While public debate routinely centres on rising material costs and high demand, an Ernst & Young (EY) report commissioned by the Madrid Promoters Association (Asprima) has brought a startling reality to light: taxes and administrative fees now account for a staggering 26.1% of the total cost of a new-build home in Spain. To unpack what this means for developers and everyday buyers, property expert Alfredo […]
Let’s dive straight into the latest provisional data from Spain’s land registry (Colegio de Registradores) for April 2026. If you are tracking the Spanish property market, the headline figure shows a gentle tapping of the brakes nationally, but as always with Spanish real estate, the real story is entirely local. Here is exactly what happened to residential property sales in April 2026 compared to the […]
If you’ve ever tried to figure out exactly how many homes are selling in Spain in a given month, you’ve probably ended up staring at a bunch of conflicting numbers, scratching your head. Take March 2026, for example. If you look at the official headline news, you are told one thing. If you log into the back-end statistical portals (Penotariado), you see another. And if […]
The Spanish Supreme Court has partially accepted an appeal against Royal Decree 1312/2024, striking down the central government’s mandatory national registry for short-term and seasonal rentals. According to an official statement from the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), the court ruled that the state overstepped its constitutional boundaries by enacting an exhaustive national registration process. Because tourism and housing oversight belongs strictly to Spain’s […]
A LinkedIn poll asked a simple question. Do you use AI in your day-to-day work? …and the results were clear. 89% (rounded up) said yes. 11% said no. These are based on just 128 agents votes, but it is something. On the surface, this suggests AI is now standard across the sector. But the comments show a more detailed picture. They show how AI is […]
According to data from the Spanish Land Registry, 133,618 residential mortgages were registered in Spain during Q1 2026, up from 132,385 in the previous quarter, a quarterly increase of 0.9%. Mortgages accounted for 75% of all residential property transactions during the quarter, 0.8 percentage points higher than the previous quarter. Seven autonomous communities recorded quarterly increases in mortgage activity. The highest volumes were registered in […]
Based on the Q1 2026 Spanish Real Estate Land Registry Statistics report, foreign demand reached 13.9% of all purchases during the quarter, totalling just under 24,800 properties. The following table details the number of properties sold to the top 18 foreign nationalities in Spain during Q1 2026. Note that these figures are derived by applying the specific percentage of each nationality relative to the total […]
I caught up with Charlie Gubbins, Partner at Noll Sotogrande, to get his read on how the first quarter has played out for the real estate marke there. “Q1 has been relatively okay,” Charlie told me. “A slow start. I think everyone had that with the weather and people getting on later.” The numbers from Spain’s Notarial Statistics Portal for postcode 11310 backs that up. […]
Two-thirds (67.1%) of Spanish adults aged 18 to 34 were still living in their parental home in 2025, according to Spain’s National Statistics Institute (INE) survey ‘Encuesta de Condiciones de Vida‘ (ECV). Among those aged 26 to 34, nearly half (47.3%) say they cannot afford to move out – 34.6% citing unaffordable rent and 12.7% unable to purchase a home, per INE data reported by […]
February was mostly worse than January this year… these were the property sales (completions) in February 2026 on the Costa del Sol by municipality as well as month-on-month trends: Marbella: 259 sales (-12% vs previous month, January 2026). Mijas: 190 sales (-15%) Estepona: 188 sales (-2%) Benalmádena: 144 sales (+𝟓%) Torremolinos: 103 sales (-6%) Fuengirola: 101 sales (-33%) Manilva: 67 sales (-20%) Benahavís: 34 sales […]