Is This the End of the Spanish Dream?

[@rufusreloaded1043]

It's not a 100% tax, it's the removal of the tax breaks. So non-EU non residents will have to pay 100% OF taxes, without the breaks they currently get.

[@yanassi]

What tax breaks? Like home improvement deduction, etc?

[@shangyien]

There is only one solution to a housing shortage. That is to build houses. Every other solution just moves the problem to someone else.

[@teddybaker7231]

nah just blame it on the foreigners, sanchez watches too much Reform uk propoganda maybe ?

[@digitechnomad]

@@shangyien there are too many empty properties already, the problem is not the foreign buyers its the spanish owners wanting too much rent based on previous ridiculous regulations brought in the last 2 years, another knee jerk plan not thought out at all 🤦‍♂️

[@kevinallwood2730]

Not wishing to minimise the issue, but 27000 in a 12 month period over the whole of Spain, doesn’t exactly sound like it will solve the problem anyway.

[@d.f.9064]

Anytime a country protects itself and it's people we all win.

[@WeAreAllDoomed-n5i]

Make the banks pay property tax! Then they might sell the part built houses on their books.

[@114jt]

Maybe they could bring this in in areas where housing stock is low such as Madrid, Barcelona, Mallorca etc but it doesn’t make much sense to bring this tax in on property in rural areas where there is an abundance of land and where few people live.

[@goldgeologist5320]

Exactly correct. Encourage us retires to move into the rural areas and stimulate the local economy! Now that makes sense which is why it will not happen!🤣

[@kevinallwood2730]

@@114jt 100% agree. We owned a property on Costa Blanca many years ago - late 90’s. Sold it after 7 years because I did not like the way the area was being developed. Bought a house about 60 kilometres inland from Valencia. For the price of a 2 bedroom on a complex on the coast, we got a 4 bed with large gardens and pool with Mountain View’s. BUT, whilst we made a huge profit on the coastal property, we struggled to sell the rural property and after 18 years of ownership lost money on it. It’s a totally different world quite frankly. All this talk of price speculation only applies to a certain coastal areas plus Madrid. In fact Spanish government needs to start thinking about grants and inducements to get people to buy property inland.

[@galadaftary1441]

I think it’s a great idea. I’m moving to Spain this year and will be happy to find a home to live in. All of these speculators eat up the housing and then people who want to live and work in the cities can’t find a place.

[@DougGilmour-q1o]

That's Stu for your time and learn whats going on over there! Wonderful to have you!

[@2010katak]

They could accomplish the same end by nit charging 100 percent tax and only require buyers to live in their purchased homes for at least five years as s primary residence.

[@jonniesantos]

Missed the livestream - enjoying the replay now. Good content as always. Thank you.

[@pugscaniche7866]

I started to drive at the age of 16 year old with my parents in France back in 1992 and i wish Spain would have the option.

[@diegodejuan4825]

By the number of comments, I see I am late to the discussion of housing. 🙂It is a very complex problem, indeed, and many have already commented much of it and proposed good solutions here. What I see living in Spain, and knowing the general political context, is that the government is improvising again with populistic measures I personally don't buy, but others will (the context is that the government is desperate to distract us from its corruption cases galore). Of course, they love the word TAX and not the word INCENTIVE. Incentives for renting empty houses by: paying less taxes on rentals and enforcing security against squatters (0 talk about this from the government). Prices would behave less crazily too.

[@simonheffernan1767]

We want a house in Spain to live in when we take holidays and retire.

[@digitechnomad]

Not anymore?

[@simonheffernan1767]

@digitechnomad "want" is the indicative of the present tense.

[@cocorox9677]

Stay at a hotel - that’s what they are for when vacationing. When you retire, then purchase a home to live in.

[@digitechnomad]

@cocorox9677 but apply for residency first to avoid the tax increases 🤪

[@simonheffernan1767]

@digitechnomad I'm applying Neville Goddard's teachings. It's already happened.

