At a time when foreigners are blamed by many for property market pressures in Spain, new data reveals that around one in three Spaniards own a second home.
At a time when property market pressures have sent prices soaring and housing has become a problem for many in Spain, property data reveals that a third of Spanish households own a second home.
This comes as foreigners in Spain have in recent years increasingly been blamed or perceived (by locals, by politicians, by each other) for the high-demand, low-supply property market in the country.
The government has tried to intervene, even targeting foreign buyers with measures such as the proposed 100 percent property tax and regional governments exploring ways to limit or ban non-EU nationals from purchasing property in Spain. One far-left party has even called for a total property sale ban for all non-resident foreigners in Spain.
According to the latest data published by Eurostat, the year-on-year increase in house prices across EU countries stood at 5.5 percent in the final quarter of 2025, while in Spain it was 12.9 percent — the fourth highest in the EU.
