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In the first quarter of 2026, house prices in Alicante increased by 18.3% compared to one year ago. Numbers from a property appraisal company Tinsa said the average price stands at €1,877 per m2 but numbers ares even higher in popular tourist areas. Benidorm reached €2,786 per m2- a hike of 20.5% over 12 months and up by 2.7% on …

David Lucas, Secretary of State for Housing & Urban Agenda in Spain, has stated that a PLAN for building 2.4 million new houses in Spain has identified 1 069 urban areas to be developed. 490,000 properties are ‘available’ for ‘immediate’ construction on consolidated urban land, said Lucas. Lucas spoke to the crowd at the beginning of the construction show. Rebuild …

HOUSE prices in Spain rose by 12.9% last year – the highest figure since early 2007 when costs went up 13.1%. The figures are much higher than the 7% increase projected for 2025 in a study conducted by a Barcelona real estate agency in September. Donpiso. Data were compiled by INE using information provided by General Council of Notaries. READ …

The Dutch have risen to the top of the list for foreigners buying property in Spain.  According to the Spanish property platform Idealista in 2025, foreigners will account for 13.5% of all home sales in Spain, underlining their continuing influence on the market. Dutch buyers accounted for 6.77% of all foreign property purchases in Spain, making them the fourth most …

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. …