[@stevenhombrados1530]

It may look like it. One thing for sure, my dad who left Spain in 1960 isn’t coming back, he’s sick, and my mom that has properties in Spain, won’t go back because she’s too old and must take care of my sick dad. As for me, and my sisters we are at our late 40’s and I’m going to 55!! I can’t take my retirement yet but looking to live the end of days in a warm part In Spain seems harder and harder to attain!

[@shadow2010shadow2010]

So Germans French and Scandinavian can still buy for speculation

[@steveinstamford]

Given that Sanchez is surrounded by corruption issues I think this is a smoke screen to keep the attention off his issues and gain favour with the Spanish. It also needs to get through parliament which is a big ask. They need to sort the protections out for squatters then landlords will start renting out long term again. At the moment the only safe bet for landlords is holiday homes

[@simongreenidge6454]

By the time each of my two sons took their UK practical driving tests in a small "manual" transmission car, they had each logged between 250 hours and 350 hours of real world driving with me. In both cases the UK examiner said that he could truly tell that they knew how to actually drive in the real world (as opposed to just having the ability to pass the test). Neither had a single lesson with a professional instructor. However I did take my role as "instructor" very seriously and fully prepared for the role. There are also some very good UK instructors to learn from on KZbin!

[@Solo_Traveling]

Que la Fuerza te acompañe

[@johnlongford1734]

We bought an apartment in Spain to spend some ten plus weeks a year in it. I am sure many others did the same. Nothing to do with speculation and we are obviously spending money when there.

[@victoriagadd6831]

Stu, you are so good and always informative and you do make me smile - laugh out loud even sometimes. One of my favourite channels on YT. I’m going to look for the language channel as well. Keep up the good content :)

[@neildean7515]

To put this in perspective. When i arrived in Barcelona 12 years ago, a cheap small flat was 250€s to rent PM with minimum wage 950-1050€s . Now you cannot find a flat for 1000€s and the minimum wage is 1,100 per month. Add to this rising bills, food, its become unsustainable for average/poor families to live here.. i know people who are leaving and questioning quality of life here in Barcelona. Tragically, i know one low income family who will be homeless soon(rental flat has been sold to developer who will evict and double price of rent

[@itsecman]

I beleive that the 100% Tax story is being misinterpreted. I beleive that this actually means that non-resident property owners would have to pay 100% of the property taxes due, instead of receiving a discount as currently happens. It does not mean they have to pay 100% of their property value as tax. Also, it would not apply to people who are moving to Spain to ive and have an appropriate visa.

[@minio4444]

"The tax burden that they will have to pay in case of purchase will be increased up to 100% of the value of the property, in line with countries such as Denmark and Canada." Copied from the good old BBC

[@ivanvelikovstoilov1120]

@@itsecman At the present moment , so called "luxury tax" is 75%. Quite literally if you own a residential real estate that is not your primary place to live and you are not able to use some exemption hou own 75% annual tax on the value. In example if you own a hause for 10 milion you need to pay 7,5 milion in tax on it every year. Of course there are legal ways to avoid it. It will be the same for the new tax, 100% but with options allowing not to be paid...

[@goldgeologist5320]

@@ivanvelikovstoilov1120wow that is truly a lot of tax!

[@DavidTownsend-fn9zr]

Same old story who owns the majority of the land for building in Spain or Portugal-- Spanish or Portuguese people they dictate the land price if greed out prices the locals its hardly the fault of us foreigners. Down to governments not raising basic wages to liable standards.

