This is a website for buyers, owners, and sellers of property in Spain, offering reliable information and resources to help you get things done with confidence. It is run by Mark Stücklin, author of the Spanish Property Doctor Column in The Sunday Times (2005-2008), and the book ‘Need to Know: Buying Property in Spain’ published by Collins.
Planning approvals – the seeds of new housing supply in coming years – fell by 58.1% to 252,916 in 2008, according to the latest figures from Spain’s College of Architects.
This is the biggest ever fall on record.
Planning approvals for government-subsidised social housing rose by 3.6%. Stripping out social housing, planning approvals fell by 62.8% in 2008 compared to the year before.
