The owner of the shack advertised a few weeks ago on a rural property in María de la Salud for €700 has been reported to the Civil Guard for three serious offenses. According to sources from the Seprona (Nature Protection Service) on Wednesday, investigators became aware of the advertisement after it was published in the ARA Baleares newspaper and were struck by the high price, given the context of the structure.

The Renewal of rental agreements at market prices will skyrocket in the Balearic Islands The income gap favoring landlords over tenants will widen. The Balearic Islands will be the autonomous community where the income difference between landlords and tenants will increase the most: an average of 5,667 euros, which will mean that landlords' income will rise to 66,385 euros, according to a report by the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and Agenda 2030 released by Europa Press. Along with the Balearic Islands, but at a considerable distance, Ceuta leads the increases, with an average rise of 3,495 euros in the income gap; followed by the Valencian Community, with 3,009 euros; the Canary Islands, with 2,653 euros more; Cantabria, with another 2,610 euros; and the Community of Madrid, with another 2,406 euros. Overall, if contracts expiring in 2026 and 2027 are renewed at market prices, the income gap between landlords and tenants affected by the renewal would increase by an average of €2,216 across Spain, raising the average rent for those landlords to €546. The data in the Consum report was compiled from contracts signed in 2021 and 2022 that would expire five years later, in addition to the increase in rental prices during this period according to Idealista. The report excludes data from the Basque Country and Navarre, as they are autonomous communities with special tax regimes, as well as data from Catalonia, in order to include areas of high demand that encompass 80% of the population.

Palma is the city in Spain where each room listed on the rental market generates the most interest, with 65 people vying to live there, according to the latest report from the real estate website Idealista. A significant figure is the national average, with 22 people vying for each room available for rent, far from the situation in the city. After Palma, the municipality with the most competition for room rentals is San Sebastián, with 62 interested people. Likewise, in 2024, a peak of 91 people vying for a room was reached in Palma. At the other end of the ranking are Córdoba, Salamanca, and Castellón, with nine people interested for each room listed for rent.

The artificial intelligence of Fotocasa's Predictive Rental Date Venues Index estimates that rental prices in Palma will fall by 4.8% between July and September 2025, placing the Balearic capital among the 19 Spanish cities where a downward correction in prices is expected, compared to the 26 where an increase is forecast.

Manacor is the most affordable municipality to rent a home in the Balearic Islands, with an average price of €13.5 per square meter, according to the June 2025 price report prepared by Idealista. According to the study, this figure is 33% lower than the average rental price in the archipelago, which stands at €20.2 per square meter.