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We present Xataka Life, our new YouTube channel on home automation and technology to transform your home

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2026 comes full of news in Xataka. If just a couple of months ago we announced the launch of Xataka Xtra, today we bring a new project called Xataka Life. In this house we have been talking about home automation, connectivity and devices for the home for a year, an increasingly relevant category in the world of technology and that, through Xataka Lifewe will explore in video form. Because Xataka Life is, precisely, a YouTube channel. One in which we will discuss topics related to home, home automation, savings and products that, little by little, have been finding a place in the homes of more and more people. We talk about lighting devices, air fryers or robot vacuum cleaners, to name just a few. What changes on the Xataka YouTube channel? Absolutely nothing. This channel will continue to operate as before with the content we already publish. Xataka Life is an additional space that allows us to delve into a topic as complex, but at the same time so exciting and interesting, as technology for the home. As it could not be otherwise, Xataka Life expands beyond the long format of YouTube, so you will also be able to short content on @xatakalife on Instagram. If you like the sound of it, we invite you to follow us on Instagram and, of course, to subscribe to Xataka Life on YouTube. We continue!

It’s not AI, it’s working from home in your pajamas

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The data on productivity in the US brings to light a sustained increase that has even surprised the until now president of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, admitted his astonishment declaring that “I never thought I would see a time when we had five or six years of 2% productivity growth.” Given the rise of AI in recent years, many experts have attributed this productivity increase to AI. However, Nicholas Bloom, professor of economics at Stanford and one of the most recognized voices in teleworking research, holds that the most reasonable explanation does not go through AIbut it has more to do with teleworking. The professor defends that the change in model towards teleworking after the pandemic, has had more weight than many managers are willing to admit. The figures that attract attention. According to the data of the Bureau of Labor Statisticsequivalent to the INE in Spain, the productivity of the non-agricultural private sector in the US grew by 5.3% in 2020, 2% in 2021, fell 1.5% in 2022, rose 1.8% in 2023, advanced 3% in 2024 and grew again by 2.2% in 2025. For Bloom, this chronological pattern is a fairly clear sign of the relationship between productivity growth and the way it has been worked since the pandemic. The average growth of 2% in productivity from 2020 recorded in the data for the last five years contrasts with the scarce 1% that was recorded during much of the 2010 decade. This comparison is what reinforces Bloom’s argument that attributes the merit of the rebound in productivity to teleworking and not to AI, taking into account that the increase has been recorded since 2020 and not from 2022, when it was launched. ChatGPT. Why teleworking weighs so much. Bloom resume the productivity advantage of teleworking with some quite obvious arguments: teleworking implies less time wasted traveling, fewer office distractions and easier concentration. Added to this are two more effects, also very important, which are the creation of businesses and the entry of more people into the labor market. decoupling talent hiring to a certain geographic location. In other words, teleworking not only changes where you work from, but also gives access to a broader hiring market and saves costs to the get rid of offices. The economist defend That this mix is ​​what explains why productivity figures have not only withstood the impact of a global crisis, but have also improved. The stubborn return to the office. While Bloom points out that “teleworking is correlated with greater productivity growth,” large companies have done nothing but put pressure on their workforces. to get them back to the office full time. The economist recognizes that the justification has a certain basis: more collaboration, better decisions and more learning for young employees. However, he questions the idea that you have to be there every day to get those benefits. According to your work leading a team of researchers, a hybrid model Two days in person and three days remotely is more efficient, because it leaves collaboration for the moments when it really adds value and transfers tasks that require a greater capacity for concentration to home. AI has yet to prove itself. As and as pointed out Fortunealthough the productivity data of recent years cannot be attributed to AI because it has not yet been widely implemented in companies, it cannot be ruled out that it could have a considerable impact in the future. According to published Reuterssome economists are beginning to see signs of improvement in productivity that could be linked to the automation provided by AI, although they are still perceived moderately and do not justify the increase of the last five years. And therein lies the key to the supposed great productive miracle of the United States, which, ironically, could have less to do with algorithms and much more to do with people. working from the couchwith coffee on the side and without having to lose half life from jam to jam on the way to work. In Xataka | Teleworking will experience a second youth, at a very specific moment: when the boomers retire Image | Unsplash (Flipsnack)

