Costa Blanca Investment News

Top stories — June 2026

• ✦ECB cut rates by 25 bps in May; Spanish non-resident mortgage rates fell 20–35 bps to a 3.6–4.4% range.
• ✦Alicante airport passenger traffic +9.4% YoY through May — on track for a record 19.5m pax in 2026.
• ✦Valencia community extended VUT (tourist-let) licence freeze in saturated zones through end-2026.
• ✦Las Colinas Golf launched Phase IX — 38 villas from €1.45m, full pre-sales targeted before construction start.
• ✦Quirónsalud opened expanded Torrevieja medical campus — 4th private hospital within 30 min of southern Costa Blanca.

Property market — Q2 2026

Prices across the Costa Blanca rose 1.8% QoQ (Tinsa), led by Pilar de la Horadada (+3.2%) and Orihuela Costa (+2.9%). Northern markets (Jávea, Altea) consolidated after strong 2024–2025 runs.

Transaction volumes were up 6.7% YoY in Alicante province — the strongest spring since 2007 by deal count.

Foreign buyer share rose to 47.3% of provincial transactions, with UK (16.2%), Germany (8.1%) and Netherlands (5.4%) leading.

Tax and regulatory

• ✦Modelo 721 (crypto reporting) Q1 2026 filing campaign closed with 12% YoY increase in declarations.
• ✦Beckham Law renewal applications hit record volume in May 2026 (post-DNV expansion).
• ✦Wealth tax solidaridad (national 1.7–3.5% surcharge) NOT renewed for 2026 — affects positions >€3m.
• ✦Spain–US tax-treaty modernisation entered into force January 2026 — improved WHT terms for cross-border holdings.

Tourism and hospitality

Hotel ADR in Alicante province +6.1% YoY through May; RevPAR +8.3% on stronger occupancy.

Easyjet, Ryanair and Vueling added 14 new routes to Alicante airport for summer 2026 schedule.

Boutique-hotel transaction yields tightened to 6.0–7.5% net — heaviest capital inflow since 2018.

Vacation-rental ADR up 4.8% YoY despite licence freeze — supply-constrained pricing power.

Tech, AI and digital economy

• ✦Alicante Distrito Digital tech park signed 18 new lease agreements in H1 2026 — 65% are foreign-founded.
• ✦Spain Startup Law uptake passed 2,500 ENISA-certified companies; ~10% are Alicante-province registered.
• ✦AI hardware cluster nucleus in Elche (Universidad Miguel Hernández spin-outs) attracted €38m of seed funding YTD.
• ✦DNV (Digital Nomad Visa) issuance hit record monthly volume in March 2026.