[@mr-vet]

Assessing a 100% tax to purchase a home for non-EU citizens is bullsh1t! Non-EU Foreigners buying homes is not the cause of the rise in property prices--the fault lies with the property developers and sellers. And for the high rents, that is the fault of the property owner..not the “evil” foreigners. Properties in small towns and villages are super cheap. Spaniards can buy a cheap property if they are willing to commute for their job or open a business in a small town. My wife has family who live in Barcelona. I was planning on visiting in February to look for a nice home in one of the many small towns/villages in the €40-70k range. The home would be our future home after my wife retired from her job here in the US. And, my brother-in-law, who is a Spanish citizen would live there and maintain the property until we move thru Spain.

[@EddyBlacks]

That's the thing. No one is thinking about the location. We bought in a an area that has a high percentage of empty buildings. People are leaving this village en masse. We are not taking property from the Spanish -- we are bringing money to the village. Of course, this is much different in bigger cities.

[@rh9280]

It’s not the property owner who sets the price, it’s the market (unless the owner decides to be peculiarly charitable and rent for less than the market rate).

[@mr-vet]

@ of course, but the “market price” does not change until several property owners raise their prices.

[@steven1515]

@mr-vet yes I totally agree with your comment. I have friends that live outside Malaga, and they are in the property market, and I've been looking at properties, inland about 45-minute drive away, and you can pick properties at a reasonable price like you say.

[@givemeabreak8784]

It's caused by millions of illegal and legal migrants SIMPLE AS THAT!. Europe indigenous population was declining FACT.

[@TimesWithJames]

There is a large problem with people coming into Spain - and not from the UK or the EU. That’s all I’ll say.

[@Simon-jj2pu]

We bought a house in December 2022, and moved to Spain officially in June 2023, thus we are resident for the whole of 2023. This new tax would penalise people who are in transition before fully moving and becoming resident. We did pay 16 days of non resident tax for December 2022 at 8 euros each! What this will do is explode the rental market even more.

[@lordwail]

In Denmark, they managed to make housing relatively more affordable to residents with a few measures: 1) housing units are classified as either residence or holiday units depending on location, services, etc. 2) you can only buy a residence house/apartment if you have (or once had) established a genuine residence in the country. This rule applies to everyone regardless of their nationality. Even a Danish national who has never lived in Denmark cannot buy a house there. 3) you are not allowed to have an empty house. Period. You either live there or rent it out. 4) short-term rentals (e.g., airbnb) are limited to a certain number of weeks per year. If Spain implements similar measures, it can help a lot. Having said so, I think the root cause is that constructing new houses is difficult due to regulations and the global financial situation (rising interest rates). Here, governments can play a significant role in mitigating that with incentives. What the Spanish government is proposing on making it more difficult for non-EU citizens to buy hoses won't have a significant effect, if any.

[@MARIECARMEN55]

Always enjoy your show

[@yeahweburnstuff]

APPLAUSE for this idea.

[@kevtheargonut]

Interesting on the Spanish property tax hike for non residents. Planning has just been approved here for 23 villas with a touristic license only - not for full-time residence. I guess that is gonna come to a screeching halt.

[@juliamarsh2077]

They also want to have 3 students in the car for a lesson, with each of them taking turns to drive. Meaning that they only get to physically practice driving for a third of the 1 or 2 hour lesson they are paying for. It doesn't always happen but is still quite common.

[@spanish_realms]

1. There is a housing crisis in Spain partly caused by speculative property purchases, second homes, AIRBnB lets etc, especially in high volume tourist areas. Barcelona is a prime example. 2. Take the example of Majorca. A substantial number of second home properties there are empty for significant parts the year. On an early season visit to the Manacor area I hiked through former villages that were like ghost towns. The same pertains in resort areas near where I live in southern Catalonia. 3.The consequences for local people and especially workers are severe. In Majorca and Ibiza some workers are living cars because accommodation has been priced beyond their means. Among other things this has caused a recruitment problem. 4. Pedro Sanchez would be a fool if he didn't seek a solution to this problem. This "up to 100% " property tax is one prong of a possible solution. It does not target property purchases for similar motives from within the EU such as the Netherlands, which is arguably a greater issue. 5. It does not affect, for example, retired UK immigrants taking up long term residence in Spain via Non Lucrative Visas. 6. A pity for those non Spanish with hearts set on a property for winter or summer breaks, especially for Brits already penalised post Brexit by their fellow voters, but related social and economic problems urgently need to be addressed. So I'm in favour. A pity too, that successive UK governments, including the present one, haven't been politically willing to tackle similar housing issues in my home county of Cornwall, which I would have loved to retire to, but where I cannot now afford to live.

