The Canarias government (CC-PP) has sent Madrid a draft royal decree-law requiring 10 years of empadronamiento on the islands to buy a home, limiting individuals to two homes in different municipalities and companies to buying properties only to sell or rent them. The draft is tied to the Maricarmen decrees, re-approved in the Diputación Permanente.
Real Decreto-ley 28/2026, published in the BOE, would require landlords who decline to renew a habitual-residence lease to pay tenants at least 12 months' rent for a similar home, with renewals in five- or seven-year blocks. Its entry into force has been delayed until after a vote in the Diputación Permanente.
The Euribor ended September at a monthly average of 3,24%, its highest since July 2024. The average financed home value fell from 294.667 euros in Q2 to 268.333 euros in Q3, and from 300.000 euros in July to 248.000 euros in September. Data: Centro de Estudios de Trioteca.
Funcas keeps GDP forecasts at 2,5% this year and 1,8% in 2027, but sees 1,7% in 2028. Public-debt interest payments would rise by some 20.000 million euros, from 43.500 million in 2026 to 63.700 million in 2031. Without adjustments, the deficit would again exceed the EU's 3% of GDP limit starting in 2030.
The IRAV, the index used to update rental contracts annually, stood at 2,54% year-on-year in September, almost half the inflation rate. Landlords cannot pass on the full cost-of-living increase to rents. The data hurts property owners who apply the annual increase in September.
Pedro Sánchez promises to revalue pensions before the end of the year, while Alberto Núñez Feijóo commits to an IPC-linked increase. Around 10 million pensioners have a stake in the vote. Feijóo said his government would 'ask for sacrifices'; PP's Juan Bravo conditions pension equalization on a healthy economy.
Isabel Allende has won the 2026 Premio Planeta for 'La hora antes del alba', the second part of her classic 'La casa de los espíritus'. The finalist was Sergio Hernández for 'La añoranza'. The winners were announced at a dinner in Barcelona presided over by the King and Queen.
CEOE president Antonio Garamendi called it 'incredible' that the government is using its power to raise the SMI during the electoral period. CCOO and UGT demand at least a 7% rise to 1.300 euros in 2027, plus a ban on companies absorbing the increase through salary supplements.
The Census Office has received no updated data on the 163.000 people naturalized under the 'ley de nietos' whose votes the Supreme Court suspended on September 10. Exteriores has gone 36 days without sending the records; without them, the affected voters cannot cast ballots unless consulates certify they are descendants of exiles.
Juanma Moreno's government (PP-Vox) will appeal the Maricarmen housing decrees before the Constitutional Court. They suspend evictions of vulnerable people and extend the vulture-fund purchase veto until 2030. Rejected in Congress, they were re-approved in the Diputación Permanente after Sánchez called elections for November 29.
Facua has reported Idealista, Fotocasa, Pisos.com, Habitaclia, Ya Encontré and Milanuncios for rental ads that omit the maximum price in stressed zones, landlord status and previous rent. Of 102 ads analyzed in six stressed cities, only four of 30 in Barcelona complied; all ads in the other five cities violated the rules.
The Defense Ministry has sent El Diario's information, including audio recordings of soldiers boasting of beating migrants in Ceuta, to the court and the Fiscalía. The ministry said the move aims to preserve the good name of the Armed Forces. The case follows an Amnesty International complaint about alleged torture and cruel treatment.
Adif does not expect service on the Madrid-Barcelona high-speed line to return to normal until at least October 22 after a locomotive fire near Ricla. It has asked Renfe, Ouigo and Iryo to adapt their services until then. Traffic is running on only one track between Ricla and Plasencia de Jalón.
Thousands of teachers — 10.000 according to government figures — gathered in Madrid on the second day of the education strike to defend public education. The protest took place in front of the Comunidad de Madrid's Education Ministry on Calle Alcalá.
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