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. ...
Property
Draft bill submitted for 100% tax on property purchases by non-resident, non-EU nationals
Spain’s socialist-led coalition government officially submitted a draft bill to the Spanish Congress on Thursday, marking a significant step toward implementing a 100% tax on...
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...
Spain to spend €1.3 billion on ‘industrial construction of social housing’
Spain will spend around 1.3 billion euros of EU funds over the next 10 years on industrial projects to build badly-needed social housing amid soaring...
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...
Tens of thousands protest high rents and housing crunch in Barcelona
Tens of thousands of people marched in Barcelona on Saturday to protest the skyrocketing cost of renting an apartment in and around the city, as...
Lack of affordable housing and threat of mass tenants’ strike puts pressure on Spanish government
Spain’s acute housing crisis and high rental prices are together piling pressure on the minority coalition government of socialist (PSOE) Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, as...
Spain to scrap ‘golden visas’ that allow wealthy non-EU residents to obtain residency
Spain plans to scrap so-called ‘golden visas’ that allow wealthy people from outside the European Union to obtain residency permits on investing more than €500,000 in...