[@DerekKenny-l2u]

Thanks Stuart

[@Mike_Ripper]

I'll eat my hat if they actually get this through.

[@welshtoro3256]

It smells of desperate politics and the failure of the Government to sort out housing problems.

[@markhamburger5587]

Please keep us informed about any changes in laws concerning the rental market.

[@neildean7515]

My fear for Spain(in my case local Catalans in Barcelona), “Normal low paid working people” (in uk we call these Working class )are really struggling to survive for basics. I know two homeless people now working and living here in their car!!! The cost of living in Spain is exploding, while wages are not..

[@moonmist9]

So it's not that different from America after all. I'm thinking of the book Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich.

[@VDeeO_Buff]

Same in Ireland! Starting to happen across EU as a whole.

[@ivanvelikovstoilov1120]

Again, in Spain is LEGAL at the present moment to learn to drive without driving school. The exam should be in a proper vehicle with the required for such exam modifications.

[@EddyBlacks]

I am pretty sure it's illegal to drive without a license. It's legal to do you exam without a driving school as long as the vehicle complies. That's not the same as "learning to drive".

[@ivanvelikovstoilov1120]

@@EddyBlacks Well, I am sure I do NOT need driving licence in order to drive a car. I think you should learn the diference between public roads and haw you can use them legaly and a separate proces of learning to drive. So ass I have alredy explained THE LAW in Spain does NOT prevent you to learn to drive by youself IT IS LEGAL to learn to drive withaot using the servises of driving school. Tha law alowes the exam for driving license to be requested by any person since that person provides a vihical for the exam according to the regulations about exam vehicle.

[@EddyBlacks]

@@ivanvelikovstoilov1120 Sure. But of course we are speaking of public roads. You will never learn to drive on private property. You may learn how to operate a car on private property. Driving is more than that.

[@iscmiscm]

About outsiders buying up properties, what about French and Germans or even Spanish buying for speculation? They probably buy far more than non EU.

[@ogbkballa]

Probably but as EU citizens they have more rights in Spain than non-EU citizens so its trickier to impose a specific tax against them

[@iscmiscm]

​@@ogbkballa Yes, specific taxation could be an issue for EU people, but second home taxation may be possible if not lived in or used for long term rental. This could be equal for all including Spanish.

[@ogbkballa]

@@iscmiscm im not an expert in this at all.. but im sure there are EU laws in place that prevent extra taxes on EU nationals

[@maartenb100]

Correct, it’s non the non-EU people that are the problem, it’s everyone, including Spaniards. Because of the housing situation anyone with money buys property, mostly for short term rent, which is most lucrative. Also, lots of EU citizens with money buys property and then only live in it a few months a year. I estimate that in my small coastal town about 30% of all properties are permanently unoccupied, creating a shortage for locals and foreign residents alike.

[@1358susan]

It Is no different to the UK. Foreigners buying up property here, rents at ridiculous prices with people not even earning that amount. Our children have to live longer with their parents because they can't afford to buy let alone rent. With the way Spain treated their tourists this year and now wanting to tax them, they better be careful as nobody will bother with Spain and their economy will hit rock bottom.

[@jamieopulence]

Buying in the Uk as an overseas buyer has a surcharge in stamp duty fees. That would be a fair approach to Spain.

[@chrissihampton3596]

I can't say as I would blame the government for doing this if it goes through. Housing shortage here in Canada and wish our govt would do this. We were aiming to retire in Spain, so this would suck, but understandable that Spain needs to look out for its own citizens first.

