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In Europe we have stricter building codes on average but it's still very much a non-technical problem. Prices of land are insane in Spain, and I bet in other co
by spaniard89277 4y ago
In Europe we have stricter building codes on average but it's still very much a non-technical problem. Prices of land are insane in Spain, and I bet in other countries too.
And taxes, and a myriad of other things that have nothing to do with actually building the thing.
- tweetle_beetle 4y agoI'm not sure by what measure Spain has high land prices. It effectively has the lowest population density of any sizeable (under 11 million) country in Europe [1]. It also has one of the highest rates of second property ownership in Europe [2]. I can't find figures but I suspect it also has one of highest rates of home ownership by non domeciles too. Lots of factors contribute to all this and like anywhere it's always 'location, location, location', but outside a few major cities and popular holiday locations I think it's probably pretty cheap - in relative terms. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_and_population_of_European_countries?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_and_population_of_Europea... [2] https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Secondary-property-ownership-and-landlordism-among-salaries-workers-and-self-employed-in_tbl1_332210090 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Secondary-property-owner...
- spaniard89277 4y agoIf it's pretty cheap, it won't be allowed to build anything residential.