<![CDATA[Ara Balears in English - rental prices]]> 10 <![CDATA[Yes, that they ask forgiveness]]> Today there is much talk of strained relations, areas, and societies. We must not forget that 'tension' is a natural fact of human coexistence. The struggle between those who hold the reins and those who feel like the oil that the master moves wherever he wants is a tension, once again, that extends beyond the most ancient times.From the time of Joanot Colom, from the time of Simó Ballester, lo Tort. From the time of the foreign revolts and the guilds, up to the Civil War that devastated the island during the 20th century, this tension, this popular nervousness, has been a constant. "This land is ours, let the lords know it," wrote Guillem d'Efak. "We do not need capes to lead us by the hand, we are not children of honey and sugar, and we know how to govern ourselves," sang the shack-dwelling sorcerer. Things have changed from green to blue, but, in the end, everything remains more or less the same, only perhaps with some of the goose's roles changed.Antoni Tugores has always explained that during the Civil War the most rabid right-wingers were not the lords, but the peasants who, pampered like lice in pasture, did not want to lose their nouveau riche status. At school, when we talk about the Middle Ages, we do so by remembering that it was a class-based society, with immutable categories and two large classes: the privileged and the non-privileged. The former were the landowners. The latter were those who worked them. The former did not work. The latter, bent their backs doing it. The former were rentiers. The latter, those who paid the rents, and moreover, the taxes.The land in Mallorca is no longer the pantry that directly feeds us. Neither grain, nor legumes, nor vegetables. Neither cows, nor sheep, nor chickens. Now food arrives in the form of brick and concrete. Every two "quarterades" (a Catalan unit of land measurement), a villa with a pool. And in the village, if you have a house, fix it up a bit, because you can still rent it for a young canary's price three or four months a year.These are the furious ones, now. There is a businessman from Manacor, very dynamic on social media, who day in and day out asserts himself: “I will not apologize, nor will I be ashamed to fight like a goat and have a good life.” Well, perhaps yes, many of these “small owners” do have to apologize. Well, perhaps yes, it is worth apologizing, without being ashamed of it, for asking for 1,500 or 2,000 euros for an ordinary rent, when the interprofessional minimum wage is 1,221 euros per month. Other standard-bearers of this fight appeal to the "mallorquinitat" of these 'small owners', as those most harmed by an eventual limitation of rental prices. A measure, on the other hand, that is a complete fantasy, as President Prohens has already warned us. Yes, very "mallorquin" are these 'small owners': there is data indicating that in Mallorca one in every four properties is already in foreign hands, and that there are municipalities like Calvià and Andratx where this percentage soars to forty percent. The majority of these properties, moreover, are destined for tourist rentals, for second homes, or are simply empty waiting for the speculative market to offer them the opportunity to be sold at a price unaffordable for the "mallorquins" who earn money by working.Because yes, that's what the topic is about. The conversion of housing into a business has allowed thousands of people in Mallorca to see the possibility of earning money without working, which is what landlords have done all their lives. The sick person has a bad wound, because there are few things sweeter than earning them sweet. And those who rent villas for 1,000 euros a weekend earn them just as sweetly, as do those who rent renovated flats to school teachers and healthcare professionals for 1,500 or 2,000 euros, as do those who put a kitchen in a stable and ask for 1,000 euros a month, as do those who charge 400 euros per room for sub-standard housing. We can no longer talk about supply and demand when talking about housing. We are talking about necessity, which is what exists. It is time to stop this shame.

]]> <![CDATA[The advertisement for a cabin on a farm in Mallorca ends with three complaints for serious infractions]]>

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.

]]> <![CDATA[The renewal of rental contracts widens the rent gap between landlords and tenants in the Islands]]>

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.

]]> <![CDATA[Housing emergency: 65 people compete for each rental room in Palma.]]>

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.

]]> <![CDATA[Rent prices in Palma will drop by 5% this summer, according to the IA.]]>

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.

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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.

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