US EditionThe Catalan Generalitat Uses a Trick to Hide that Rents Continue to Rise
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The powder keg in which the rental market in Spain has become has its maximum expression in Catalonia , and more specifically in Barcelona, which since March 2024 has been declared a stressed zone (along with 270 other localities in the region) and the limits apply to the increase of rents of the Housing Law that Pedro Sánchez and his parliamentary partners approved two years ago to try to lower the prices of the leases. But those decreases have…
Economists and employers' associations point out the "deficit" of public housing and claim that it has become a "ticking time bomb" for the real estate market. This was stated by one of the members of the College of Economists, Miquel Morell, in a committee in Parliament, where they appeared to assess the bill on urgent measures in the field of housing. In turn, the Tenants' Union has criticized the fact that the proposed solutions pose a "false…
Visas to build new housing in the province of Barcelona have fallen 34.1% in the first semester of the year, indicate the data presented this Thursday by the Col·legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya. The strong decline coincides with a moment of pressure in the real estate market, with sales and prices rising, and of increasing difficulties to access a flat, especially for young groups and low incomes.Continue reading...
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lacronicabadajoz.comThe demand for housing continues to grow in Spain at the same time as the supply is reduced and the price of rent increases. The average amount in the country as a whole has been steeped in the second quarter of 2025 up to 1,155 euros per month, 4.4% more than a year ago, according to the last Barometer of Rent prepared by the Fundación Alquiler Seguro and the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. The province of Barcelona is back in the highest position…
The government reduced supply, putting an end to the measures to contain and regulate the AL, and stimulated demand, with bank guarantees and exemption from IMT. Inflation was immediate: 16% in the first quarter, three times more than in the rest of Europe. Even the European Commission highlighted the negative impact of the low control or regulation of prices and rents and the pressure exerted by the AL. A year is not enough to resolve a structu…
One of the biggest problems in Spain and that the government of Sánchez does not manage to solve is the lack of housing supply and the excess demand, which is leading to the prices of the flats not stopping to grow. However, the city of Madrid is in a better situation, since the capital has experienced an increase of housing supply of 1.9%, while in the rest of Spain the supply has plummeted by 6.3%.However, the situation of Catalonia and, in pa…
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