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The Policia Nacional arrested four people, including a couple who run an Alicante-based real estate agency. They were all accused of scamming mostly foreign clients. Three men and one woman were accused of fraud, forgery of documents, coercion, and violation of employee rights in relation to the illegal employment by a non Spanish national. The Policia Nacional said that over …

Alicante is the province with the highest overseas share, just below 43%. The Association of Registrars reported 178,270 sales in the United States, an increase of 3.31% on a year-over-year basis. Foreign sales accounted for 13.52% of total. The UK still leads the overseas market despite a decline of 10.74% annually, followed by buyers in the Netherlands, France, and Germany. …

The new sovereign fund in SPAIN will pay for up to 15,000 rental homes that are affordable each year. Pedro Sanchez, Prime Minister of Spain, pledged the money on Monday at the official launch of the fund. España Crece(Spain Grows) aims to create a pot of up to €120 billion in public and private funds. READ MORE SANCHEZ, MONDAY Of …

BRITS was again Spain’s top foreign home buyer last year. They purchased thousands of homes as overseas purchases edged closer to 100,000 despite rising prices. The UK is still Spain’s largest market overseas. Buyers continue to prefer established hotspots on the Costa del Sol and in the province of Alicante, as well as the Balearic Islands. Agents report that the …

According to the figures compiled by Spain’s registrars, a boom in house prices has not deterred buyers. Six properties are bought every minute, a third of which is in cash. This despite the fact that prices have risen by 10% on average across the country. With 705,357 sales, the number of transactions reached levels not seen since 2008 after the …

The number of vacation homes in Spain that were available to rent fell by 12.4% between November and December last year. It was the biggest drop ever since the National Institute of Statistics began compiling statistics twice a month. The INE stated that the total was 329.764 in November, which is 13.6% lower than in the previous survey of May. …

A new law is coming to the Valencia region that will reduce red tape in regards to building permissions on urban land. The regional government has developed legislation to streamline bureaucracy and land management. The critics have expressed concern that the new law will result in a reduction of land for the much needed social housing. This has been denied …

PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez has announced ‘urgent and decisive’ measures to address Spain’s deepening housing shortage. Landlords that extend long-term leases without increasing the rents in the future will be given a tax exemption of 100% on rental income. Sanchez spoke Monday at the launch of the Campamento housing project, which will build 10,700 new homes on an ex-military site …

REAL property costs in Spain rose by 13.1% ‘year-on yr’ within the final three months of 2025, in keeping with property appraisal firm Tinsa by Accumin. The appraiser described the scenario as ‘”a continuation of the acceleration of residential costs’ that’s taking out extra from household revenue to spend on mortgages. Demand has benefited from beneficial situations to get a …

The National Institute of Statistics(INE) reports that the Alicante region has sold 46,334 properties in the first ten months of 2025. This total is higher than 2007 when the country was in the midst of a real estate boom. The figure at the time was 46,196. According to the INE, 5,160 transactions took place in October. This makes it the …