Property eviction Spain

Spain’s government has revived a package of rental and eviction protections after the removal of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from the Madrid flat where she had lived for 71 years drew public attention to the country’s housing crisis.The main housing decree, Royal Decree-law 26/2026, was published

The eviction process for unpaid rent is the judicial process that allows the landlord to regain control of their property if the tenant defaults on rent payments. Now, who can initiate an eviction process for unpaid rent? What is required?

Squatting is one of the main headaches for homeowners and neighbours within a community. Having squatters in a flat or house in your residential complex or block can be a serious problem, especially if the offenders carry out illegal or annoying activities.

The coronavirus pandemic has changed many things in Spain, and among these, crime patterns on the Spanish coast. This is demonstrated by the report 'Burglaries in insured homes.

The COVID-19 pandemic in Spain has increased cases of squatting due to the inability of homeowners to check on their second homes due to the state of alarm.

The topic of squatters in Spain, or okupas in Spanish, is a controversial problem across the country.

The bursting of the housing bubble and the economic crisis in Spain brought years of increases in the number of evictions, especially as many families were unable to pay their mortgages, and it was also impossible for many young people to become financially independent in the face of low wages.

If you want to sell your house for personal gain and it is joint-owned with your partner, the consent of both spouses is required.

The number of evictions of people not paying their rent has increased in Spain, accounting for almost 60% of all evictions in 2017.

Squatting and squatters are currently on everyone’s minds in Spain. For homeowners whose property is being squatted in, the first thing that usually goes through their head is to go to the Police Station or the Court, because it is a crime of usurpation.

From Home Staging to PropTech and Gentrification to MLS, many new concepts are emerging in day to day speech with the rapid ascent of the Spanish real estate sector, lots of them being English loanwords. In order to make real estate information more accessible to society at large, the Alfa Inmobili

The Congressional Justice Commission (Comisión de Justicia del Congreso) has approved the Proposition for a Law from the Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCat) to speed up the eviction of illegally squatted housing, especially by mafias. It does not affect tenants who do not pay rent.