Remoaners in Spain blame Brexit for ban on foreigners buying homes: 'Dreams shattered!'

Briton’s plans to move to Spain have been ruined, with the blame placed on Brexit after Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced plans to ban property purchases from outside the European Union . “We will propose to ban these non-EU foreigners who are not residents, and their relatives, from buying houses in our country since they only do so to speculate,” Mr Sanchez said, in a move to get a grip on the spiralling housing prices in Spain. Mr Sanchez revealed that non-EU residents represent about 27,000 of almost 700,000 homes bought and sold annually in Spain, with British buyers leading the way with nearly 10%.

Now, a group that supports Brits in Spain has revealed that the UK’s withdrawal from the EU is to blame for foiling their hopes of moving to warmer climates. “Many British nationals on lower incomes, who had hopes of retirement on the Costas, have already had their dreams shattered [by Brexit ],” Sue Wilson, head of Bremain in Spain which has 6,000 members, told The Times . “These new measures – assuming they are passed by parliament – will only add to the barriers we face in Europe as non-EU citizens.

” Last year, tens of thousands of locals in many tourist hotspots across the country - from Barcelona to Malaga and the Canary and Balearic Islands - took to the streets on several occasions last year to protest the current tourism model and demand the government take action to halt the growing affordable housing crisis. Tens of thousands in Barcelona pr.