Marc Vidal, an economist, warns that the scarcity of land and the lengthy procedure to urbanize it are the main reasons why more housing is not being built in Spain, in addition to criticizing rental policies that protect existing tenants instead of helping those who are seeking housing. #crisisvivienda #alquiler #MarcVidal (translated)
"We have a fundamental problem of scarcity and we are responding with an accumulation of interventions that, to a large extent, ignore how the market works," warns the director of Financial Studies at Funcas, Francisco Rodríguez, in relation to the recent decrees approved by the Government, pending ratification by the Permanent Commission. #Vivienda #Alquiler #MercadoInmobiliario (translated)
Washington DC is facing a housing crisis, where high rental costs and a shortage of supply make access to housing difficult, despite tenant protections, as a two-bedroom home can exceed $4,000 per month and only 41.5% of homes are occupied by their owners. #AlquilerDC #Vivienda #Inquilinos (translated)
Carlos Quero, spokesperson for housing of Vox, denounces that the "pisopaterización" in Spain prevents young Spaniards from competing in the rental market against foreign families, whom he blames for the shortage of residential offers and the increase in prices. #Vivienda #Inmigración #Juventud (translated)
The Bank of Spain predicts that the housing deficit in the country will reach one million by 2028, despite the expectation of an increase in residential investment by 2027, due to persistent structural problems such as labor shortages and a lack of developable land. #Vivienda #Economía #BancoDeEspaña (translated)
The Bank of Spain expects inflation to remain high over the next two years, reaching 3.9% in 2026 and 3.7% in 2027, while housing prices will continue to rise due to a shortage of new construction and a stagnant real estate market. #InflaciónAlta #PreciosVivienda #BancoDeEspaña (translated)
I want to confirm the creation of the first tourism academy of the European Union. This will also benefit SMEs and the tourism ecosystem of the countries in the bloc. This was confirmed on Friday by the European Commissioner for Tourism, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, during the global summit of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) being held in Valletta (Malta), in a context marked by the need to strengthen European tourism competitiveness. Vacant positions and the lack of skills are one of the biggest challenges facing the sector today. We want a better balance of visits between places and throughout the year. Tzitzikostas warned about the concentration of travel during certain periods and argued for the need to promote lesser-known destinations, encourage off-season travel, and favor longer stays. Resilience is not just about quickly recovering from impacts or crises. It is also about being able to absorb them. Tzitzikostas warned that the sector must prepare to face risks such as geopolitical tensions, climate change, trade uncertainty, and the shortage of professionals. #TurismoEU #AcademiaTurística #CompetitividadEuropea (translated)
The author claimed that Spain was suffering from a housing shortage, overcrowding, substandard housing, and forced overcrowding among Spaniards. He also argued that the Prohens (PP) government had purchased three homes for 1.1 million euros for former wards and that illegal immigration was saturating the Balearic Islands. #ViviendaEspaña #Inmobiliaria #DerechoALaVivienda #ES #BA (translated)
Anuj lamented the death of Maricarmen and stated that he had not been able to end his days in peace due to the greed of those who were profiting from scarcity, regardless of the age or illness of the affected individuals. He claimed that evictions had been causing deaths for decades and accused those who, as he wrote, were pushing people to die for little money and had been lying for decades about their willingness to solve the problem. #Desahucios #JusticiaSocial #Pobreza (translated)
The rental offer in Spain has decreased by almost 400,000 homes in the last seven years, with 60% of this decline concentrated in the four main cities, mainly Madrid and Barcelona. #CrisisVivienda #AlquilerEspaña #EscasezViviendas (translated)
Jesús Fernández-Villaverde pointed out that the Community of Madrid went from 1.27 homes per household in 1995 to a peak of 1.31 in 2002 and to 1.11 in 2026. According to his figures, during that period the real price per square meter rose from 2,273 to 4,069 euros. He attributed the drop in the ratio to both the growth of the Madrid population—from 5.1 million to 7.2 million—and the reduction in the average size of households, from 3.1 to 2.6 people. The author argued that smaller households also increased the demand for housing: even with the 1995 population, Madrid would today need about 20% more homes. He cited Castilla y León, where the real price per square meter remained at the 1995 level and households averaged 2.2 people, as an example of similar family evolution. Fernández-Villaverde indicated that the price per square meter reached 4,453 euros in 2007, when there were 1.24 homes per household, and he argued that the boom was due to cheap credit and speculation, not excessive construction. Between 2002 and 2008, he claimed, Madrid added about 400,000 households and only about 310,000 homes. He also described both the 4,453 euro price from 2007 and the 2,569 euro price from 2012 as temporarily distorted. In his view, measures that only affected prices, including the two decrees from the previous week, did not address the limitation of supply. He suggested that Spain had to choose between competing for the existing homes or betting on building more. #Vivienda #Madrid #PreciosInmobiliarios (translated)
Carlos H. Quero referred to more than half of the tenants and questioned the denial that this influenced the scarcity, the increase in prices, the delay of emancipation, and overcrowding. #Vivienda #Inquilinos #Escasez (translated)
The article analyzes the housing crisis in Spain as a matryoshka, highlighting the scarcity of supply against high demand, which results in unaffordable prices for most, despite the need to implement social protection measures for tenants affected by abuses. #Vivienda #Alquiler #ProtecciónSocial (translated)
Carlos H. Quero stated in his intervention yesterday that the decree exacerbated the scarcity, drove up prices, and excluded millions of people. He also argued that it did not address fundamental issues, such as housing and immigration, which he pointed out as the main cause of the crisis. #CrisisEconómica #Escasez #Política (translated)
The glaciers of Switzerland have lost about 20% of their ice volume in just five years, with a significant increase in melting in 2026 due to a lack of snow and high temperatures. #GlaciaresSuiza #Deshielo #CambioClimático (translated)
The author pointed out that Brussels had asked to turn off the terraces and stated that there was no gas shortage, although reserves were at 71%, below the level of the previous year, and wholesale prices had doubled since January. https://t.co/VKzrp78o6w #energía #gas #Bruselas #EU (translated)
The Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices has warned about the risks of using compounded estrogen formulas as an alternative to the shortage of authorized treatments for menopause, warning that their absorption may be lower and variable, making them a resource to be considered only as a last resort. (translated)
In Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, or Valencia. And in the middle of nowhere. If millions of people come in and overwhelm the market, in a situation of scarcity, the price rises unstoppable. If on top of that the system has let the owner down, it is the perfect storm against workers and #Mercado #Precios #Trabajadores #ES (translated)
La escasez de viviendas nuevas en España está impulsando un aumento significativo en los precios de la vivienda usada, que crece un 12,9% en el último año, un 74% más rápido que los precios de las casas de nueva construcción. #ViviendaUsada #MercadoInmobiliario #PreciosInmobiliarios
Donald Trump ha puesto a prueba la estrategia energética europea que se alejó de la dependencia del gas ruso, al proponer restringir temporalmente las exportaciones de diésel de EE. UU. para controlar los precios internos, mientras Europa se ha visto obligada a diversificar sus fuentes de energía y competir en un mercado internacional afectado por la escasez. #Energía #Europa #Trump
