I'm a Brit who works online, and I always spend Jan, Feb, and March in Nerja near Malaga for that reason. It is beautiful and warm, I swim in the sea every day. I will then go somewhere else for the summer months. Great videos as always keeping everyone travelling to Spain informed!!!!

The UK has been like this on housing for years with people freely allowed to move here from just about anywhere, then getting free housing and pricing the locals out

@OGillo2001

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Yeah 100% my next door neighbour arrived here from the IOW on a pedalo, and now he's living in a free mansion provided by the government and all the family have Teslas.

@stuwhite2337

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@@OGillo2001 not so funny when it actually happens though. Mine were Romanian gypsies funded by Islington council in a half million pound house. Begging, parties all night and driving untaxed, uninsured cars. Before that it was Somalian terrorists, raided in the middle of the night and dragged into police vans, but hey, if you are ok then great!

@phil.f.9930

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London is the prime example.

How has the golden visa inflated prices for first time buyers? Golden visa requires 500,000. The real reason is due to asylum seekers and like taking up the lower end of the market.

A Portuguese friend of mine who lives in Porto has to pay a lot for rent and it's impossible for him to buy an apartment due to the same problems as other tourist cities in Spain, and also because of the golden visa, which is off in Portugal already. He is too young to have two babies. Some laws and regulations perhaps made up by politicians and policy makers with the best of intentions have proven bad in practice. But they are always harmful to the same people, not to the few who made money.

In the property market the squatters are also a very big problem. The legal system is slow and it could take many years to get them out, once they’re gone the house is completely destroyed.

@cineffect

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Thank God for Desantis in Florida who took care of this.

@wicklawalker9495

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How common are squatters in Spain? Are there stats on the number of properties being squatted in? And why is it able to happen?

@wicklawalker9495

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@@fuertewelly wow! What a nightmare for landlords!

@ZillionCrypto

Ай бұрын

And also when the ocupas say that they are in the house for more than 48hr and door was open the authorities can’t do anything.

Thank you SO much for all your GREAT info ....I would love to.. eventually...find my way to Spain.....so your videos are just REALLY full of interesting..... important info🎉😊

Love your walkabout videos Stu. Thank you 🙏🏼. I’m hoping to travel to Spain next year and can’t wait to see some of the towns that you have shown on your videos in person

The GV hasn't fuelled the housing in Spain. It's NLVs, DNVs, South American and EU immigration, AirBnB holiday let investment plus damaging legislation regarding inheritance tax and being a landlord. Who will the get the blame once the GV is no longer available?

Anyone who decides not to visit a country because of rule changes for the better is probably doing the country a favour..

Great and informative channel , thanks for the summaries

Hi stu and guests, belated but catching up. In madrid finding decent property under 500k would be difficult, but outside of the city i’ve seen plenty. Being retired, i can do both. If buying w/o the GV becomes the option, so be it. I’ll do the NLV in spain or the d7 in portugal. Both have been on my radar because they seem wonderful.

Is not golden visa of course, the price of housing has doubled in Balearic islands un 10 years. No golden VISA for french, germans and swedish. Maybe for UK afger brexit?And thats the thing, rich europeans pushing locals out. Look up whos buying, more than half are foreigners in Palma.

Legendary episode :) I enjoy your show every day Stu, but most days cannot catch the live stream but i do when i can! Todays comment about that "stay in your lane" bloke had me spitting out my verdajo just now, nice one. Keep up the great work!

I read that there have been 10k real estate golden visa given out since it started back in 2013 (Source El Pais and it showed that by far the largest numbers given to Chinese and Russians which was interesting). There is no way that alone is highly impacting the overall pricing of housing in Spain. If you add golden visas, other types of visas, the fact that you can invest here without a visa and the large amount of broad immigration and the fact that new housing starts slowed for so many years, there is no surprise that the price of real estate has gone way up. And, this is a problem globally. The GV real estate visa was started to stimulate the market, and that is no longer needed, BUT it is just populist nonsense to blame the housing prices on that specific visa.

Thanks Great news 👍

The problem I think is that owners of apartments are scared of their properties getting occupied by ocupas and therefore turn to airb&b’s. The Government needs to take care of the ocupas situation like the Governor of Florida, USA did.

Thanks Stuart 😊

Great program! I’m sold on this podcast. Beats legacy news anytime!

Mill gracias por el vídeo Stuart.500000 ,20 times more than the average Spanish salary.There are a lot of people in Spain 🇪🇸 would be very happy to earn 25000 a year.tenga una buena fin de semana

I've read that there has been limited Golden Visas issued since it was started, so it's not really going to have an impact.

