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Property prices in Spain soar by average of 9.4% with big growth in sales in 'non-tourist' areas.

Property prices in Spain soar by another 9.4%: Surprising growth in sales for ‘non-tourist’ areas

HOUSE prices in Spain soared by 9.4% in February compared to a year earlier, according to figures published on Wednesday by the National Statistics Institute(INE).

30 Apr, 2025 @ 15:00

Lead·National News·Property

Chaos continues: Housing problems in Spain not solved as tourist rental law comes into force, writes Property Insider Adam Neale

SPAIN’S housing crisis has entered a new phase of uncertainty and tension as sweeping reforms to tourist rental laws took effect on April 3, 2025.

30 Apr, 2025 @ 12:44

Adam Neale: Property Insider·Columnists·Lead·Property

Costa Sunsets: A Team That Goes One Step Further

AT Costa Sunsets, we are not just real estate agents. We are dream facilitators, guides through meaningful moments, and experts in turning the buying process

30 Apr, 2025 @ 10:20

Costa del Sol·Property·Sponsored

How Property Raffles Work in Spain

OVER the past few years, property raffles have caught people’s attention in Spain and around Europe. With high real estate prices making it harder for

29 Apr, 2025 @ 16:13

Other News·Property

Spain’s most expensive villa is in Marbella: British millionaire is offering ‘luxury fortress with wellness resort attached’ for just €70m

A BRITISH entrepreneur has been revealed as the owner behind Spain’s most expensive home currently on the market – a spectacular Marbella mansion priced at

29 Apr, 2025 @ 16:00

Lead·Marbella·Property

Spain’s tennis star Carlos Alcaraz lives in a ‘small prefab bungalow’ outside historic Alicante city

CARLOS Alcaraz who picked up the mantle of his tennis idol, Rafa Nadal, has two homes to choose from whenever he is back in Spain-

29 Apr, 2025 @ 15:28

Lead·Property·Sport

Ever higher: Marbella’s luxury market set to continue growth, writes Property Insider Adam Neale

THE March release of the Knight Frank Wealth Report is another clear sign that Marbella’s trajectory as a luxury home destination is set to continue.

29 Apr, 2025 @ 10:22

Adam Neale: Property Insider·Columnists·Lead·Other News·Property

This is why they protest: Renting a room in a shared flat hits €600 a month in Barcelona as prices soar across Spain’s cities

RENTING a single room in Spain’s major cities is becoming prohibitively expensive, with average prices hitting an eye watering €600 a month in Barcelona –

28 Apr, 2025 @ 18:55

Lead·Property

Housing crisis latest: Spanish tenants are spending nearly half of their income on rent

SPAIN’S housing crisis shows no signs of easing, with new figures revealing that tenants are now spending nearly half of their income just to keep

28 Apr, 2025 @ 11:13

Barcelona·Lead·Madrid·Property

Clock is ticking: Is it the end of holiday rentals in Spain? asks the Property Insider Adam Neale

BIG changes have come in about how tourist rental apartments are regulated. Very big changes. If you already have an apartment that you rent out

28 Apr, 2025 @ 10:20

Adam Neale: Property Insider·Columnists·Lead·Property

Art Deco dreams: How Spain gave glamour a home in the hardest of times

WHEN someone once asked Prime Minister Clement Attlee to define socialism, he replied that he couldn’t – but he knew it when he saw it.

25 Apr, 2025 @ 16:00

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Other News·Property

‘A Place in the Sun’ presenter takes Spain’s PM to task for plans to hike taxes on non-EU property purchases

TV-PRESENTER and property expert Laura Hamilton explained in an Instagram post why she thinks it’s still a good idea to buy a property in Spain,

24 Apr, 2025 @ 18:00

Celebrity·Lead·Property

Property prices reach new high in Spain with foreigners making 14.6% of purchases

HOUSE prices reached a record high in 2024 according to registration figures. Second-hand homes were 6.3% more expensive compared to the previous year with average

