{"id":31942,"date":"2025-04-19T03:53:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T03:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/31942\/"},"modified":"2025-04-19T03:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T03:53:09","slug":"channel-4s-laura-hamilton-addresses-huge-spain-worry-after-a-place-in-the-sun-fears-tv-radio-showbiz-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/31942\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel 4’s Laura Hamilton addresses huge Spain worry after A Place In The Sun fears | TV & Radio | Showbiz & TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Place in the Sun<\/a>‘s Laura Hamilton<\/a> now lives in Pollenca on the idyllic island of Majorca<\/a> – but there’s increasing political tension there from anti-tourism campaigners who don’t want Brits buying Spanish real estate. They fear the influx of foreign buyers will drive up prices and deplete the housing stock available to locals – and now a proposed property tax could mean an increase of 100% on the existing tax rate for anyone buying from outside the EU.<\/p>\n

The announcement has shaken up the real estate industry – but the 42-year-old broadcaster is adamant that she doesn’t believe it will happen. Taking to Instagram<\/a> on Friday (April 18), the TV star revealed that she’s “not losing sleep over it”. She insisted: “This was part of a 12-point proposal aimed at tackling Spain\u2019s housing crisis, but it\u2019s far from being law.”<\/p>\n

She explained that all 17 autonomous regions in Spain would have to agree to the controversial tax in order for it to be greenlit. The mum-of-two declared: “Each [have] the power to set their own purchase transfer tax. Getting them all to agree? Unlikely.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s just a proposal. Pedro S\u00e1nchez leads a minority government, so pushing through new taxes on non-EU buyers? Unlikely.” The TV star added: “Non-EU buyers only make up 3% of property transactions in Spain. So targeting them won\u2019t fix the housing crisis.”<\/p>\n

Laura then argued that those who despise tourism from the UK are in the minority, despite vocal protests in recent months. She continued: “The majority of locals want visitors and foreign investment. Tourism is vital, and welcomed,” she continued in an optimistic tone.<\/p>\n

“So\u2026Thinking of booking a holiday to Spain? Do it. Considering buying a home here? There\u2019s no time like the present.” One follower on Instagram<\/a>, where she made her plea to Brits not to feel deterred by the negative press surrounding moving to Spain, agreed with her.<\/p>\n

He wrote: “Well done Laura, actually telling people the truth. The media wants you to think that everyone is against the British people. Spain very much welcomes us!”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Laura made her own move there less than a year ago, but her two kids Rocco and Tahlia, whom she shares with her former husband, insurance broker Alex Howard, are said to have settled in wonderfully.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Place in the Sun‘s Laura Hamilton now lives in Pollenca on the idyllic island of Majorca –…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31943,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[18835,18844,18843,18837,4080,411,77,18836,18840,18838,18839,18842,18841,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-31942","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-a-place-in-the-sun","9":"tag-a-place-in-the-sun-episodes-channel-4","10":"tag-a-place-in-the-sun-laura-hamilton","11":"tag-apits","12":"tag-celebrities","13":"tag-channel-4","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-laura-hamilton","16":"tag-laura-hamilton-latest","17":"tag-laura-hamilton-majorca","18":"tag-laura-hamilton-update","19":"tag-property-tax-non-eu-buyers-spain","20":"tag-spain-property-tax","21":"tag-uk","22":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114362607733993764","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}