economic, labour market, and social benefits for Spain over the long term. Far from being only a political story, this…

Madrid has rapidly positioned itself as one of Europe’s most compelling luxury real estate markets for 2026. As global wealth looks for stability, lifestyle quality, and value relative to other capitals, the Spanish capital is seeing surging demand from Latin American and U.S. ultra-high-net-worth buyers seeking both asset security and long-term European living. This is not a trend driven…

Spain is set to outperform the rest of Europe in 2026, with economists pointing to two powerful and structural growth drivers: net migration and a services-led economy. After already delivering one of the strongest GDP performances in the eurozone in 2025, Spain is entering 2026 with momentum that few European peers can currently match. This isn’t a short-term rebound…

Spain has taken a major step in addressing its persistent rental affordability crisis with the launch of Casa 47, a new state-owned public housing company designed to expand affordable rental supply, stabilise prices, and make long-term rental housing more accessible to residents. Casa 47, which evolves from the former land management entity SEPES, is central to the government’s strategy to guarantee…