Real estate crisis

Updated on 9 October 2026: Spain’s main trade unions have set 11 November as the date for a 24-hour general strike over housing affordability and wages. Further operational details, including minimum services, have yet to be announced.Spain’s two largest trade union federations, UGT and CCOO, h

In 1987, Kevin Costner starred in a spy thriller called No Way Out. He was a Russian asset planted in American society as a sleeper agent. No matter what he thought, did, or said, he was trapped.

Problems with the train system are pushing people to alternative transport and affecting the housing market. Experts warn that poor mobility infrastructure worsens the housing shortage, especially in cities and metropolitan areas, limiting buying options for the middle class and deepening the supply and demand imbalance in well-connected areas.

Rising housing costs, pitiful wages, and legal insecurity are creating major barriers for young people trying to access homes in Spain.

Ibiza has two faces. On one side, the Ibiza of mega-luxury: vast, exclusive nightclubs and dream-like villas. On the other, an Ibiza of shanty towns and housing exclusion.

The UK housing market has seen better days.