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Last updated 11 Jul, 03:17 (Madrid) · 11 stories · Sources: Spanish Property Insight, Olive Press, Euro Weekly News
- Spanish Property Insight·13 h ago
What Germany’s car crisis could mean for the Spanish property market
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…
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- Euro Weekly News·17 h ago
Practical materials for coastal home renovations in damp climates
Salt air eats things. Anyone who has owned a coastal property in Spain knows this firsthand. The paint peels faster, […]
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- Spanish Property Insight·yesterday·mallorca
Mallorca’s anti-tourism activists become a nuisance to their own cause
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 ahea…
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- Spanish Property Insight·yesterday
Estate agents expect a cooler market but higher prices in the second half
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) sugg…
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- Spanish Property Insight·5 Jul 2026
Dutch demand for Spanish property keeps rising as others cool
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…
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- Spanish Property Insight·4 Jul 2026
Spanish government plans another housing decree, because the last one worked so well
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 aw…
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- Spanish Property Insight·4 Jul 2026
France’s ‘temporary’ rent controls are proving anything but temporary
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 re…
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- Spanish Property Insight·3 Jul 2026·costa del sol, mallorca
Foreign buyers flock to Spain’s ultra-prime hotspots
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…
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- Spanish Property Insight·25 Jun 2026·costa blanca
Another Ecopark dispute emerges in Alicante province
After SPI reported on the Ecoparc dispute in Moraira, readers got in touch about a remarkably similar controversy in Dolores. The lesson? Always do your location due diligence. Last week SPI reported on an Ecopark dispute in Moraira, where…
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- Spanish Property Insight·24 Jun 2026
Foreign buyers blamed for pricing Spaniards out of the coast and islands
Foreign buyers are once again in the Spanish media spotlight, this time blamed for pushing coastal and island property prices beyond the reach of many Spaniards. The diagnosis is partly right. The implied cure is where things get more compl…
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- Spanish Property Insight·20 Jun 2026
Refund battles loom after Supreme Court ruling on Spain’s rental registry
The Supreme Court may have killed Spain’s national rental registry, but a new battle is just beginning. Property owners who paid registration fees could soon be lining up to demand their money back. The Supreme Court’s decision to strike do…
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