Property Guides and Information for the Costa del Sol, Spain
Click on any of the categories in the right hand column to research a topic you are interested in NOW and the guides will appear as titles below.Insight Briefing: Quantifying British Property Ownership in Spain
Mark Stuklin / Spanish Property Insight
Though we are often asked it the question how many British nationals own property in Spain? it is surprisingly difficult to answer. There is no single database, government or otherwise, containing the answer. It should be easier to deal with a related question how many Spanish properties belong to British owners? as the Spanish Land Registry should contain this information.
Key numbers summarised
- There are117,322 British nationals resident in Spain, 27% of the total of non-Spanish EU nationals resident in Spain. The British are the biggest group, followed by the Germans with 68,812 or 16% of the total.
- The best estimate we have for the number of Spanish properties owned by the British at the end of 2003 is 600,000.
- Between 40% and 50% of all overseas properties purchased by the British are in Spain.
- 50,000 to 70,000 Spanish properties bought by the British each year, approximately 35-45% of the total sold to foreigners (of coastal properties).
November 14, 2005 | Category: Property Market Reports
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