Property/House & Garden news & information for Spain

NOW'S the time to get bidding: an entire village is up for sale on the internet auction site, Wallapop, with 40 houses, mains electricity and water in place, a palace, a casino, a hermitage chapel, a post office, an...

THE BASQUE regional government has drafted a new residential home architecture decree to 'increase safety' and make houses and flats 'women-friendly' – although their sentiments have hit a nerve,...

HOLIDAY-HOME buying has become buoyant again in mainland Spain's Mediterranean provinces after years of lagging behind the rest of the country in pulling itself out of the financial crisis.

FOR the first time since before the financial crisis, annual house sales in Spain have broken the half-a-million barrier, say the latest figures, with a 10.1% hike in residential property changing hands in 2018.

BUYING a home in Spain remains very affordable, and comes with the added bonus of providing a pied à terre for sunny holidays. But why stop at one house when you could pick up a whole village? After all, there are...

ONE in seven homes in Spain that change hands are bought by foreigners, according to the most recent annual report by the College of Registrars – in fact, non-Spaniards consistently account for over 13% of buyers.

HOME prices in Spain are rising at the fastest rate in a decade, according to a leading quantity surveyor – although they still remain far more affordable than at the height of the housing boom in 2007.

INTEREST in residential property purchases as second homes, a place to live and, increasingly, as an investment is continuing to rise after two solid years of gradual growth, according to the National Institute of...

LATEST home sales figures show a year-on-year rise as at September 2018 of nearly 10%, making this the sixth consecutive month of increases in property purchases.

AS A SOMEWHAT dubious solution to affordable housing availability, a start-up developer wants to build what it calls a 'beehive block' in Barcelona – eventually extending to Madrid and other European cities...

SPAIN'S most expensive house is on the market for €50 million, for which new owners will get six suites, two adjoining guest cottages, and 6,663 square metres (about an acre and a half) of land right on the...

THIS year will see the housing market in Spain grow by at least 18% based upon current data, according to analysts from Caixabank.