Non-resident foreigners bought 46,734 homes in Spain in the four quarters to June 2026, 16% fewer than a year earlier and 6.4% of all home purchases. Alicante alone took 16,963, 36% of the total, followed by Málaga (9,154) and Murcia (3,689). The figures come from notarial records published by Spain's housing ministry (MIVAU).
The ten provinces where non-residents buy most
Every province
| Province | Last 4 quartersQ3 2025 to Q2 2026 | Change | Share of all purchases | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 46,734 | −16% | 6.4% | 54,917 | 56,777 | 51,367 |
| Alicante | 16,963 | −13% | 32.2% | 19,123 | 20,169 | 18,397 |
| Málaga | 9,154 | −13% | 26.6% | 9,719 | 10,500 | 9,749 |
| Murcia | 3,689 | −12% | 13.2% | 3,932 | 4,243 | 3,994 |
| Balearic Islands | 3,131 | −19% | 21.8% | 3,777 | 3,932 | 3,473 |
| Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 2,068 | −21% | 17.6% | 2,862 | 2,728 | 2,436 |
| Girona | 1,973 | −11% | 12.8% | 2,645 | 2,214 | 2,184 |
| Las Palmas | 1,766 | −17% | 12.9% | 2,523 | 2,184 | 2,011 |
| Valencia | 1,329 | −23% | 3.2% | 1,920 | 1,895 | 1,447 |
| Almería | 1,169 | −19% | 7.1% | 1,478 | 1,352 | 1,351 |
| Barcelona | 1,039 | −42% | 1.4% | 1,662 | 1,871 | 1,329 |
| Tarragona | 708 | −17% | 4.0% | 856 | 859 | 757 |
| Castellón | 681 | −15% | 4.8% | 828 | 904 | 742 |
| Madrid | 590 | −50% | 0.7% | 999 | 1,226 | 814 |
| Cádiz | 557 | +8% | 3.0% | 578 | 510 | 583 |
| Granada | 471 | −20% | 2.9% | 551 | 602 | 542 |
| Huelva | 234 | −10% | 2.9% | 228 | 252 | 239 |
| Asturias | 183 | −11% | 1.1% | 204 | 210 | 195 |
| Córdoba | 97 | −10% | 0.8% | 79 | 85 | 104 |
| A Coruña | 83 | −31% | 0.7% | 106 | 126 | 94 |
| Seville | 81 | −34% | 0.3% | 80 | 91 | 104 |
| Pontevedra | 69 | −24% | 0.8% | 85 | 98 | 78 |
| Jaén | 68 | −24% | 0.7% | 62 | 84 | 80 |
| Gipuzkoa | 56 | +4% | 0.6% | 45 | 63 | 58 |
| Ourense | 54 | −4% | 1.5% | 36 | 46 | 56 |
| Cantabria | 52 | −32% | 0.5% | 88 | 86 | 63 |
| Zaragoza | 48 | – | 0.3% | 44 | 39 | 50 |
| Lleida | 44 | – | 0.7% | 48 | 30 | 42 |
| Lugo | 35 | – | 0.8% | 25 | 52 | 33 |
| Salamanca | 33 | – | 0.6% | 17 | 24 | 26 |
| Cáceres | 33 | – | 0.5% | 19 | 16 | 28 |
| Toledo | 29 | – | 0.2% | 38 | 25 | 27 |
| Bizkaia | 29 | −47% | 0.2% | 34 | 49 | 43 |
| Albacete | 24 | – | 0.4% | 15 | 12 | 16 |
| La Rioja | 23 | – | 0.4% | 14 | 20 | 22 |
| Badajoz | 20 | – | 0.2% | 18 | 11 | 26 |
| Burgos | 17 | – | 0.3% | 14 | 15 | 19 |
| León | 16 | – | 0.2% | 22 | 27 | 22 |
| Huesca | 15 | – | 0.4% | 27 | 15 | 20 |
| Navarre | 15 | – | 0.2% | 32 | 25 | 18 |
| Palencia | 12 | – | 0.5% | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| Valladolid | 12 | – | 0.2% | 18 | 8 | 13 |
| Ciudad Real | 12 | – | 0.1% | 10 | 10 | 13 |
| Zamora | 9 | – | 0.3% | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| Cuenca | 9 | – | 0.3% | 7 | 6 | 10 |
| Teruel | 8 | – | 0.3% | 5 | 9 | 5 |
| Segovia | 6 | – | 0.2% | 8 | 5 | 8 |
| Guadalajara | 6 | – | 0.1% | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| Ávila | 5 | – | 0.1% | 5 | 12 | 4 |
| Soria | 4 | – | 0.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Melilla | 3 | – | 0.4% | 11 | 8 | 4 |
| Álava | 2 | – | 0.0% | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Ceuta | 0 | – | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Spain, year by year
The series peaked in 2022 at 63,039 homes. In 2025 the count was 51,367, 19% lower.
| Year | Non-resident foreign buyers | Share of all purchases |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51,367 | 6.8% |
| 2024 | 56,777 | 7.9% |
| 2023 | 54,917 | 8.6% |
| 2022 | 63,039 | 8.8% |
| 2021 | 43,791 | 6.5% |
| 2020 | 28,991 | 5.9% |
| 2019 | 41,515 | 7.3% |
| 2018 | 44,924 | 7.7% |
| 2017 | 46,412 | 8.7% |
| 2016 | 43,244 | 9.4% |
| 2015 | 39,590 | 9.9% |
| 2014 | 36,438 | 10.0% |
| 2013 | 29,496 | 9.8% |
| 2012 | 25,041 | 6.9% |
| 2011 | 18,382 | 5.3% |
| 2010 | 15,283 | 3.1% |
| 2009 | 14,124 | 3.0% |
| 2008 | 17,747 | 3.1% |
| 2007 | 24,489 | 2.9% |
What these figures count
Each figure is a home purchase signed before a Spanish notary in which the buyer is a foreign national who does not live in Spain. New builds and resales are both included. Foreigners who live in Spain are counted separately, and so are Spaniards who live abroad. MIVAU, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda, compiles them from notarial records in its Estadística de Transacciones Inmobiliarias (table 1.6) and publishes them each quarter. The latest quarter is provisional and can be revised.
Other sources give other numbers because they count something else. The Land Registrars (Registradores) report purchases by all foreigners, resident or not, when the sale is registered, so their totals are larger and can move the other way: in the first half of 2026 they reported a record for foreign buyers while non-resident purchases here fell. This table has no nationality; the notaries' own statistics (Consejo General del Notariado) break buyers down by country.
The markets we cover
- Costa del Sol: 9,154 homes in Málaga province
- Costa Blanca: 16,963 homes in Alicante province
- Balearic Islands: 3,131 homes in the Balearic Islands
- Canary Islands: 3,834 homes in the Canary Islands
- Barcelona: 1,039 homes in Barcelona province
- Madrid: 590 homes in the Madrid region
- Costa Brava: 1,973 homes in Girona province
- Valencia: 1,329 homes in Valencia province
Using these figures
You may quote and reuse these figures with a link to this page: "Zenith Concierge, non-resident foreign home buyers in Spain by province, from MIVAU table 1.6, updated October 2026". We update the page each quarter, when MIVAU publishes new data. MIVAU source file (XLS).
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