Property for sale in Spain

The Spanish Statistics Institute's (INE) Population and Housing Survey confirmed that most households own their homes in Spain at 75.2%. This includes fully paid properties (38.1%), properties with outstanding mortgages (26.4%) and inherited or loaned homes (10.7%).

Knowing a property's value is essential when you are ready to buy a home. However, there is not just one value to consider, but two (or even three if the final purchase value is taken into account). The most relevant are the rateable value and the market value.

The Balearic Islands wants to restrict the purchase of homes by non-resident foreigners.

If you're thinking of selling a house in Spain, there are several taxes and costs that you have to keep in mind.

Following the pandemic, second homes and holiday homes received a major boost occupying a prominent role in the Spanish housing market, both as a form of investment and for households looking to own another home and benefit from it for much longer.

Are you thinking of buying or selling a property in Spain?

Finding your dream home in Spain is a tricky business. And when you find it, the problem is that you may coincide with another buyer who is also keen to get their hands on the property.

Since inflation began to rise in Spain and across Europe, many news headlines and expert opinions warned that demand for housing would slow down and that the price would correct its upward trajectory.

The market is predicting that 2023 will be a year full of uncertainties and that the real estate sector will suffer the effects of inflation, interest rate rises, the economic slowdown and the energy crisis.

Do you want to sell a house in Spain on your own without using an estate agent to save on fees?

How long does it take to sell a house in Spain in 2023? According to a recent study published by idealista, 20% of the properties sold through idealista in December 2022 had not only been on the market for a week.

The Canary Islands have become an ideal destination for people looking for a second home and investment. In fact, the sale and purchase of homes by foreigners accounted for 52% of all transactions in 2022.

If you are looking for a flat for sale in Spain and are open-minded, let us propose an alternative. How about buying yourself an entire Spanish village? A village in the Spanish region of Galicia has just been put up for sale and costs less than a flat in Madrid or Barcelona.

The local Government on the Balearic Islands has created a commission to study the possibility of prohibiting the purchase of housing by citizens, foreign or not, who have been living in this region for less than five years, due to the escalation of property prices.

Will property prices fall in Spain in 2023? This is likely to be the case, as house prices in Spain and in most of Europe will experience a correction during 2023 and in some countries also in 2024.

At a time of great economic uncertainty worldwide, making the decision or simply being able to afford to buy a home is becoming very difficult for many citizens.

Foreigners are once again buying homes in Spain en masse following the end of the health pandemic. According to data from notaries, foreigners bought 72,987 homes in the domestic market in the first half of the year 2022, the highest figure in the historical series that began in 2007.

Over the last few years, the construction landscape in Spain has changed considerably. Modular and prefab homes, a long-standing trend in countries such as the United States, have burst onto the scene, as many advantages are attributed to them.

The rental price per square metre per month in Barcelona averages at 21.8 euros, making the Catalan city the most expensive place to rent in Spain. Madrid is the second most expensive with an average of 17.3 euros per square metre per month.

No one has a crystal ball to know exactly what the price of housing will do in the coming years, especially when totally unexpected events occur, such as the pandemic caused by COVID-19, or even the war in Ukraine.

In Spain there is a shortage of housing in the rental market, while more and more people are opting for this type of accommodation.

Foreigners are buying more and more homes in Spain, so much so that it has been a record summer. According to the Property Registrars in Spain, "foreign demand has registered its highest level in the historical series, reaching the highest amounts, especially in recent quarters.

We've reached the end of what will be one of the most talked about real estate operations of the year 2022 in Spain and abroad. The abandoned Spanish village of Salto de Castro in Zamora that went on sale for 260,000 euros, as reported by idealista/news, already has an owner.

Who hasn't dreamt of escaping from the city, moving to the mountains and starting from scratch? Buying a house, having a garden and enough space to do whatever you want are just some of the many possibilities.

The housing market in Spain continues to remain stable despite the turmoil in world economics, and many people are still choosing Spain as a destination to invest in property, especially in pre-owned housing. One trend that is also making a name for itself nowadays in the Spanish property marke