Stu please advise on the 8k fines as I want to come to spain in Murcia to my holiday home - had it since 1998, please help as I need to know what to do to AVOID the 8k fine and how do we go about getting the info to avoid the fine ??

Hi Stu., When you purchase a home in Spain, I have noticed the breakdown of fees on Idealista, a sizable tax and fees, to be paid at closing. My question is; can you expect to have to fork over such a sizable tax yearly, or is it much less than what you had to pay at the initial purchase.? BTW Big fan of your blog and your knowledge of all things "Iberian!! Keep up the good work!!

Don't get kind of language on the 9 o'clock news thats for sure. To hot these day's? Did it used to be cold in spain then in august 30 years ago remember we're being brainwashed into thinking its getting hotter and heat island affected temperatures are being used to misrepresent the actual temperatures by up to 5°

@robddaniel

Ай бұрын

No we’re not being brainwashed, it’s maths.

By the way I live in Murcia

Stu what is the 8k fine if we don’t price something or other ?? I don’t live there but have a house that I go to when I get time off work, usually a week a year - I’m planning on coming out in September but have been bombarded with news snaps of 8 k fine - what and how are we meant to get permission from police or something?

Tourist can't get taxi home in alicante caboroig because only 20 license have been issued. Townhall looking brown envelope .!!!

The forecast for Murcia this year is a cool summer. Refer to Murcia today online for the latest full climate hysteria fuelling that cool summer prediction. Hot or cold, the same old story.

YOU'RE ONE OF A FEW SOURCES ON KZread I FOLLOW AND TRUST ON SPAIN MATTERS.....MY FAMILY WILL BE IN SPAIN IN MAY FOR A MONTH AND WILL VISIT GRANADA TO ZARAGOZA AND POINTS IN BETWEEN....INCLUDING JAEN FOR A FEW BOTTLES OF OLIVE OIL TO BRING BACK TO VIRGINIA...SO STAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LANE....YOU DO US ALL A SERVICE......THANK YOU.

I suppose the massive influx of EU citezens moving permanently to Spain doesn't have impact on the housing market... Spain has the fastest growing population in the EU yet still remains one of the poorest.

@anacasanova7350

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Pobres, España....de Europa,? Jajaja. No sabes lo que dices.😂😂😊

@michaelogrady1002

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Factually incorrect ,the EU member States with the fastest growing population are Malta, Checia and Ireland .The largest migrant group in Spain are Moroccans while UK citizens number 284,000.Spain ranks about 16th in terms of EU income .Those EU citizens moving permanently to Spain can do so as Spain is an EU member and is in the Schengen Area unlike the UK which since 2021 is no longer an EU member and is now treated by the EU zs a third country.

Hi, I love your vids and been watching for a few months now. This is my first post Last month I got my residency investment visa will be moving aug to live permanently My visa is till 2027 but what happens then with the golden visa changes ?

PNV wins always but not all ways this time. Nothing really changes for practical matters because PSOE is going to support PNV in the Basque Country as PNV supports PSOE in in the Central Government in Madrid.

So Brits are not welcome in the Canaries? That's fine! We'll go to Cyprus and spend our money there. We don't want to go where we're not welcome anyway! Two retired seniors.

@johncoyle8139

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Here Here!

@123seanaway

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Who said that? The Sun?

"We are putting an end to the squatters scam in Florida," DeSantis said in an announcement. "While other states are siding with the squatters, we are protecting property owners and punishing criminals looking to game the system." Prior Democrat reports shared DeSantis used the bill's signing to criticize liberal states again and compare them to Florida, which he has called the "law and order" state. "What passes muster in New York and California is not passing muster here," he said. "You are not going to be able to commandeer somebody's private property and expect to get away with it. We are, in the state of Florida, ending the squatter scam once and for all." Advertisement STIHL GREAT AMERICAN• refresh Garden

Is Spain going to sign the global treaty for pandemics and stuff

Even if we take a fake American billion, then there would need to be 200 issued in her area. If it was a proper billion, then add a nought. And of course over what time period has she seen this emerging. Personally, I blame house prices in her area on Brexit, it is just as valid.

Spain needs aqueducts . . . . . . . . . . build fresh water pipelines from northern Europe.

@dantownsend4246

Ай бұрын

Wow, that’ll cost hundreds of of euros

The doctor should move to puerta del sol I’m sure she could afford a property

Have uploaded to face book

Any chance Spain could send some of their (un-wanted) tourists to Ireland? We could do with them. Ireland's tourism is falling off a cliff. Seriously, be careful what you wish for. Love the channel Stu.