Tag: Spain

Sales of homes to foreign buyers in the Balearic Islands fell 15.4% year-on-year in the first half of 2026, per CIEN notarial data, even as average prices rose 9.3%.

Small landlords across Spain are pulling thousands of homes out of the long-term rental market, according to two separate reports over the past two days, as a reissued government decree ...

Spain has reissued a decree imposing 10% VAT on short-term tourist rentals from December 1, after Congress rejected an earlier version; councils in designated zones also gain power to add ...

Barcelona's economy commission has backed an IBI surcharge of up to 150% on licensed tourist-use flats, pending final council approval in December.

Spain's AEAT has shifted Modelo 210 filing windows for non-resident property owners, taking effect from the 2027 filing season.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called a snap general election for November 29, 2026, three days after Congress rejected his government's emergency housing decrees and protests swept roughly 50 cities.

Spain's Congress rejected two emergency housing decrees on October 2, triggering protests in roughly 50 cities; Zagdim unpacks what actually changes for tenants, landlords and foreign buyers.

Spain's cabinet has approved new housing rules — an eviction ban to 2030, a 2% rent cap and a ban on "vulture fund" purchases — but Friday's parliamentary validation vote ...

Spain's Colegio de Registradores data show foreign buyers paid 35% more per square metre than Spanish buyers for housing in 2025, with the premium persisting into 2026 and foreign buyers' ...

Canary Islands President Fernando Clavijo is pursuing limits on home purchases by foreign buyers on two fronts, and plans to present the proposal in Brussels in November, Idealista reported on ...