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Who Owns the Island? How Institutional Buyers Are Changing Mallorca's Housing Market

Who Really Owns Property in Mallorca?

In Mallorca, company-owned homes can make beneficial ownership harder to trace and public oversight more difficult.

Published: April 23, 2026
Who Owns the Island? How Institutional Buyers Are Changing Mallorca's Housing Market

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Is it possible to find out who really owns a property in Mallorca?

Not always easily. When a home is owned by a company or another legal entity, the real beneficial owner can be harder to identify than in a standard private sale. That lack of transparency is one reason the Mallorca housing debate has become so heated.

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