Spanish government pledges €23bn for ‘Spain is growing’ fund to help tackle housing crisis
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday unveiled a new public investment vehicle which he said would generate up to €120 billion and help address...
Housing
Spain to impose tougher rental regulations, including caps on room rents and limits on seasonal lets
Spain’s left-leaning coalition government plans to further tighten rental regulations and clamp down on medium-term leases in an effort to curb rising rents and prevent...
Spain unveils €30k rent-to-buy aid for young people, reclassifies 53,000 illegal tourist lets
Spain’s central government is again putting housing policy at the forefront of its agenda, at a moment when renting or purchasing a home has become...
Airbnb reaches agreement with Spanish government to remove irregular listings
Airbnb has reached an agreement with the Spanish government to remove listings for holiday rentals in Spain that do not have an official registration code....
Catalan government to offer loans for young people to cover down payments on first homes
Catalan president Salvador Illa (main image) has announced a set of measures aimed at helping young people cover the down payment for their first home. ...
Spain orders Airbnb to remove over 65,000 ‘illegal’ holiday rental listings
Spain’s consumer rights ministry said on Monday that it has instructed Airbnb to remove over 65,000 holiday rental listings from its platform, citing violations of...
Tens of thousands march across Spain to protest the growing housing crisis
Tens of thousands of people across Spain took to the streets on Saturday to protest the country’s surging housing costs, expressing deep frustration over a...
Spanish government now proposes to ban home purchases by non-EU buyers
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Sunday that his government is proposing to ban people from outside the EU bloc from buying housing in...
Sánchez announces new housing measures, including limiting non-residents from buying property
Facing growing concerns in Spain over the lack of affordable property for young people, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has unveiled his socialist-led government’s proposed...
