If you have started researching how property transactions work in Spain, you will have come across the term nota simple fairly quickly — it is one of the first documents any buyer, lawyer, or bank will mention. This guide answers the questions...

Circumstances change, and sometimes a rental contract needs to end before its natural term is up. Spanish law has clear rules for this — but they are not the same for tenants and landlords. A tenant can generally walk away from a long-term lease wi...

While Madrid, Barcelona, and the established coastal hotspots continue to dominate headlines, Granada has quietly become one of the more compelling property stories in Spain. Prices remain well below the national capitals, the market has moved from r...

As the Mallorca property market moves through 2026, it has firmly transitioned from a post-pandemic boom into a mature, low-volatility era. Defined by strict planning constraints and geography, the island is the ultimate "supply-side" market. With ap...

The province of Valencia offers a highly active coastal property market, driven by consistent demand for front-line locations. For buyers prioritising immediate sea access, searching for beachfront apartments for sale in Valencia province provid...

Spain's official house price index rose 12.2% in the year to the second quarter of 2026, according to the National Statistics Institute (INE) — a slightly slower pace than the 12.9% recorded in the first quarter, but the 49th consecutive quarter in...

Search online and you will find plenty of confident claims about the "best month" to buy property in Spain — December for motivated sellers, January for a fresh start, August for desperate bargains. Most of these claims are not backed by any real d...

Spanish house prices held flat in August compared with July — the first month without further acceleration after a run of consecutive quarterly increases — according to valuation firm Tinsa. Prices are still up 14.9% on a year earlier, some ...

Buying property in Spain introduces a set of legal, fiscal, and administrative terms that have no direct equivalent in English. Some of them — like escritura or catastro — appear in almost every transaction. Others, like nuda propiedad or plusval...

Deciding whether to place a Spanish property on the long-term rental market or list it as a short-term holiday let is the most critical decision an investor will make.

For Italian buyers in particular, Spain and Italy are natural points of comparison — two Mediterranean countries with similar climates, comparable culture and cuisine, and a shared appeal as a place to buy a second home or relocate to. But the two ...

The average new mortgage in Spain has broken €178,000 for the first time on record, according to figures published by the National Statistics Institute (INE) on 26 August. It is the clearest sign yet that the cost of buying — and of financin...

Spain's property market has moved quickly over the past couple of years, with national prices rising faster than at almost any point in the past two decades. It is fair to ask whether the classic idea of a Spanish home for under €100,000 still hold...

Spain has a reputation for a relaxed approach to work — long lunches, an easy pace, life prioritised over career. Some of that holds up. Some of it doesn't. The reality of working in a Spanish office is more specific and, in some ways, more demandi...

For decades, international buyers looking at southern Spain have reflexively turned their attention to the Costa del Sol or the Costa Blanca. However, nestled between the heavily developed resorts of Málaga and the arid, striking landscapes of Almer...