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Foreign buyers in Canarias

Buyers living abroad bought 15.6% of the homes sold here in the four quarters to Q2 2026.

Bought by buyers abroad, 12 months
15.6%

Homes bought by buyers living abroad in Canarias

Share of dwellings sold to buyers not resident in Spain, by quarter, from notarial deeds (MIVAU). Foreigners living in Spain count as residents.

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PeriodCanarias
Q2 202615.9%
Q1 202617.1%
Q4 202514.0%
Q3 202515.5%
Q2 202519.3%
Q1 202520.6%
Q4 202416.5%
Q3 202417.1%
Q2 202420.9%
Q1 202420.8%
Q4 202318.2%
Q3 202318.8%
Q2 202322.2%
Q1 202324.3%
Q4 202220.8%
Q3 202221.6%
Q2 202223.7%
Q1 202224.9%
Q4 202120.3%
Q3 202118.9%
Q2 202117.9%
Q1 202116.3%
Q4 202014.5%
Q3 202016.9%
Q2 202012.3%
Q1 202022.1%
Q4 201913.6%
Q3 201916.9%
Q2 201918.3%
Q1 201919.5%
Q4 201817.8%
Q3 201819.2%
Q2 201821.8%
Q1 201823.1%
Q4 201721.1%
Q3 201719.3%
Q2 201725.3%
Q1 201726.6%
Q4 201621.4%
Q3 201621.9%
Q2 201629.0%
Q1 201626.0%
Q4 201520.3%
Q3 201519.6%
Q2 201523.4%
Q1 201525.4%
Q4 201418.9%
Q3 201420.7%
Q2 201423.4%
Q1 201424.4%
Q4 201321.2%
Q3 201320.9%
Q2 201320.1%
Q1 201323.1%
Q4 201215.6%
Q3 201213.4%
Q2 201217.8%
Q1 201218.7%
Q4 201111.5%
Q3 201113.0%
Q2 201114.0%
Q1 201115.4%
Q4 20106.2%
Q3 20108.3%
Q2 20109.5%
Q1 201010.7%
Q4 20096.1%
Q3 20096.8%
Q2 20098.6%
Q1 20099.4%
Q4 20085.5%
Q3 20086.2%
Q2 20087.2%
Q1 20086.3%
Q4 20076.3%
Q3 20075.1%
Q2 20079.1%
Q1 20078.2%

Who lives here

Net migration: the people who moved in, from abroad or the rest of Spain, minus those who left (INE, from 2021).

Net migration, Canarias, 2024
+27,770
12.5 per 1,000 residents

Residence is not nationality: a foreigner living in Spain buys as a resident, and a Spaniard living abroad as a non-resident. MIVAU publishes counts by province, not prices, so the report describes how many homes buyers abroad take, not what they pay.

Other reports for Canarias

Figures for Spain: Canarias has no reliable figures of its own.

At the average appraised value, a 90 m² home costs €205,146. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €782 a month. Spain sets no cap on the payment; lenders must assess each borrower's solvency.

Payment, two incomes
24%
Payment, one income
47%

69.2% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
5,554
Per 1,000 residents
2.5

Appraised values have fallen by 3% or more once since 1995. That fall began in Q2 2008.

Deepest fall
−31.7%
Recovery from the low
129 months

In 2024 the population grew by 21,924 while 2,262 homes were finished: 9.7 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2024
9.7
Population change, 2024
+21,924

19.4% of the 1,088,700 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
19.4%
Empty homes
211,452

In 2025, 10% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.

Homes in existing buildings, 2025
10%

Public bodies signed €66M of housing works here in 2025, and €83.8M since 2017.

Signed in 2025
€66M
Per resident, 2025
€29