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Renting out to tourists in Spain? These will be the new laws in Andalucia that you MUST follow to avoid being fined up to €150,000

Have you had an Airbnb experience in Spain that you think is worth a story? Email tips@theolivepress.es RENTING your Spanish home to tourists can be a profitable endeavour, especially if located in a popular holiday destination. But as the number of Airbnb-style lets continues to surge, regional governments are beginning to crackdown on the trade. ...

Jonnie Irwin dead at 50: A Place In The Sun star who helped countless Brits move to Spain loses battle to cancer

A PLACE In The Sun presenter Jonnie Irwin has died aged 50, his family has said. The much-loved TV personality and father-of-three lost his battle to cancer following his shock diagnosis in 2020. Irwin presented A Place In The Sun on Channel 4 for many years, helping countless Brits find a home in Spain alongside...

Expat couple buy an entire abandoned ‘pueblo’ in Spain: These are the plans for their new village

AN expat couple have bought an entire abandoned ‘pueblo’ in Spain and these are their plans for their new home. Have you ever dreamed of owning an entire village? If so, Spain might just be the country for you. According to recent estimates, there could be thousands of abandoned villages in the sun-kissed country. A...

‘Salt Bae’ is opening a new restaurant in Spain: Controversial internet star is pictured on a construction site in Ibiza

CONTROVERSIAL internet star, ‘Salt Bae’ is opening a restaurant in Ibiza as he is pictured at a local construction site. READ MORE: EXCLUSIVE: Meet the British expats set to appear on A New Life in The Sun from TONIGHT as they launch their glamping business in Portugal The ambitious proposal will open in Eivissa by...

Spain’s ‘bleak’ rental market: Malaga and the Costa del Sol eat up over HALF of household income as housing costs soar

MALAGA province holds the unenviable crown of eating up the largest chunk of the average renter’s household income. The Costa del Sol and surrounding areas eat up a staggering 53% of family income a month just to pay for the roof overhead. The figure is the highest in all of Spain, according to a new...

EXCLUSIVE: Meet the British expats set to appear on A New Life in The Sun from TONIGHT as they launch their glamping business in Portugal

A NEW Life in The Sun will feature two British expats juggling life between Portugal and Gibraltar. READ MORE: This is the best all-inclusive hotel in Spain – according to the World Travel Awards The Channel 4 programme has launched its latest series featuring a cohort of aspirational British expats. Pauline Olivera, 58 and her...

Revealed: These are the areas with the most Airbnb-style holiday lets in Spain’s Andalucia

ACCORDING to data released by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), 3.92% of all homes in the Malaga province are Airbnb-style tourist accommodations. This amounts to 39,041 total homes — the highest number in Andalucia. The INE data provides a backdrop to the Junta’s incoming tourist housing regulation, set to be approved at the Junta’s...

Abandoned Los Alamos hotel in Torremolinos will FINALLY be renovated: Developer to build 180 apartments for ‘digital nomads’ who want to move to Spain’s Costa del Sol

AN eyesore hotel which has been left to crumble on the Costa del Sol is finally due to undergo regeneration. The long-abandoned Los Alamos Hotel in Torremolinos is set to be transformed into the largest co-living building in Malaga province. Leading developer Nuovit Homes is designing the new development specifically to cater to the growing...

EXC: Why Spain’s Marbella desperately needs a new urban plan to help the town thrive – and deal with the mess left by the infamous Jesus Gil era

EIGHT years on and there is seemingly no end in sight for Marbella’s attempts to update its urban planning scheme. In an effort to bring clarity to Marbella’s legendarily dysfunctional planning regime – and legalise thousands of ‘illegal’ properties – the then council had drawn up a new Plan General de Ordenación Urbanística (PGOU or...

Revealed: The 10 most expensive and in-demand neighbourhoods for buying property in Spain – featuring a string of British expat hotspots in Malaga, Mallorca and the Costa Blanca

A MALAGA province town has Spain’s highest average property prices coupled with high demand, according to a survey by the Idealista property portal. Examining figures from the last quarter of 2023, Benhavis at the heart of the Costa del Sol had the highest prices reaching €2.21 million. It is followed by Calvia on Mallorca (€1.67...