23 Apr, 2025 @ 13:59

Lead·Property

From coal to culture: Barcelona’s forgotten power plant Tres Xemeneies to get epic makeover

ONCE a towering titan of industry, the iconic Tres Xemeneies power plant is set to become the beating heart of Barcelona’s cultural future. The 1970s

19 Apr, 2025 @ 16:33

Barcelona·Catalunya·La Cultura·Lead·Other News·Property

Massive demand helps home construction soar to highest level for 17 years on Costa Blanca

CONSTRUCTION of new properties in Alicante province have soared to their highest level since the property bubble burst in 2008. Figures from Alicante’s Official College

18 Apr, 2025 @ 16:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

Spain’s hottest young football star, Nico Williams, nets himself a Marbella mansion

SPANISH football sensation Nico Williams has just bagged himself a swanky new pad in Marbella’s ultra-exclusive Sierra Blanca – joining the A-list ranks of Novak

18 Apr, 2025 @ 15:00

Celebrity·Lead·Property

Pensioner, 83, ‘lives in poverty’ in Spain because her tenant ‘hasn’t paid rent in two years’ – but are there two sides to the story?

AN 83-year-old pensioner from Carranque, Toledo, claims she has been left in financial hardship after her tenant allegedly failed to pay rent for two years

17 Apr, 2025 @ 14:46

Crime & Law·Lead·Property

Squatters move into seafront ruin in Spain’s Palma de Mallorca as housing crisis spirals

MALLORCA’S spiralling housing crisis has taken another bizarre twist – with a gang of Algerian squatters moving into an abandoned lobster hatchery perched above the

17 Apr, 2025 @ 12:11

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Other News·Property

Spanish property bargains: How to get involved in government auction which sees some homes in Spain going for just €7k

THE Andalucian city of Huelva, near the Portuguese border, will be the venue of some unusual house auctions throughout April and May. Some of the

16 Apr, 2025 @ 12:15

Andalucia·Lead·Other News·Property

Foreign buyers accounted for HALF of all property sales in Alicante last yeart

Brits to the south, Yanks to the north: Where are foreigners buying property in Spain?

“THE English are buying in the south, Germans on the islands, and the French and Americans in the north.” That’s the word from Spanish estate

16 Apr, 2025 @ 10:30

Lead·Property

Brits in Spain watch closely as France moves to ‘review the 90-day restriction on British second home owners’

A FRENCH MP is pushing to make obtaining visiting-visas easier for British second-home owners in the wake of Brexit, possibly paving the way for Spain

15 Apr, 2025 @ 14:15

Lead·National News·Property

The Queen of eliminating clutter, Brandi Freeze, explains how her company Airy Spaces can work miracles for you this spring

WHEN clutter takes over it starts innocently: a drawer that won’t close, a chair overtaken by things meant to be dealt with ‘later’ or a

15 Apr, 2025 @ 12:48

Andalucia·Other News·Other Posts·Property

Thousands of hotels still for sale in Spain despite booming tourism sector – here’s where to pick one up

IF YOU’VE ever fancied owning a hotel in Spain, there are plenty to options with the Idealista property portal saying it has over a thousand

15 Apr, 2025 @ 12:00

Lead·Property

Spain’s Estepona plans sprawling new sports complex with indoor swimming pool and a dozen courts

ESTEPONA is set to significantly upgrade its sporting infrastructure with a new multi-sport complex. It will feature a heated indoor swimming pool and a broad

15 Apr, 2025 @ 11:44

Estepona·Lead·Property·Sport

Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi one step closer to sainthood as Pope recognises his ‘heroic virtue’

ICONIC Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi – the man behind Barcelona’s Sagrada Família cathedral – has moved a step closer to sainthood after Pope Francis officially

15 Apr, 2025 @ 11:16

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Other News·Property

Spain is pessimistic about housing amid uncertain times in latest consumer confidence survey

A NEW survey has revealed a worrying trend among Spanish consumers: growing pessimism around housing and employment. According to the inaugural Termometro 5D consumer confidence

14 Apr, 2025 @ 14:01

Business & Finance·Lead·Property