[philjw]

Good - even as EU citizen from a "wealthier" country who also considered buying an apartment in Spain I felt put off by the sheer amount of non-EU citizens taking the easy and cheap route out, coming over to sunny, walkable and high quality of life Spain with good public health system and showing their excitement about the "low prices" - which aren't even that low by EU means, at least for locals working local jobs. A friend advised me last March to "buy an apartment before the flood / US election" - but no, I'm not buying into the hype. Fix your political issues overseas or be welcome by paying a fair premium adjusted to the higher income and earn respect by becoming part of the community / learning some Spanish. There needs to be some entry barrier / incentive / application process. In general I can understand why the Spaniards resist. Of course debatable whether it should be all non-EU or simply a list of significantly wealthier countries / countries with high wealth gap and oligarch investors that pay the higher entrance fee.