18-Dec-2025
May 2015. Ada Colau became mayor of Barcelona with a clear idea: to curb licenses for tourist apartments. Her plan had two goals: to reduce the city's dependence on tourism and, at the same time, to cap rent increases.During her two terms, licenses rose from 9...
18-Dec-2025
The Supreme Court has just made it crystal clear: when it comes to loans between individuals, especially within families, which is the most common scenario, the Tax Agency will no longer be satisfied with a simple private contract. In a ruling dated November 2...
17-Dec-2025
Europe has just launched its first major plan for affordable housing. The idea is clear: to facilitate access to decent housing, especially for young people, working families, and the homeless. No price controls, but a firm hand with tourist apartments and spe...
17-Dec-2025
BBVA makes it clear: home sales in Spain are cooling down, but not due to a lack of desire to buy. The real problem is that there isn't enough supply and prices continue to rise. In October, for example, sales transactions fell by 2.5% compared to last year, m...
16-Dec-2025
By the end of 2025, the housing situation in Spain is, quite simply, a national emergency. There is a housing shortage everywhere. It's already a chronic problem. But instead of focusing on the root of the problem—the lack of supply—the political debate remain...
16-Dec-2025
The law that sought to regulate seasonal and room rentals, promoted by Sumar, ERC, Bildu, Podemos, and BNG, has been stalled in Congress for a year. Junts has blocked the government's initiative, so if it is ever approved, it will not be before 2026.The object...
15-Dec-2025
Chema de los Ríos, CEO and co-founder of the real estate consultancy Variant, which is celebrating its 15th anniversary, analyzes the current state of the real estate sector. In his opinion, there are no signs of a bubble or a change in the economic cycle, but...
15-Dec-2025
If you signed your rental contract after the Housing Law came into effect in May 2023, be prepared: when it's time to update your annual rent, you'll see the biggest increase since the IRAV Index was created. The National Institute of Statistics (INE) just clo...
15-Dec-2025
From January 1, 2026, everything changes: the Tax Agency is focusing on electronic payments, whether Bizum, bank transfers, or cards.Until now, the Tax Agency only asked banks to report if someone was going to receive more than €3,000. But with the new Royal D...
11-Dec-2025
The Council of Ministers has just approved a royal decree regulating coverage to protect landlords against potential rent defaults, but only for contracts with young people and vulnerable individuals that are still active on January 30, 2025. The autonomous co...
09-Dec-2025
According to a study by Idealista, 37% of three-bedroom apartments sold between July and September didn't even last a month on the market. That's how fast they sold. Something similar happened with studios and one- or two-bedroom apartments: 36% were gone in l...
27-Nov-2025
Right now, there are more than 700 hotels for sale on idealista, and most are concentrated in the ten provinces with the most listings. Alicante leads the ranking with 124 hotels, closely followed by Málaga with 111, and Granada with 88. Then come the major ci...
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