[@welshtoro3256]

It's happening everywhere. It's been going on in the U.K for decades. The U.K is for sale to any scumbag with money. London has been sold out to rich Russians, Chinese, Middle Eastern wishing to money launder and anyone else until it's unaffordable to locals unless they inherit a property worth a fortune. I think Sanchez is not dealing with the same sort of thing.

[@brianq103]

FYI Non residents can not purchase a home here in Canada right now. The Government of Canada passed the Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act in its 2022 budget in June. It was supposed to stop this month but was extended until January 2027.

[@sufeeb]

On the upside, Trudeau is on the way out and the Liberals too....good riddance.

[@kevinallwood2730]

We owned a property on Costa Blanca many years ago - late 90’s. Sold it after 7 years because I did not like the way the area was being developed. We then bought a house about 60 kilometres inland from Valencia. For the price of a 2 bedroom on a complex on the coast, we got a 4 bed with large gardens and pool with Mountain View’s. BUT, whilst we made a decent profit on the coastal property, we struggled to sell the rural property and after 18 years of ownership lost money on it. It’s a totally different world quite frankly. All this talk of price speculation only applies to certain coastal areas plus Madrid. In fact I think the Spanish government needs to start thinking about grants and inducements to get people to buy property inland. It’s becoming a bit like Australia - an uninhabited ‘outback’.

[@cocorox9677]

I agree with short-term rentals stopping. Visitors can stay in hotels or B&B’s. Buy a place if you’re going to be living there full time.

[@junuc10]

I agree with the ban.

[@steveinstamford]

What ban?😂😂

[@stevemccormack9948]

Interesting. Imagine if Ireland introduced a law like that.

[@Nadine-xv1kr]

Spain wants to preserve their identity and way of life, nothing wrong with that.

[@cyllananassan9159]

We ( spain ) are importing 100k muslim africans a year just like the UK.......you people have no clue about spain

[@rh9280]

Won’t make much difference. If Brits don’t buy then Germans will.

[@michaeljones3774]

Germany is bankrupt.

[@MrPkrol1]

Ukrainians will, they have suddenly a lot of money, I wonder why?

[@altonshomesstupid1498]

Hi Stuart, Thanks, as always, for your show. This 100% tax makes me think of my company. We have plants in Spain, and i would love to move there with the intent of being a law-abiding citizen. I would pay for my way over there, bring my family, and work and pay taxes. Unfortunately, that isn't enough. I see lots of EU countries letting in lots of criminals and people who will not embrace the local culture. It doesn't make sense to me.

[@isobelmatheson8036]

If you're resident you won't be paying the tax. The idea is to stop people buying property and not living/letting it. If you're here and working and paying tax, you're not part of the problem.

[@johnharrison8089]

A 100% tax will have the opposite effect of what they want. The builders and developers depend upon sales to Brits and other non EU of their new builds. This tax kills both the sales and further building. Why build when the average Spaniard won't pay or afford the new housing.

[@Kinai89]

do not forget solidarity tax and wealth tax after 100% hike.....

[@yanassi]

As usual, good job stu. The GV offers the ability to buy, get visa, and the flaw is allowing the buyer to not reside in the property. Make it so buyers must reside in the property. It’s avoids speculation incentives. € 17 billion? Use the income to build affordable housing and to help the locals. What else is the money for, if not to serve the needs of spanish citizens?

[@maxflight777]

3:02 wrong Stuart, you would just need an EU residency… you could get that from another country

[@pkumistry290]

Just to clarify would you still have to pay this 100% tax if you had bought your house 20 years ago in Spain?

[@ogbkballa]

If you already bought the house i imagine not

[@Mike_Ripper]

This is the Spanish equivalent of Trump taking Greenland ..... It's not going to happen.

