Buying a home to rent is still a very popular investment alternative in southern Europe.

Housing markets are slowing down. The IMF advises large economies and emerging countries to be "vigilant" about the housing crisis and gauge the risks for financial stability.

In the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, more than a dozen European countries tried to plug budget deficits with programmes that included home purchases.

The latest employment data published by the Spanish government seem to be a double-edged sword.

Between January and March this year, 103,800 more people were unemployed, which is 3.4% more than in the previous quarter, while there were 11,100 fewer jobs (-0.05%).

Strolling through Spanish streets and neighbourhoods, you'll come across all sorts of different properties, including dream homes, and in some cases you'll inevitably wonder who has the privilege of living there.

Are you thinking about selling your home?

The CEO of Bankinter, María Dolores Dancausa, has stated that she is against market intervention in general, "whether real estate or any other type", as, in her opinion, "it produces distortions", such as the measure to limit the price of rent included in Spain's Housing Law. For Dancausa, int

Article written by Álvaro Vega, regional director of PlanRadar in Spain. As a sustainable alternative to the standard constructions we know as the norm today, "passive houses" are in fashion.

A Spanish political party in the Valencia region, Compromís, has presented a series of amendments to Spain's Housing Law, among which it proposes a new regulatory provision to emulate the measure adopted by Canada to temporarily prohibit the sale of homes to individuals or legal entities without Spa