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Demand is particularly strong from citizens of European countries \u2013 such as Germany, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands and Italy \u2013 as well as the USA, Argentina, Morocco and Colombia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Balearic Islands, most queries come from Germany (39%), well ahead of the United Kingdom (9%) and Italy (7%). In Alicante, the majority of searches originate from the Netherlands (14%), Germany (11%) and the United Kingdom (9%).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In third place is Malaga, where the most active audiences are the British (11%), Germans (10%) and the Dutch (9%). In Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Germans (23%) outnumber Italians (19%) and the British (8%) in interest in renting on the western islands of the Canary archipelago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report notes that rental ads on Idealista in other \u201ctourist provinces\u201d \u2013 such as Las Palmas, Girona or Almeria \u2013 are also very popular with foreigners, with demand above 15%. Among the major housing markets, the largest share of visits to rental listings was recorded in Valencia (17%), ahead of Barcelona (15.3%), Madrid (9.1%) and Seville (8.1%).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">US citizens most often preferred <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/alegria-realestate.com\/en\/articles\/city-of-spain\/sights-of-valencia-spain\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Valencia<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Madrid and Seville (13\u201314%), while in Barcelona they ranked second (10%), behind only the French (11%). In the province of Valencia, Americans were joined by Germans (9%) and French (8%), and in Barcelona the top three also includes Italians (9%). In Madrid, searches from France (8%) and Italy (7%) stand out \u2013 as in Seville, with 11% and 9% respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among other nationalities, although all of them show demand below 10%, the interest of the Portuguese in the border areas is noteworthy. They lead visits in Badajoz (40%), Huelva (27%), Pontevedra (22%) and Ourense (15%). From Andorra, most interest is in rentals in Lleida (18%), while from Brazil it is in Valladolid (10%). Visits from Latin American countries \u2013 such as Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia and Cuba \u2013 top the lists in the inland provinces of Guadalajara, Toledo, Segovia and Avila.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the latest study by the Idealista portal,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":916761,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-916758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alicante \u2013 Spain\u2019s No. 2 province by foreign renters, 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rental market 2025: why Alicante province attracts foreign tenants \u2013 key areas, prices, and 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