Palma mayor - No intention of using shipping containers as homes
Something of a rebuke by José Hila to the housing councillor, Neus Truyol.
Spanish government pours cold water on Balearic non-resident home-buying restrictions
The Spanish government cites freedom of movement of capital within the EU.
Can't find a flat in Palma....? Well live in a container says city council
They come with all the necessary amenities.
Renting in the Balearics is getting more expensive.
Renting in the Balearics is getting more expensive.
Balearic rent rises 21% in January, the highest rise since 2017
Balearics is the third most expensive region to rent a property in Spain.
Palma considering reuse of shipping containers as apartments
Barcelona has two developments that use shipping containers.
Caravan "compounds" popping up in and around Palma.
Caravan "compounds" popping up in and around Palma.
Apartment development in Palma, Mallorca
New apartments even in Palma's less desirable districts can be as much as 300,000 euros.
Affordable housing in Palma - nigh on impossible
Developers say that building social housing in Palma is not feasible.
Snow, Star Wars and a celebrity lip: Mallorca weekly round-up
And also a political row, a US attempt at extradition and demolition and conversion.
Estate agent window in Palma, Mallorca
Podemos are highlighting housing policy failings.
New demand to restrict non-resident home buying in the Balearics
"If there is the political will, it can be done."
Parliament approves house building restrictions in the Balearics
The opposition say that there has been a "failure of housing policies".
Builders and developers fume over building freeze
"Direct assault on affordable housing..."
Balearic political parties launch their foreign vote campaigns with property restrictions and wealth tax topping the agenda
“The left criminalises foreigners with a house on the island due to the failure of its housing policies and as they watch them fail, they consider prohibition as the solution."
Opposition keep up the attack against foreign home-buying ban
Marga Prohens says that government housing policies have been "populist, radical and ineffective".
Former government housing director questions the sense of a foreign buyer ban
"I would be surprised if it (a foreign buyer ban) had a significant impact."
Balearics government says property laws for non residents are up to the EU
Government looking to adopt a more European policy for all island regions.
Property prices have gone through the roof in the Balearics.
Property prices have gone through the roof in the Balearics.
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