January 28Jan 28 45 minutes ago, Chopper said: I would consider Argentina if I were a bachelor. get out of BA, and everything is so laid back and easy going
January 29Jan 29 On 1/28/2025 at 6:25 AM, Chopper said: Spain is threatening a 100% tax for non-EU citizens to purchase a house, so you may want to act fast. I would consider Argentina if I were a bachelor. Literally nobody here believes this can happen. It's a reaction to perceived limited long term lease housing available for citizens. Akin to problems for elderly Miami Beach residents finding a place to live. At best it will lead to some restrictions on absentee investors and will take years.
January 29Jan 29 39 minutes ago, beer said: Literally nobody here believes this can happen. It's a reaction to perceived limited long term lease housing available for citizens. Akin to problems for elderly Miami Beach residents finding a place to live. At best it will lead to some restrictions on absentee investors and will take years. To be clear I wasn't saying Argentina was a good alternative to Spain. That was a response to another post. Just meant, I think Argentina would be interesting to check out. I don't know if the tax can happen or not. I know that once the president of a country starts speaking punitively about immigrants resettling there, there's a wide range of possible outcomes. In Portugal it completely hosed the immigration system for 2 years and counting. I do get a chuckle that the (proposed) tax on non-EU housing purchases is primarily aimed the the Brits. Edited January 29Jan 29 by Chopper
January 30Jan 30 13 hours ago, Chopper said: To be clear I wasn't saying Argentina was a good alternative to Spain. That was a response to another post. Just meant, I think Argentina would be interesting to check out. I don't know if the tax can happen or not. I know that once the president of a country starts speaking punitively about immigrants resettling there, there's a wide range of possible outcomes. In Portugal it completely hosed the immigration system for 2 years and counting. I do get a chuckle that the (proposed) tax on non-EU housing purchases is primarily aimed the the Brits. We stayed at an airbnb in Madrid and people were protesting how the housing prices were going up and locals were getting priced out. Had one elderly lady tell us as we were leaving to grab food that we didn't live there and shouldn't be staying there. Thought, hmmm, I'll pass that on. But it's a problem. Was on the news in DC too. There were buildings where people bought condos but nobody lived there, and since there was a housing shortage, they were blaming airbnbs for driving rent prices up.
May 1May 1 Necrobump...what eventually did pass was s law forcing people seeking tourist licenses to obtain community permission, with a 60% agreement required to allow rentals. Happened 2 weeks before we closed on our house I planned to rent out for 6 months. Our association meets in November. Trying to find a work around.
May 4May 4 https://archive.is/XuAv9 - link - Financial Times article Americans want to move to Europe — but just how easy is it? ‘Fires, guns and Trump’ are among the catalysts spurring US citizens to consider a move across the pond. Inquiries, applications and house buying are accelerating — but the shifting sands of red tape mean the relocation follow-through is a slower trickle Edited May 4May 4 by Chopper
August 13Aug 13 for me our association meeting still hasn't happened so im not able to rent my place, but there's a billion UK tourists there and im in Bilbao avoiding them this week.
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