There are people who buy plants to purify the air in their home. The reality is that you are wasting your time

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When we want to give a little life to our homes, the first thing we think about is putting in several plants with the idea that, in addition to giving it a more natural touch, they will also clean the air we breathe. And it’s no wonder, because all you have to do is take a look around the internet or through the hallways of any nursery to find us. with the promise that pothos, mother-in-law’s tongue or ribbon are “natural purifiers” that eliminate toxins. But It’s not like that. The origin of the idea. To understand why we blindly believe in the purifying power of the plants that we can have in our home, the responsibility lies with NASA and its classic studies published in the 80s. Here, in their quest to find ways to clean the air on space stations, researchers placed different plants in hermetically sealed chambers and injected volatile organic compounds that were partly removed by the plants. This was very relevant, but the extrapolation to the general population, not so much. And these investigations were carried out in an airtight chamber in a laboratory, and at the moment a home or an office is not hermetically closed, but there is the possibility of air constantly entering and leaving through windows, doors or cracks. But this detail has not resonated so much with the population. A bath of reality. This arrived in 2019, where a study from Drexel University analyzed a dozen previous studies to evaluate actual plant performance using a standard metric: the clean air delivery rate, or CADR. Here the conclusion reached is that potted plants do not improve indoor air quality in a relevant way. And the explanation is purely mechanical, since the normal ventilation of any building eliminates volatile organic compounds at a rate faster than the absorption capacity of an indoor plant. Size matters. With this premise, for the plants to match the purification achieved by the ventilation system of a standard building or the simple act of opening windows, you would need between 10 and 1,000 plants per square meter. I mean, you would have to literally turn your living room into a dense, impassable rainforest to notice the difference. Very controlled exceptions. This does not mean that all pro-plant studies lie, but rather that context is everything, since some studies point to a decrease in CO₂ levels. A notable example is a study conducted in a school in Portugal, where flower pots were introduced into classrooms and an improvement in the air was measured. However, the scientists themselves warn that these are highly specific and controlled environments and their results cannot be mathematically extrapolated to what happens in the living room of a normal apartment or in a standard office. There is no evidence. Given all this that we already know, the authorities are sharp noting that there is no evidence that a reasonable number of indoor plants remove significant amounts of pollutants in homes and offices. What do we have to do? In order to improve air quality inside the home, the important thing here is to reduce the use of chemicals and avoid smoking indoors. In addition, opening the windows every day to renew the air is the key measure, as well as the installation of air purifiers, which are almost mandatory in many cases for people who have significant allergies. Images | freepik In Xataka | The countries that pollute the most in the world, gathered in a detailed graph

Even if you are neither from Barça nor from Madrid, a Clásico is a Clásico. You can watch it without leaving home on Movistar Plus+

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Football has an impact all over the world, but not just any game. The Champions League always has a lot of pull, but if we talk about specific matches, there are few more attractive nowadays than a Clásico between Barcelona and Real Madrid. This weekend we have the last one of this season and we can see it on Movistar Plus+ for 9.99 euros per month. Remember: without permanence and whatever operator you are. Monthly subscription to Movistar Plus+ The price could vary. We earn commission from these links You also have the new Movistar Plus economic plan for less than five euros per month If you were waiting for something to arrive to try Movistar Plus+, there are few things better than a great game like El Clásico. The platform, as we say, does not have any type of permanence. This means that you can subscribe, try everything it offers and, if you are not convinced, unsubscribe whenever you want. What do you end up enchanted with? Well then you can switch to the annual plan with which you would save two months (costs 99.90 euros). The match between Barcelona and Real Madrid, which will take place next Sunday at 9:00 p.m., is not the only match that we will be able to see. Movistar Plus+ will also show the Alavés – Barcelona on May 13, as well as a match on matchdays 37 and 38 of LaLiga. In addition, it will also broadcast the Champions League final and the FA Cup finalanother great game between Chelsea and Manchester City. To all this we must add a catalog of series, movies and documentaries with very good options. From ‘Gladiator 2‘ which premieres today, to other award-winning films such as ‘Sundays‘ either ‘Sirat‘. Of course, there is also room for series like ‘I always sometimes‘or documentaries true crime by Carles Porta, among many other things. One thing remains to be added. If in your case you are not too interested in football, but you are interested in the rest of the Movistar Plus+ catalogue, then you have their new one available Free Plan. This, in essence, offers all the movies, series and documentaries on the platform (as well as more than 70 television channels) for only 4.99 euros per month. Also without permanence and, as with the other plan, you can share it with a friend without problems. Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Movistar Plus+ In Xataka | Movistar Plus+ activates its Free Plan with complete programs and a lot of content, regardless of which operator you are In Xataka | Less than five euros per month and without permanence: this is the new Movistar Plus+ plan that you can even share with a friend

