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On 18 June 2026 the Bank of Spain published an estimate of the country's housing gap: roughly 750,000 homes accumulated between 2021 and 2025, the difference between new households formed and homes actually built. More than half of that shortfall, 52.5%, sits in just six provinces: Madrid, Barcelona, Alicante, Valencia, Murcia and Malaga. Those provinces house 36% of Spanish families and feel the supply squeeze hardest, which lines up directly with the price data above. The central bank points to a straightforward cause:...

The proposal that's unsettled foreign buyers for two years, a 100% surcharge on transfer tax for non-EU, non-resident purchasers, remains a proposal, not law. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced it on 13 January 2025 as part of a 12-point housing package. Since then Congress has held no vote on it, no formal debate and no committee review. The government's own January 2026 housing package pushed it further down the agenda. The reason is parliamentary arithmetic. Sánchez leads a minority government and lacks the votes: one...

Global Property Guide's first-quarter 2026 figures put Spain's average gross rental yield for apartments at 5.45%. Barcelona came out on top among the cities surveyed, at 7.40%, well above the national average. The logic is simple: yields climb where rental demand is strong and buying in is still relatively affordable. Barcelona ticks both boxes, with steady demand from students, expats and the tourist segment, and purchase prices that have not caught up with, say, Madrid. The figure matters alongside the INE data above....

Spain's National Statistics Institute (INE) published its house price index for the second quarter of 2026 on 7 September: prices rose 12.2% year on year. That's 0.7 percentage points below the first quarter's 12.9%, but it still marks the sixth straight quarter above 12% growth. New and resale homes are moving at different speeds. New-build prices grew 7.4% year on year, a noticeably slower pace than before. Resale homes kept up a much stronger rate: 12.9% annually, barely down from the previous quarter. Quarter on quarter, from...

Investor activity from Russia decreased by 33% in Q2 2024 compared to Q2 2023. What happened? According to information from the Association of Registrars, Russian citizens demonstrated the most significant decline in attraction for foreign investors. French investors rank second in declining activity (-24%), with Ukrainian citizens showing increased interest in Spanish real estate (+7%). Furthermore, Spanish registrars published data for the first six months of 2024. Over 43,000 real estate deals were conducted with...

The average price per 1 m2 in the new buildings category was €2,194 in Q2 2024. About the main thing According to the Board of Registrars of Spain, the growth rate of Spanish real estate is on the rise, with prices growing by 2.9% from April to June. Prices in the secondary market, which makes up 80% of transactions, rose by 3.8%, while they only increased by 0.3% in the new buildings category. The instability of the market, limited new projects and significant differences in characteristics, such as comfort...

The Spanish government is putting in place actions to address the sharp increase in the quantity of holiday rentals in tourist areas. About the situation Recently, Spanish hotels have been limited in their expansion, but now they are leading the luxury tourism sector due to government efforts. The restrictions imposed on daily rentals help the sector develop. In detail Spain, the world's second most visited country after France, received around 95 million tourists in 2024, which is 2 times more than the...

The growth of Spain's real estate market can be attributed to several factors, including increased demand amidst limited supply, particularly in the most popular cities. Other contributing factors include the steady recovery of the economy and an influx of foreign investments. Spanish real estate remains consistently popular among foreigners, further intensifying market pressure. Currently, experts are observing even greater increases in both purchase and rental prices, not only in traditionally "expensive" cities like Madrid and...

The return to study in the property sector comes after a year in which statistics showed a change in trend, with almost all indicators showing a fall rather than a rise. Sales began to decline, and with them the number of mortgages requested by buyers. At the same time, cash purchases have become increasingly weighted towards avoiding Euribor-marked interest rate rises. Where it is not yet clear whether there has been a change of trend is in the dynamics of prices, which continue to rise. ...

Cryptocurrency is one of the most prominent technologies of the 21st century. Millions of people around the world own cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin or Ethereum, and they are increasingly present in the world of finance and property. According to a study by Forex Suggest, which analyses the penetration of cryptocurrencies in the property market, Spain is the country with the highest number of properties available for purchase with cryptocurrencies worldwide, with almost 300 units, followed by Thailand -227 and Portugal -130. ...