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Journal

# Stories from the island.

Market insights, building stories, buyer experiences, and the Mallorca you won't find on a postcard. Written by us, for people who actually want to live here.

All articles

![Why Mallorca? Thirty years on the island](https://almabalear.com/images/articles/warum-mallorca-dreissig-jahre/cover-v2.webp)

Lifestyle · 10 August 2026

### Why Mallorca? Thirty years on the island

Salt crusts, frozen toes and a mountain shaped like a molar. How a longing for sunshine turned into a life on this island.

by Maren · 5 min read

https://almabalear.com/en/journal/warum-mallorca-dreissig-jahre

![Mallorca property market: why the world is looking at the Balearics](https://almabalear.com/images/articles/immobilienmarkt-mallorca-internationale-kaeufer/cover.webp)

Market · 13 July 2026

### Mallorca property market: why the world is looking at the Balearics

Almost every second international luxury property purchase in Spain lands on the Balearics, and 70.34 percent of those buyers come from the EU. What these numbers tell us about Mallorca.

by Maren · 2 min read

https://almabalear.com/en/journal/immobilienmarkt-mallorca-internationale-kaeufer

![Mallorca property prices 2026: the Balearics stay in front](https://almabalear.com/images/articles/immobilienpreise-mallorca-2026/cover.webp)

Market · 6 July 2026

### Mallorca property prices 2026: the Balearics stay in front

The Balearics are Spain's second most expensive property market: 3,885.60 euros per square metre, up 13.1 percent. What that means for buyers and owners.

by Maren · 2 min read

https://almabalear.com/en/journal/immobilienpreise-mallorca-2026

![The island's interior: the regions of Mallorca away from the coast](https://almabalear.com/images/articles/das-innere-der-insel-regionen-mallorcas/cover.webp)

Regions · 21 June 2026

### The island's interior: the regions of Mallorca away from the coast

There is the Mallorca of the postcard, and there is the quiet interior, alive all year round. A small map of the areas we call home.

5 min read

https://almabalear.com/en/journal/das-innere-der-insel-regionen-mallorcas

![The houses that are never listed](https://almabalear.com/images/articles/haeuser-die-nie-inseriert-werden/cover.webp)

Market · 21 June 2026

### The houses that are never listed

Why many of the finest houses in Mallorca's interior never appear on a portal, and how a search brief works.

4 min read

https://almabalear.com/en/journal/haeuser-die-nie-inseriert-werden

![Alma Balear, an introduction](https://almabalear.com/images/team/group.webp)

Buyer stories · 26 May 2026

### Alma Balear, an introduction

Who we are, how we work, and where we feel at home.

4 min read

https://almabalear.com/en/journal/alma-balear-vorstellung

Magazine

## Stay in touch.

A few times a year we send out a magazine by email: new properties, market notes from the inland, stories from the villages. No sales pressure, no data sharing.

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