build it himself at home

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Getting a yacht is usually a common whim among billionaires. Entrepreneurs like Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg have not hesitated to spend part of their fortune to navigate different parts of the world with comforts, style and, above all, luxury. The first commissioned the construction of ‘koru‘ to the Dutch firm Oceanco, the second decided to skip this step and bought ‘Launchpad’ from a Russian oligarch. An American named Clyde Stires followed a completely different path to get the yacht he wanted, a catamaran 27.86 meters in length and 12.41 meters in width, equipped to receive a dozen guests. Stires tells in a video published on YouTube who was not a millionaire, but who decided to channel all the resources at his disposal, combined with great determination, to build the yacht of his dreams. From building custom vehicles to building your own yacht Stires was born in Missouri, although at the age of 12 he moved with his family to California. Since he was little, he spent a lot of time with his father, who taught him to use different cutting tools. With this knowledge as a basis, he began to learn on his own how to fix and build everyday objects such as toys. Much later, in the 1970s, he found inspiration in the vehicle manufacturer Ed “Big Daddy” Roth. After that, he began building motorcycle tricycles whose designs won over stars like Elvis Presley and Johnny Graham. His passion for what he did only increased. Years later he found himself transforming a double-decker bus into a caravan. He had previously bought his first boat in Taiwan, and decided that “he wanted to get back on the water,” so he got rid of almost everything he owned to start the project of his life, building a yacht. The vehicles that Clyde Stires manufactured Stires realize that analyzed every part of the project before starting. Since he did not have sufficient financial resources, he could not afford to build the ship in a shipyard. The costs of doing so would simply be unaffordable. Nor could I do it anywhere in the United States, since the climatic conditions could accelerate the deterioration of the ship under construction. So he decided to move to an ideal place to start the project. The caravan project He was in California, so he looked for a house in Perris, an old railroad town characterized by its dry, sunny climate. After making several sketches, calculations and reduced-scale versions, he got to work in 1987. In the video we can see how the boat is gaining size over time. This undoubtedly caught the attention of the locals, as someone points out in the YouTube comment below. The “skeleton” of the yacht “I lived in Canyon Lake and I drove past this every day on my way to work, it was very close to Highway 74. Suddenly, this huge ship started appearing, getting bigger every day. It was amazing to see. I had to stop and ask what was going on with that boat. He was always alone working in construction. He was very kind and told me that he was building a boat to sail around the world. So what you were wondering was: how is this ship going to get to the ocean?” The construction of the ship forced Stires to perfect all his techniques. This included everything from welding for the rolling process to installing the wiring, hydraulics and motors. It took Stires years to complete the deck lining, install all the equipment and paint the boat. Once it was finished, he was faced with the difficult task of taking it to the sea, and the only alternative was to cut it up and move it in pieces. The ship, called Kaleidoscope, was reassembled and launched in 1994. That milestone for the project was just the beginning of a series of surprising episodes that would come years later. The American says that his ship was “stolen by a cartel” when he was in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Although after much effort, the authorities managed to recover the ship, the process of returning it to the United States was so complex that he decided to sell it. The years have passed and the yacht that once belonged to Stires is sailing again. Since its sale, it has been part of the fleet of a boat rental company. Kaleidoscope is presented as a yacht with “all the comforts for the most luxurious sailing experience.” Its new owners also call it a “limousine of the sea” and use it for private excursions or event celebrations. Images | Clyde Stires In Xataka | Yachts are now a product for the rich: a Chinese millionaire wants you to be able to buy them for $14,000 In Xataka | Roman Abramovich’s superyacht is a ruin even moored in port: 1,000 liters of diesel a day just for the air conditioning