[@leoblack8497]

I hope so

[@guywerb]

Of course not, that's not how laws work... ;-)

[@EddyBlacks]

why?

[@goldgeologist5320]

I do not have an issue taxing or preventing corporations from buying housing and perhaps limiting the number of units a non-resident can purchase. I was thinking of buying a small apartment and living part-time, but I guess that idea is gone.

[@steveinstamford]

Actually corporations will be exempt so set up a company there and buy your house through that! It won't get through anyway, none of the headline grabbing policies do

[@kennielsen3896]

Thanks for clarifying the 100% tax scheme. So, if I buy it to live in it, not a problem as I'd be a resident. But I don't want to be on the Mediterranean coast July and August, so the option to rent it out would be nice.

[@HOMEAWAY-zt9lp]

I think Sanchez’s attempt at being seen to solve the housing crisis would be more credible if there was also an attempt made to aid the many Spanish citizens who currently can’t access their own main residences due to the outrageous squatters’ rights, despite being forced to pay mortgages, water, gas etc.

[@atverde]

Whatever the actual nature of this proposal, there is very little chance that Sanchez can apply this. Property tax is decided by the autonomous regional government. If we just consider the Costas of Valencia, Murcia and Andalucia, these are run by the PP and they will never go along with this.

[@stephen6262]

I never understand why 2 Spanish both working would rent when they could have bought a house for 68000 euros. I would try and get 18 /30 all working

[@allanfrost2855]

Good idea 👍

[@landlord5552]

Better allow real estate buying ONLY for residents (citizenship does not matter), like we have here on Archipelago Åland (Finland).

[@steveinstamford]

Regarding the young learner drivers i dont think we'd notice a difference! The standard of driving is so poor in Spain as it is!

[@ljacobs357]

At least one country admits there is a housing issue due to foreign purcharers.

[@teddybaker7231]

theres a shortage due to the lack of building social housing. I Never signed up to be a landlord when i bought my house here.

[@vmoses1979]

Anyone who dismisses the detrimental impact from foreign buyers because they only purchase small numbers fails to understand how house prices are set. House prices are set through comparable house sale. If only a few homes are sold to foreigners it resets a whole neighborhood's houses higher. So it only takes a small number of foreigners to jack up house prices to unaffordable levels for locals. The government should allow foreigners to buy who will add to housing stock by building a new house or apartment. Or allow buying in towns and villages that are facing depopulation.

[@carlovanbael5385]

Que la fuerza te acompañe 😆

[@richt71]

Hi Stuart not sure taxing roughly 5% of all property sales in Spain that go to non EU citizens. Also I question if many of these properties will be suitable for locals?

[@mannye]

While I would have been heartbroken by this if I were trying to buy a house now, I do agree that outside cash buyers in a desirable area do tend to make housing costs spiral out of control. I live in Miami Beach and it's exactly what's happened here. None but the very wealthy can afford to buy. However, this won't help. As temperatures rise, the north of Spain will start to be more desirable and many Sapnish citizens from Madrid and other large southern cities will start eyeing the moderate temperatures and decreasing rain days in Bilbao, Oviedo, etc and start doing the same. What are they going to do then?

[@EdMcF1]

Audio a bit echoey. (soon fixed in real time).

[@pauldunsford7218]

Don't worry about the haters they will get over it

[@texarkana3781]

Sanchez is a grandstanding clown. How would convincing American, Canadians, South Americans and other foreign buyers to buy in Portugal instead, help the Spanish housing crisis? Because doubling property prices for the buyers most able to buy properties in Spain makes soooooo much sense!😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@EdMcF1]

Sounds like the driving instructors are proving that the term from 1970s British Labour Relations 'Spanish Practices' is still apt. Should make these rent-seekers teach for free 5 days a week.

