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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."
Humphrey Carter14/01/2023 10:09 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."
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Government looking to adopt a more European policy for all island regions.
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"We need to stop, pause and reflect on what has happened, what Mallorca has already lost and how we are going to best protect what we have got moving forward."
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The message is reaching international markets and causing deep concern for the immediate future of the Balearics.
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Foreign vote trap
The proposed property restrictions have not gone down well in the Balearics nor abroad with either business in general or potential house hunters.
Humphrey Carter13/01/2023 07:00