Urgent actions have marked Palma mayor's first 100 days
Police, cleanliness, housing - key issues for Jaime Martínez.
Your weekly news catch up in Mallorca
British expats living among the locals, theatre in English, solidarity and support, house sales, tourist saturation...
Foreign property market
The foreign property market is heavily reliant on the Germans, almost 60 percent of foreign property sales this year were to Germans.
Ibiza
The decree is due to be approved later this month.
Apartments up to 40% cheaper under Balearic government's housing measures
Criticisms include claims that there will be speculation.
Emergency measures to provide more affordable housing in Mallorca
All conversions will have agreed affordable prices for sale or rent.
What to do with Mallorca's abandoned old houses
Many of these old houses are uninhabitable because of neglect.
The Mallorcan village where over half the homes are empty
It's argued that many of these properties are uninhabitable.
Housing shortage in Palma, Mallorca
Measures are needed to address the housing shortage.
The new government's plans for addressing the housing crisis in Mallorca
Public land will be transferred to developers for the building of homes to rent.
New housing law has led to a reduction in properties to rent in the Balearics
An estimated fall of ten per cent in the Balearics.
Housing crisis in the Balearics - and the number of empty homes has risen by almost 50%
The new government is to issue an emergency housing decree.
Spain's new housing law. Six facts you need to know
"Landlords may benefit from tax incentives, such as deductions on rental income..."
Property sector expecting the new government to deliver on promises
More developable land, different types of housing ... just two measures the property sector wants.
Apartment development in Menorca
Housing - a key issue for the elections,
Golden Visa for foreign residents could be doubled or scrapped in Spain
The ‘golden visas’ are being blamed for encouraging “speculation” in housing prices.
SOS Housing campaign for "the most serious problem" in the Balearics
A housing emergency decree and a twenty-year "pact" are needed to address solutions.
- Spain wants Britons to show they have 113.40 euros, £97, per day for their holidays
- Big changes on the horizon when Britons travel to Mallorca
- Over two hours for Britons to get through Palma airport queues
- Palma Airport passport control "collapse" put down to unscheduled flights
- Living in a motorhome in Palma: "It'll only get worse"
Comment
Please spare us the grand but futile housing gestures
It's reckoned that the new government's scheme could create 3,000 homes. Will it?
Andrew Ede16/09/2023 17:49