[@rhianhead6744]

Mr Sanchez has caused some panic hasn’t he! Interestingly the leaders in the Valencian Community ( and other Mediterranean autonomous communities) seem to be proposing a very different approach, positively encouraging foreign investors ( reported in Alicante Today). I have some empathy, but the housing crisis is not unique to Spain - in the U.K. many young people are struggling to find affordable homes to rent or buy. I think Mr Sanchez has made some incorrect assumptions and I don’t believe his proposals will be an effective solution to the housing crisis There are many people like my husband and I who have invested in a holiday home in Villamartin ( Alicante) - we don’t rent it out and don’t intend to sell anytime soon. We are not speculators, It’s part of our retirement plan for ourselves and our family to enjoy the Spanish culture, food and weather. When the 90 day post Brexit rule allows us to be in Spain, we shop and eat out locally and have made other purchases such as a car, so feel, together with our taxes we contribute well to our local area. (Estamos aprendiendo espanol 👍) Clearly Mr Sanchez needs to build or buy more affordable houses and stop politicking - there seems to be no shortage of land, cranes, or even empty houses.

[@Michaelcj-m2d]

Sounds good to me 👍, If you have a house its ment to live year around. Not part time or speculate or use as a Airbnb.

[@walterramirez3287]

The more I hear about Sanchez the more I think he’s not up to the job. My question is, what are the percentages of EU buyers vs the non EU buyers? I’d like he’s trying to blame others for he’s shortcomings. Maybe is time to build more apartments that only can be bought by locals and when I say locals I mean natural born Spaniards.

[@nickycocreator7694]

Fantasic plan

[@johnwiffen6655]

Spain better pay back all that eec cash then.

[@ektaner]

What if I have EU driving license, are these not valid after 6 months too?

[@diegodejuan4825]

I don't get the comment from my folk Spaniard about driving in roundabouts, because I found your driving correct in that video (better than many here). La Guardia Civil, who are the ones issuing fines, have this video posted, so let them show us how it is done: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIKll4VurZhrh7M

[@KentWillumsen]

According to INE, the National Statistics Institute, estimated that there were 3.8 million empty dwellings in Spain. So it is all smoke and mirrors. People complain they cannot live in the middle of Barcelona but that is caused by a huge influx of high-tech workers; I do have a property there. The Spanish problem is the lack of well educated young people, hence the huge youth unemployment, which cannot afford to buy in a cool place; you don't get something for nothing.

[@neildean7515]

Interesting.. thanks.. Not everyone can be highly educated and highly skilled. Remember, society also needs cleaners, waiters and labourers. Every city has its diversity and local working people deserve a minimum working & living standard to serve and contribute to society

[@billyohara239]

That drive on the rong side of the road in Spain

[@61conga]

Where are the illigal imegrants?

[@GruenerGummistiefel]

It's good

[@stephanielong9046]

Que la Fuerza te acompañé!

[@kenhamilton3248]

Stop illegal imagration

[@THECONTROVERSIALCYCLIST]

Your a Brit???? Sound more like an Aussie to me mate.

[@steven1515]

An absolute ridiculous idea putting 100% tax on new purchases how ridiculous😡 I bought my property 10 years ago and I've been putting money back into the Spanish economy and of course I pay non-resident tax. Put In all honesty, I don't think it'll happen, cheers Stuart keep up the good work mate back to Spain next week for 6 weeks👍🇪🇸🍷🌞

[@welshtoro3256]

It's totally ridiculous but let's look at the small print. I imagine if this scheme ever happens it will refer to new buyers.

[@maxflight777]

🇵🇹 *Portugal wins !*

[@EddyBlacks]

The complaining Brits are so annoying. You could have been one of "these EU countries" that are still allowed to buy property with the same conditions. You specifically voted to be outsiders. Stop blaming the rest of the EU for YOUR poor choices.

[@jillybe1873]

Welcome to the Brexit

[@gerryclarke7702]

MANY ENGLISH PEOPLE CAN QUALIFY FOR IRISH PASSPORT