increasingly successful at leisure than at home

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Spain can boast of a rich gastronomic tradition based on fish. Neither that, nor their kilometers of coastHowever, not even the millions of euros that the country’s ports move each year have prevented the fish from going through a particular journey through the desert in Spanish homes, one marked by the collapse in consumption per capita and the closure of thousands and thousands of fishmongers. Behind this phenomenon there are several keys, such as cultural and educational changes that affect the purchase or the perception that consumers have of its cost, but there is also another interesting factor: we increasingly associate fish more with leisure and less with our refrigerators. Maybe we don’t plan to cook a sea bass for lunch, but we like to go to sushi, sashimi, pokés or ceviche for dinner. A percentage: 32%. These are not good times for the fish industry. Not at least in Spain. Markets and fishmongers have been losing strength in the shopping basket at a speed that is evident in consumption data per capita at home calculated by the ministry: if in 2014 each Spaniard consumed on average 26.4 kilos of fish per year, at the end of 2025 that indicator it already marked 17.8. In short: a collapse of 32.5% in just a decade. If we extend the comparison the decline is even greater. In 2009 They were close to 30 kg. A negative trend. The latest data They don’t exactly invite optimism either. According to the latest tables from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries (Mapa) on domestic consumption, in November 2025 each Spaniard ate an average of 1.48 kg, on which they spent 17.65 euros. The consumption data is more or less similar to that of 2024, but is far from the more than two kilos of 2015. In your sector report Most recently, with data from November 2025, Luis Planas’ department warned that the fish market in Spain “is losing purchasing intensity”, with a drop of almost 2% that is partially offset by the increase in prices. The most affected (by far) is the fresh merchandise business, which has fallen by 5.6%, dragging the rest of the sector along in its fall. Frozen sales actually rose by 1.5% in 2025. One figure: 5,000 businesses. The drop in fish purchases not only shows us what we eat at home, it also leaves a clear business reading. This ‘pinch’ in consumption has been accompanied by the closure of 5,000 fishmongers in Spain, such as I remembered a year ago The Newspaper. “A third of the 15,000 fishmongers that existed in 2007 have been lost, which means the closure of more than 350 traditional fishmongers per year,” corroborates Fedepesca. “In the same period the number of people employed in the sector has also gone from 26,237 to 18,396.” Although the closure of establishments coincides with changes in consumption and a lower presence of fish in the country’s refrigerators, Fedepesca recognizes that this is not the only challenge. “There is no generational change,” regrets before pointing to factors such as business hours or the lack of a firm commitment to training. In an attempt to diversify their income, some have even begun to explore new business avenues, such as pet food. Do all the fish fall? The truth is that no. And that is one of the keys that help us better understand the changes in fish consumption that Spain is experiencing. In your report ‘Fishing month by month’MAPA points out that there are species that have seen their demand increase over the last year, such as trout (27.7%), tuna (3.4%), sardines and anchovies (7.5%) and salmon (9.7%). The demand for smoked salmon and trout has also grown, by 9.1 and 38.9% respectively. The evolution of salmon stands out above all, not so much for its growth percentage as for its volume, with one of the highest per capita consumption among the species identified by MAPA. More fish (away from home). There is another indicator that is equally interesting. Fish consumption may decrease in homesbut his behavior is better outside the home. He report of Mercasa on “extradomestic consumption” of 2024 suggests that the product is improving its reception in restaurants, bars, hotels and other businesses where people can eat without cooking. Over the last few years, the organization has registered “a progressive increase in the extra-domestic consumption of fish and shellfish” that can be clearly seen in your graphicsIf in 2022 it was 145.9 million kilos, the following year it rose to 149.8 million and in 2024 it was already 155.7, the highest figure since at least 2020. Going down into more detail, the demand for seafood, squid, octopus, prawns and shrimp, salmon and fresh tuna stands out. During the start of 2025, out-of-home consumption of fish continued to increase, with a growth of 8.1% with respect to 2024. What does that tell us? We may have reduced the consumption of fish in our homes and in general we pay less attention to it when planning our meals, but its demand does not evolve the same at home as it does outside of it. In fact, the loss of fishmongers coincides with the rise of other types of businesses: establishments specializing in sushi, sashimi, poké and ceviche, dishes from foreign cuisines in which fish also plays an important role. Increasingly associated with leisure. Seen another way: fish consumption is losing strength in homes, but seems to be strengthening in others oriented towards ‘leisure’. Companies in the sector detect a problem of “perception” among consumers related to the price of fish, but the reality is that there are businesses that have been able to take advantage of it. In recent years there has been no shortage voices that they claim that the increase in the intake of salmon, one of the products that responds best, is directly related to the rise of Asian cuisine. Beyond the opening of businesses, interest in new ways of preparing fish was evident during … Read more

