As a percentage of total property sales in Spain in Q2, the top 8 foreign nationalities were:

• British (9.8%)
• German (9.1%)
• French (6.6%)
• Moroccan (4.9%)
• Belgian (4.9%) 
• Romanian (4.85%) 
• Dutch (4.8%)
• Italian (4.6%).

Although British buyers remained the top foreign buyer nationality in Spain in Q2, as a percentage of the total it dropped by about 2%, with second-place Germans closing the gap.

This may be a seasonal factor, as a similar pattern occurred last year.

In terms of sales volume, Spanish property sales to the British in Q2 were 2,310, a drop of almost 10% from the previous quarter. 

Rises were seen in the number of properties purchased by Germans (6.3%), French (+4.1%) and Dutch (5.8%) buyers, and perhaps most notably Italians with an increase of +22% against Q1.

The Spanish regions which saw the largest percentage of foreign buyers in Q2 this year were similar to previous periods:

• The Balearic Islands 34.7%
• Canary islands 34.2%
• Valencian Community 27.7%
• Murcia Region 19.9%
• Andalucia 16.5%
• Catalonia 14%

By province, the top 9 were:

• Alicante (42.2%)
• Tenerife (38.3%)
• The Balearic Islands (34.7%) (it is both a province and a region)
• Malaga (32.8%)
• Las Palmas (26.6%)
• Girona ((26.3%)
• Almeria (20.2%)
• Murcia (18.5%)
• Castellon (13.8%)

Sales Volumes

In terms of total property sales volume across Spain in Q2 2022, with 163,909, it was slightly down on the previous quarter (-0.2%).

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