Palma's plan for converting ground-floor premises
Under the new urban plan, conversion will favour affordable housing.
Santa Maria approves development of 300 new homes
Environmentalists Terraferida among those opposed to the developments.
Building site in Mallorca
Projects may have to stop until the situation normalises.
Rising cost of building materials pushing up prices of new houses
The rise in costs over the past six months is equivalent to that for the previous 13 years.
Spanish cabinet approves bill penalising empty homes, rewarding lower rents
The draft legislation also targets the lack of accessible housing.
Spain to more than halve subsidy for firms specialised in letting property
"This general budget will help all young Spaniards realise their life projects."
Home building in Palma, Mallorca
New homes are being built, but they are mostly for the high end of the market.
Developers highlighting the lack of affordable housing in Palma
It's a familiar story; the town hall is meanwhile wanting more public housing.
Flats for sale in Mallorca
Empty properties for temporary urgent need.
Network of temporary flats for people with urgent housing needs
Empty flats have been acquired from large property owners.
Balearic government expropriation of apartments "a gimmick"
The government's housing policy will have the opposite effect to that which is intended.
Apartments in Palma, Mallorca
Twenty-seven of the apartments are in Mallorca.
Expropriation of apartments could result in lower rents
The Balearic government will expropriate 56 apartments belonging to banks and real-estate firms.
Palma demanding legal means to regulate rents
The Spanish government is being urged to allow town halls to limit the cost to rent.
Home building in Mallorca
The luxury end of the market has been unaffected.
Rents will rise in the Balearics as a result of runaway inflation.
Rents will rise in the Balearics as a result of runaway inflation.
Week In Review
Your seven days news round-up in Mallorca
Public transport, housing, tourism protests, recreational boating...
Tourism for elites - Environmentalists' concern for Mallorca's tourism
Environmentalists GOB are suspicious of the government's sustainability pact; it will be a commitment to "elitism in tourism".
For what it costs to buy a home in the Balearics you could buy three in Murcia
The price per square metre in June was at an all-time high.
Tax incentives of 1,800 euros for getting Mallorca's empty homes onto the rental market
A reason for the large number of empty homes is a reluctance to rent them out because of a lack of guarantees.
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