Spanish Property Insight

Mortgage foreclosures are rising in Spain—but distress is still historically low

Mark Stücklin — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 10:11:05 +0000

The latest foreclosure figures show financial stress is creeping higher, but Spain’s property market remains a long way from the kind of distress that creates widespread bargain opportunities. One way to gauge financial distress in the Spanish property market is to look at mortgage foreclosures. When homeowners can no longer keep up with their mortgage […]

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Property ads are coming to your AI chats – and they could change how we buy homes in Spain

Mark Stücklin — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:28:14 +0000

The first property adverts are already appearing in AI conversations in the US. If this catches on, searching for property in Spain could start to move away from the big portals and into AI assistants. For years, Google was the gateway to the internet. Its search engine was revolutionary because it made it easy to […]

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Foreign buyers bounce back in Q2 to deliver the best first half on record

Mark Stücklin — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:17:07 +0000

Foreign buyers bounced back strongly in Q2, lifting first-half sales to a record high and putting annual demand within touching distance of 100,000 purchases. The latest figures from the Spanish Land Registrars show there were 51,627 home purchases involving foreign buyers in the first half of 2026, up 4% on the same period last year […]

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Paris City Hall plans more housing market intervention to drive down house prices

Mark Stücklin — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 07:04:58 +0000

Paris is once again pushing the boundaries of housing market intervention, this time with a plan to reduce house prices. It’s worth paying attention because the French capital has often been a testing ground for housing policies that later find their way to Spain, particularly Barcelona. According to the French daily Le Figaro, Paris City […]

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Illegal rental registry could cost Spain hundreds of millions in compensation

SPI News — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 08:29:22 +0000

Spain’s failed short-term rental registry may prove even more expensive than first thought, with the holiday rental sector preparing compensation claims worth almost €500 million after the Supreme Court struck down the scheme. The fallout from Spain’s illegal short-term rental registry continues to grow. The holiday rental sector now claims the failed scheme caused almost […]

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Thoughts on how to cut your air conditioning bill during a heatwave

Mark Stücklin — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:24:40 +0000

Shocked like me by your latest electricity bill? Before you resign yourself to paying a fortune to stay cool this summer, it’s worth trying a few simple changes that could make a noticeable difference. When my latest electricity bill landed, it came as a bit of a shock. More than €400 for a single month, […]

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Can Spanish property owners cut off utilities to squatters?

Mark Stücklin — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:54:23 +0000

A new Supreme Court ruling gives Spanish property owners more room to disconnect utilities from illegal squatters—but only in narrowly defined circumstances. The distinction between a squatter and a non-paying tenant remains crucial. Spain’s Supreme Court has clarified that property owners may, in some cases, cancel utility contracts or stop paying bills for a home […]

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Estate agents expect Spain’s housing market to cool in coming months

SPI News — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:35:14 +0000

A new survey suggests estate agents are becoming more cautious, with fewer expecting sales and prices to rise over the next quarter, while stability is increasingly seen as the most likely outcome. The mood in Spain’s property market is becoming more cautious, with estate agents expecting fewer sales and slower price growth in the months […]

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Lessons from Spain’s last property boom and bust

Mark Stücklin — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:55:33 +0000

The Spanish property boom and crash remains one of the most extraordinary episodes in the country’s housing history. Nearly twenty years on, are there lessons that still matter today? I recently sat down with Katherine Walkerdine from Mortgage Direct to discuss exactly that. I was invited by Mortgage Direct, one of Spain’s leading mortgage brokers […]

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Selling in Catalonia just got slightly easier: One pointless obligation has been scrapped

Mark Stücklin — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:44:41 +0000

If you’re selling or renting out a property in Catalonia, there’s a small but welcome reduction in the region’s mountain of housing bureaucracy. You no longer have to include the details of your habitation certificate (cédula de habitabilidad) in property adverts. It’s only a small change, but in Catalonia, where new housing regulations almost always […]

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