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Buyers are pushing back against high house prices in Spain

SPI News — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:54:24 +0000

Spain’s property market is losing some of its momentum as buyers become more cautious and start negotiating harder on price. Homes are taking longer to sell and transactions are falling, but this looks more like a return to normality than the start of a slump. Spain’s housing market is finally showing signs of cooling, with […]

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Catalonia’s latest war on “speculators” will make its housing crisis even worse

Mark Stücklin — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:31:27 +0000

Catalan politicians are once again targeting an imaginary enemy: property speculators. Their latest proposal risks driving away genuine investors who renovate homes, improve housing stock and provide much-needed supply. A proposed Catalan law designed to limit what politicians call “speculative” home purchases has been delayed until at least October after opposition parties Junts and the […]

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Spain forecast to lead European house price growth for years to come

Mark Stücklin — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:24:17 +0000

Spain is expected to have one of the fastest-growing housing markets in Europe for the rest of the decade, which is good news for homeowners but increasingly painful for those struggling to get on the property ladder. According to ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P), Spanish house prices will rise by 9.1% this year, followed […]

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What Germany’s car crisis could mean for the Spanish property market

Mark Stücklin — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 12:25:11 +0000

Germany’s car industry is in trouble. That matters for Spain because Germans are not just holidaymakers here — they are one of the most important foreign buyer groups in the Spanish second-home market. The crisis unfolding in the German car industry is no longer just a boardroom problem in Wolfsburg, Stuttgart, or Munich. It could […]

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Mallorca’s anti-tourism activists become a nuisance to their own cause

Mark Stücklin — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:29:18 +0000

Anti-tourism activists in Mallorca may have become more of a nuisance to their own cause of trying to push back against tourism and property investors than a serious force in the public arena. A controversial protest manual, circulated ahead of demonstrations planned for 26 July, has triggered police scrutiny and condemnation from politicians, business groups, […]

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Estate agents expect a cooler market but higher prices in the second half

SPI News — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 14:22:13 +0000

Industry insiders expect the Spanish housing market to cool in the second half, but with prices continuing to rise. A new survey of more than 400 estate agents by mortgage lender UCI and the Spanish International Realty Alliance (SIRA) suggests the market will remain resilient in the second half of the year, but at a […]

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Dutch demand for Spanish property keeps rising as others cool

Mark Stücklin — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 06:58:11 +0000

Dutch buyers continue to stand out in Spain’s foreign property market. The latest Land Registrar figures show demand from the Netherlands rising in Q1 2026, even as the wider foreign market declined. Spanish property acquisitions involving a buyer from the Netherlands reached 1,626 in the first quarter of 2026, according to the latest figures from […]

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Spanish government plans another housing decree, because the last one worked so well

Mark Stücklin — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 16:50:13 +0000

The Spanish government is preparing another Royal Decree-law on housing this July, with more intervention in the rental market and more uncertainty for landlords. Property owners in Spain might be forgiven for wondering what new surprise awaits them next. The government has confirmed plans to approve a new housing package in July by Royal Decree-law, […]

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France’s ‘temporary’ rent controls are proving anything but temporary

Mark Stücklin — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 07:16:43 +0000

France’s “temporary” rent controls are proving remarkably permanent. As politicians debate extending them, the French experience offers an important lesson for Spain—and anyone interested in housing policy. Most people have no idea where rent controls exist. Unless you happen to live there, it’s not the sort of policy that makes international headlines. Most property owners […]

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Foreign buyers flock to Spain’s ultra-prime hotspots

Mark Stücklin — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:35:31 +0000

Five locations dominate Spain’s market for homes priced above €3 million, underlining just how concentrated the country’s super-prime property sector has become. According to new analysis from Idealista, the undisputed leaders are the Costa del Sol’s so-called Golden Triangle of Marbella, Estepona and Benahavís, joined by Calvià in Mallorca and the city of Madrid. Together, […]

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