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Mallorca is a beautiful Mediterranean island where one local company has grown to be a key player in its hospitality and events industry.  Highland Gold is a leading distributor of wine, coffee, and other beverages on Mallorca. This family business is the result of decades and decades worth of hard work. The company is a long-standing partner of Mallorca’s tourism …

By default, all new housing built in these areas will be protected by some type of regulation. Credit: SergeyKlopotov/Shutterstock.com The Balearic Islands will permit the construction of housing on transitional areas (classified as rural land) without the need to have first exhausted all urbanisable land—As long as the councils of the towns justify it. In this agreement, transitional land will …

The Real Estate Activity Registry Index shows that the Spanish real estate market grew 11.1% from the same quarter last year to the first three months of 2025, according to IRAI.  This rate continues to show an upward trend. However, it shows a slight slowdown in comparison to the previous quarter. Also, in previous years, there has been ‘significant growth’, …

Myra Cecilia Azzopardi & CAB Many British citizens living in Spain, who arrived before January 1, 2021, will reach the five-year legal residency milestone by 2025. That means they’re now eligible to become permanent residents under the UK–EU Withdrawal Agreement. But there are many who face a real problem. “I cannot get an appointment for renewing or updating my TIE.  What …

Over half of the online listings for tourist rental homes in Alicante do not include license information as required by law. Mabrian, a tourist data analyst, has compiled the figures. It is reported that 56.8% do not provide a mandatory registration number for the Valencian Region. READ MORE TOURIST APARTMENT This is above the average national rate of 38%, but …

Rural Spain is disappearing. As young people migrate to cities and northern European ‘snowbirds’ snap up second homes, villages are left teetering on the edge of extinction. Diego Yuste, who became mayor of Tragacete (a mountain town located in Cuenca) in 2019, saw the population steadily decline. Tragacete was like many rural towns in that it lacked essential facilities to …

The housing crisis in SPAIN is affecting renters most. New figures show that three of four rental households are unable to afford the upfront costs for buying a home. According to a new report by the Bank of Spain, renters – especially young people and foreigners – are increasingly priced out of the housing market.  Many face what the report …

SILVERWORK is delicate and it’s all about detail, so when an exclusively Spanish style of architecture flourished in the time of Cervantes and Philip II, it earned the nickname ‘silver smithery’. It’s now known today as the ‘Plateresque’ style. Plateresque is a Spanish artistic movement that developed between the late Gothic period and the early Renaissance in the 15th century. …

Congress has registered a BILL that will increase the tourist flat rental tax in Spain, which includes a 100% new levy for non-EU buyers of property. The socialist PSOE party group on Thursday presented the first draft written of the package which includes the extensive housing reforms announced by the Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in January. The bill seeks to …

While many flock to Spain’s popular hotspots for property, smart buyers are looking at locations that are less well-known where authenticity and value reign supreme. These rising stars are offering the Spanish dream lifestyle at a fraction of the price. From bohemian mountain towns where hippies live harmoniously with traditionalists, to fortress-like towns perched over the azure oceans, they have …