Spanish government takes aim at non-EU property buyers.
Spanish government takes aim at non-EU property buyers.
Spain pushes ahead with 100 percent sales tax on home buys by non-resident Britons and Americans
There are already signs in Mallorca that the property market is cooling.
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Influencers don't have the necessary qualifications or insurance. (Note: this is a stock image.)
Influencers selling properties in Mallorca - Buyer beware!
Professional estate agents thought they had a mandatory registration scheme. But then the Spanish Government intervened.
Mallorca's estate agencies closing because they don't have homes to sell
Traditional agencies are suffering, but it's a different story for the ones specialising in luxury properties.
Crunch vote on foreigners buying Balearic property this week
Call for express authorisation from the European institutions for restrictions on the purchase of homes by foreigners.
US buyers pay highest prices to snap up Spanish property
North Americans are still well behind Britons, who remain the biggest foreign buyers in Spain.
Housing crisis
Calls for expropriation of flats from large US property owners in the Balearics in response to tariffs
Balearic MP has called for the expropriation of all flats owned by American “vulture funds” in the Balearics - one of which she claims has around 960 rented properties.
Balearic exodus because of housing crisis
High cost of living is driving people away.
Mallorca Real Estate association condemns "cowardly" and "unjustified" attack on business premises of some of their members
These attacks falsely accuse the real estate sector of of being responsible for the housing emergency in the Balearic Islands.
Spain’s Golden Visa expired on Thursday
The visas were approved by the centre-right Partido Popular government in 2013 after the bursting of the property bubble and until 2023 more than 14,500 permits for property investments had been registered.
Government buys back Mallorca estates from Kuwait
The Al Hassawi family acquired estates in Mallorca in the 1960s.
Palma residents complain of aggressive "real-estate harassment" on behalf of foreign buyers
"Housing is a right, not a business. Our neighbourhood is not for sale."
An unfinished home in Mallorca said to have been part of a fraud
One of the unfinished homes.
Alleged property scam in Mallorca said to be worth over one million euros
A court is investigating claims brought by up to twenty people who have been affected.
Coastal properties in the Balearics
More and more properties are being bought by foreigners. But do these give rise to illegal marketing of tourist accommodation?
House prices in the Balearics increased 15% in 2024
Latest figures from the College of Notaries.
Greece and Portugal cash in as Spain says adios to Golden visa
Spain is also planning to introduce a new tax on non-resident/non EU property purchases.
Weddings, blossoms, and buzz in Soller
The Soller Train as it travels this route before climbing the mountain is a great vantage point for blossom viewing.
Three neighbourhoods in the Balearics among the most expensive
Inca and Manacor have seen the greatest year-on-year increase in property prices.