Spanish Property Insight

Too many holiday-homes is not Spain’s housing problem

Mark Stücklin — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:16:52 +0000

Spain’s coastal housing problem is not too many holiday homes, but too little housing supply. Restricting second homes and tourist accommodation won’t fix that — making it easier and cheaper to build might. Appraisal-company Tinsa has done some research into the question of housing supply, demand and prices on the Spanish coast in its new […]

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Brussels proposes housing market intervention that could harm foreign buyers and sellers in Spain

Mark Stücklin — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 07:09:18 +0000

Brussels is considering housing-market interventions that could restrict the second-home market in Spain. Nothing is changing yet, but foreign owners thinking of selling might have another reason to bring that decision forward. Housing has traditionally been largely a national, regional and local responsibility in the EU, but soaring prices and shortages have pushed the issue […]

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Artificial Intelligence is coming for the property search business

Mark Stücklin — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 09:55:50 +0000

Property buyers are starting to move from searching portals to asking AI models. That could change not just how people find homes, but who controls the relationship with the buyer. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is starting to change how people search for property, and it won’t stop at a cleverer search box. The bigger change will […]

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Market snapshot: Dutch market in Q2 2026 – outstanding growth

Mark Stücklin — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 06:21:36 +0000

Dutch demand for Spanish property continues to surge, with buyers from the Netherlands gaining market share even as the wider foreign market expanded in the second quarter. Dutch buyers were involved in 1,862 Spanish property purchases in Q2 2026, up 19.5% compared with the same period last year. That was comfortably ahead of the 11.3% […]

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94% of Spanish homes are energy inefficient – could tighter rules be coming?

Mark Stücklin — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:48:47 +0000

A new study reveals that the vast majority of Spanish homes are energy inefficient. Owners can still sell or rent them, but European energy targets mean pressure to renovate is only going in one direction. A remarkable 94% of Spain’s residential property stock has an inefficient energy rating of D to G, according to a […]

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Ibiza council hits illegal tourist rental with €793,000 fine – but will the owner pay that much?

Mark Stücklin — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:01:10 +0000

An Ibiza property owner has been hit with a €793,443 fine for using a home as tourist accommodation without the required licence — equivalent to 75% of the council’s valuation of the building. But headline fines like this are not necessarily the amount owners ultimately end up paying. The case is another sign of increasingly […]

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The huge difference in property buying costs across Spain

Mark Stücklin — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:14:20 +0000

A new app brings home just how wildly the cost of buying property varies across Spain. For a €1m resale, taxes and fees differ by as much as €65,000 depending on which region you buy in. A new app and website called CasaTab, designed to help home buyers calculate and keep track of all the […]

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Market snapshot: British market in Q2 2026 – going sideways

Mark Stücklin — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 08:58:04 +0000

British demand for property in Spain went sideways in the second quarter, whilst the wider foreign market powered ahead. The result was another decline in the UK’s share of foreign buyers, continuing a long-running trend. British buyers purchased 1,876 Spanish homes in Q2 2026, almost exactly the same number as a year earlier, with growth […]

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How much does a swimming pool add to the value of a property in Spain?

Mark Stücklin — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 17:54:40 +0000

With another scorching Spanish summer coming to a close, a swimming pool certainly feels valuable. But how much does having one actually add to the price of a property? The answer, according to new research, is: it depends enormously on where you live. A recent study by property portal pisos.com comparing homes with and without […]

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Heads-up! Q2 2026 housing numbers just published by the notaries – A good time to sell, but buyers are becoming more cautious

Mark Stücklin — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:31:52 +0000

Sales have eased from last year’s exceptional levels, but prices continue to hit new highs. The latest figures suggest the market is becoming less frenetic, whilst remaining favourable for most vendors. The Spanish notaries have just published their Q2 housing market figures, giving us the first clear picture of how the market performed in the […]

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