Their reports are fundamental to real estate transactions that guarantee access to housing for some and generate millions in profits for others, yet their salaries don't reach 15 euros per hour. "We've lost 60% of our purchasing power because the hourly rate hasn't been raised for years, despite the enormous responsibility we bear in certifying the value of real estate," explains Mallorcan appraiser Miquel Àngel Busquets. This professional, with decades of experience, like the rest of his colleagues in the field who have decided to go on strike, doesn't consider it logical "to have increasingly worse working conditions in a sector that currently generates very significant capital gains." "It's important to keep in mind that our reports are becoming increasingly complex and that we are responsible for their content, which is essential, for example, for banks to grant mortgage loans," he warns.