What many of us feared has come to pass. The Plenary Session of the Constitutional Court has decided to give its blessing to the controversial reference value of the Land Registry, that invention of the Treasury which, since 2022, dictates how much we must pay for painful taxes such as ITP (property transfer tax) or […]
Donald Trump, ever-present as always, wants to ban large investors from buying single-family homes. What does that really mean for the market—and how should we interpret it if we did the same in Spain? In recent days, Donald Trump has once again put the spotlight on one of the biggest political and economic issues in […]
You’re selling your home, so remember this: first impressions matter. Home staging is all about presenting your home in the best possible way so it looks great in photos and leaves buyers speechless the moment they walk through the door. Home staging is about showing your property at its best, so it looks fantastic in […]
The news has made headlines: the price of Publicly Subsidized Housing (VPO, or Vivienda de Protección Oficial) has reached a new historical maximum, hitting 1,195.7 euros per square meter nationally, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda (MIVAU) for the third quarter of 2025. While any increase in value […]
Every week, new data, surveys and reports confirm what we all already perceive in our daily lives: in Spain, accessing decent housing is becoming an impossible task. The housing crisis is no longer just an economic or real estate problem, but a social problem that threatens to fracture the foundations of our coexistence. The latest […]
The Spanish Supreme Court has taken an important step in the debate over the municipal capital gains tax (plusvalía municipal). In a ruling dated June 13, 2025, the Administrative Chamber established that taxpayers who, as of the Constitutional Court ruling 182/2021 (October 26, 2021), were still within the legal deadline to appeal in court, may […]
Since August 12th, a new regulation has come into effect that changes the rules of the game: from now on, a property cannot be appraised for a mortgage unless it has a valid Energy Efficiency Certificate (EEC). This means that if you are planning to buy with financing, sell your home, or refinance your mortgage, […]
The housing crisis in Spain is no longer just a concern. It’s an emergency. And the most alarming part isn’t that we’ve reached this point, but that those with the power to act remain frozen—trapped by ideology, bureaucracy, lack of political will, and, let’s be honest, incompetence and short-sightedness. Where is the government when it’s […]
Spain’s Constitutional Court has taken a major step that could shake up how property taxes are calculated. It has admitted for review a legal challenge against the controversial “reference value” (valor de referencia) used as the basis for calculating key taxes like the Property Transfer Tax (ITP) and the Inheritance and Gift Tax (ISyD). 📌 […]
The current housing situation in Spain is simply shameful. For the first time since official records began, the average price per square meter of subsidized housing exceeds €1,170 across the country. And what is most scandalous is that in eleven provinces, this type of supposedly affordable housing is even more expensive than private housing. What […]
