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Spain proposes 100% tax on property purchases for non-EU buyers
Spain is planning to impose a 100 per cent tax on real estate for buyers from non-EU countries such as the UK, in a bid to improve affordability in the housing market by deterring foreign purchases. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced the plan for the punitive property tax,
Spain to slap 100% tax on foreign home-buyers in blow to British expat hopefuls
Spain is set to impose a significant new tax on foreigners, including Brits, buying homes in the country as it moves to prioritise housing availability for locals.
Spain’s Sanchez proposes new law to keep non-EU citizens away from real estate purchases
The move came as Sanchez’s Socialist-led government grapples with growing concerns over rising home prices nationwide, particularly in Madrid. It was part of a broader set of measures, including a pledge to provide state-backed guarantees for specific rentals and the transfer of thousands of homes owned by the national bad bank to a newly established housing agency.
Spain Wants to Charge 100% Tax on Non-EU Residents Buying Houses
Spain wants non-European Union residents to pay as much as 100% tax for home purchases in the country as it seeks to stem growing discontent over rising real estate prices.
Spain plots 100pc property tax to block expats from buying homes
British expats will be forced to pay 100pc tax on their holiday home in Spain under new measures to fix the country’s housing crisis.
Panic for Brits as Spain confirms new law crushing the dreams of tourists
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced that non-resident citizens from countries outside the European Union, ...
Spain eyes tax hike for holiday rentals in bid to lower rents
MADRID (Reuters) -Spain plans to raise taxes on holiday rentals so that they pay "like a business", Prime Minister Pedro ...
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Spain to hit Brits with 100 per cent property tax in holiday home crackdown
Housing has become a major issue in Spain as it struggles to balance promoting tourism with high rental and purchase prices ...
Spain Announces New Measures To Tackle Housing Crisis
Spain's leftist government unveiled new measures to tackle the country's long-running housing crisis on Monday, targeting a building boom and tax hikes on the owners of tourist rentals.
Spain in crisis as shock new laws brought in to stop Brits buying homes
Spain's PM has revealed his government intended to discourage nationals from countries outside the European Union from buying on the Costas through taxes.
Baby born at sea on migrant dinghy en route to Spain
A baby girl was born at sea on a migrant dinghy en route to Spain from Africa on Monday, according to the Spanish maritime ...
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Spain’s government marks 50 years since Franco died
A s historic turning-points go, it was squalid. On November 20th 1975 Francisco Franco, who had ruled Spain for almost 40 ...
Spain’s prime minister joins foreign leaders concerned with Musk’s interest in European politics
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has joined European leaders who are are voicing concerns that Elon Musk is trying to ...
Her husband died after they moved to Spain. Now this American woman says she’s determined to live their dream
Madeline Waid and her husband Jim left the US in 2019 to live out their retirement together in Spain. But just two years ...
"Extremely dangerous" Italian mafia members captured in Spain
The suspects were "one of the heads of a dangerous family clan" of the Neapolitan Camorra, his son, and his son-in-law, ...