Foreign purchases of free-market housing in Spain fell 13% in the first half of the year, the sharpest drop since 2020, with Canarias down 20.3%. Moroccan buyers led the market ahead of the British, while non-resident purchases tumbled 18% following the end of the Golden visa.
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Rubble from the controversial Cuna del Alma tourist development in El Puertito de Adeje is being piled up on a publicly owned plot that forms part of the land handed to the town hall. Adeje Council says it holds only “bare ownership” of the plot and cannot use it until the works finish, while part of the site remains halted by a court order.
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The Canary Islands closed September 2026 with an annual inflation rate of 4.4%, the lowest of any Spanish region but up 0.6 points on August. Rising fuel, housing and tourism-linked costs are all fuelling the increase.
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The Canary Islands government has opened a public consultation on declaring Las Palmas de Gran Canaria a tensioned residential market area, two years after the city council first made the request. Interested parties have until 12 November to submit their views on the plan.
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Five years after the Tajogaite volcano erupted in La Palma, 110 families are still living in temporary containers. Many cannot prove they were affected, and red tape is blocking their attempts to rebuild their homes.
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The Canary Islands Parliament has voted down a proposed law that sought to make residential and tourist use compatible in areas reclassified as tourist zones, affecting over 70,000 residents. The proposal, backed by PSOE, NC-bc and Vox, would have granted legal protection to owners fined for living in their own apartments.
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Grocery prices in the Canary Islands are among the highest in Spain, with food and drink costing 7.81% more than on the mainland once tax differences are stripped out. At the same time, the archipelago has the second-lowest average salary in the country, forcing families to shop strategically to make ends meet.
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Buying or renting a home in the Canary Islands has become an almost impossible mission for young people, with emancipation now delayed past the age of 30 on average. Here is a full guide to the public grants available in 2026, the requirements for each and the schemes still waiting to open.
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Property owners from every Canary Island are heading to the regional parliament in Santa Cruz de Tenerife to witness the possible admission of a PSOE bill on the tourist law. The platform behind the protest says the current rules have stripped owners of their rights and turned their homes into tourist accommodation against their will.
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The Canary Islands government has begun contacts with political parties to seek support for a decree limiting property purchases by foreigners in the archipelago. President Fernando Clavijo says the measure can be pushed through if there is the will, though opposition parties have previously seen similar proposals voted down.
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