{"id":557296,"date":"2025-11-08T13:07:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T13:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/557296\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T13:07:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T13:07:19","slug":"foreign-property-buyers-in-spain-surge-in-early-2025-but-slowdown-might-be-on-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/557296\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign property buyers in Spain surge in early 2025 \u2014 but slowdown might be on the way"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Mark Stucklin of Spanish Property Insight<\/strong><\/p>\n

FOREIGN appetite for Spanish property continued to boom in the first half of 2025, according to the latest figures from Spain\u2019s notaries, marking the second-highest number of foreign purchases on record for a six-month period.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A total of 71,155 home sales involved a foreign buyer, up 2.5% on the same period last year and a hefty 26.5% above the ten-year average. Only the first half of 2022 saw more, when the post-lockdown rebound inflated the figures. Strip out that exceptional year, and 2025 would be the strongest H1 ever recorded.<\/p>\n

But while foreign buyers remained highly active, local demand grew even faster. Spanish buyers increased their purchases by 10% to almost 300,000 homes, pushing domestic sales to their highest level since before the pandemic. That surge meant the foreign share of the housing market slipped to 19.3%, down from 20.4% a year earlier.<\/p>\n

The biggest markets<\/p>\n

The UK remained Spain\u2019s largest foreign market with 5,731 purchases, followed by Germany (4,756), Italy (4,513) and France (3,980). Together, these four countries made up roughly a third of all foreign sales.<\/p>\n

Other significant players included the Netherlands (4,166), Poland (2,768), China (2,575), Belgium (2,908) and Ukraine (2,165), reflecting the wide spread of international demand for Spanish property.<\/p>\n

Winners and losers<\/p>\n

The standout growth came from Portugal (+24%), the Netherlands (+19%) and the United States (+15%), all showing double-digit gains helped by lifestyle migration trends and strong currencies against the euro.<\/p>\n

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By contrast, Russia (-17%), Poland (-11%), and Argentina (-7%) were the biggest fallers, while Belgium (-5.5%) and the Nordic countries (Sweden and Norway, both around -2.4%) also softened. Even the once-dominant UK market declined by -2.3%, extending a slow slide that began after Brexit.<\/p>\n

A maturing cycle<\/p>\n

The overall picture is one of resilient but stabilising foreign demand. After years of rapid post-pandemic growth, the market now looks to be entering a more mature phase, with steady sales volumes but slower momentum in some traditional source markets.<\/p>\n

Early signs of a slowdown<\/p>\n

However, the notary data only covers the first half of the year. More recent figures from the Housing Ministry \u2013 which provide a quarterly breakdown \u2013 suggest the market may already be cooling.<\/p>\n

While foreign demand was marginally higher overall in H1, foreign sales fell 6% in Q2, driven by a 14% drop in purchases by foreign non-residents buying second homes. That\u2019s quite a slump in sales after a strong period of growth.<\/p>\n

In short, Spain\u2019s foreign-buyer boom rolled on through the first half of 2025 \u2014 but the latest data hint that the tide may now be turning.<\/p>\n

Mark Stucklin is the owner of Spanish Property Insight. Read more from Mark here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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