If you’re an American moving to or visiting Spain, you will have noticed that the style of homes and the materials they’re made from are very different. Here’s why wooden homes are quite rare here. The Local Barcelona News…

Estate agents are warning that Spain’s proposed property ban and supertax on non-resident non-EU nationals could cause a ‘boomerang effect’ as enquiries soar, the same unintended consequence that the end of the golden visa scheme had. The Local Barcelona News…

In travel news, Irish low-cost airline Ryanair announced last week that it would cancel flight routes at seven airports in Spain but it didn’t say which ones. Now we can reveal which routes it will slash. The Local Barcelona News…

Three members of Spain’s leftist government including a deputy prime minister quit X on Tuesday, calling the social platform of Donald Trump’s ally Elon Musk a right-wing “propaganda machine” following the billionaire’s apparent fascist salute. The Local Barcelona News…

The Spanish government’s proposal to limit non-EU non-resident property buyers has generally caused a lot of anger outside Spain and has been called into question by experts. But what do our readers really think of it? The Local Barcelona News…

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez proposed on Sunday to ban people outside the EU from buying housing in the country, as part of his drive to ease an affordable-homes crisis. The Local Barcelona News…

A chairlift broke at a Spanish ski resort near the French border on Saturday, injuring around 35 people, some of them seriously, regional officials and the media said. The Local Barcelona News…

2025 will probably be a year without any elections in Spain, but the housing crisis, unlikely alliances, the ghosts of Franco’s dictatorship and of course corruption cases will ensure plenty of attention-grabbing headlines over the next 12 months. The Local Barcelona News…