Almost 2,000 years ago the Romans were already returning home from their trips with souvenirs. The best proof was hidden in Soria

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You’ve probably done it more than once. You go on vacation to Cancun, Florence, Barcelona or that beach that you like so much and once there you decide to buy a souvenir to take home. Maybe a magnet for the fridge or a figurine for the living room. It seems like a very modern gesture, but almost 2,000 years ago the Romans who moved around the world were already doing something very similar, although not exactly as tourists. We know it thanks to an old cup bronze found in Berlanga del Dueroa small town in Soria. At first glance it looks like just another ‘glass’, but in reality it is connected to one of the most fascinating Roman mega-constructions of all time. In a place in Soria… Archeology advances thanks to hours of study and field work. Also (sometimes) by pure strokes of luck. It happened some time ago in Berlanga del Duero, a town of 800 inhabitants located in Soria. Over there, “by chance”historians have found a Roman cup, a small hemispherical bronze bowl with enamels. Studies have dated it to the 2nd century AD. Said like this, it may not seem like a big deal (fortunately we have many Roman bowls and there are larger, more lavish and older ones), but Berlanga’s piece has something special: it is a roman souvenir which in its day traveled more than a thousand kilometers. A souvenir for travelers? More or less. Archaeologists believe that the Berlanga cup is “a souvenir brought to the peninsula by a Celtiberian soldier”, as they explain from the CSIC. Its purpose was not (just) to serve as another bowl. It also had a symbolic value, similar to what we can give in 2026 to the figures that we bring with us after a trip to Japan, Italy or those memories that help us evoke the months we spent on Erasmus in Berlin. If we take into account that the piece was manufactured around the 2nd century AD The above would be enough to highlight it above the rest of the cups that we preserve from ancient Rome, but the piece recovered in Soria has another extra value: its origin. The key: Hadrian’s Wall. The piece is linked to Hadrian’s Wallthe Roman fortification begun in the time of Emperor Hadrian to protect the province of Britain from the raids of the Picts. We have been able to establish the link thanks to two pieces of information. First, its origin. The cup was made with metals that surely came from the mines of Wales or Durham. Second, the details that decorate the glass, which include nods to the Roman military fortification. “Memory of…” It doesn’t matter if they are from Barcelona, ​​Milan, New York or any other city in the world, tourist souvenirs always tend to share one characteristic: they include the name of the destination and some of its most visited icons. The famous “Memory of XXX” accompanied by a silhouette of the Sagrada Familia, the Duomo or the empire state. Something similar happens in the Berlanga cup. In addition to the enamels, its decoration represents Hadrian’s Wall “through a frieze punctuated with turrets”, CSIC clarifies. Not only that. The piece also includes inscriptions directly related to the military camps in the eastern zone: Cilurnum, Onno, Vindobala and Condercum. The researchers have also noticed a curious detail: the names seem arranged to be read from west to east, as if the cup represented the appearance of the wall for people who saw it from inside. Click on the image to go to the tweet. Is it a unique piece? No. And although it may seem contradictory, that is another of the characteristics that makes the Berlanga glass so special: it is and is not unique, just like many of the souvenirs that we bring back from our trips or that are sometimes given to us by companies for which we have worked. The piece rescued in Soria is one of the five “Hadrian’s Wall Cups” that are known, enameled vessels linked to the fortification of ancient Britain. The first was found in 1725 in an English villa. Since then, two other similar pieces have been found in England and one more in France. Also a couple of fragments, one of them discovered in the 19th century between Zamora and León. That piece in question is known as the ‘Hildeburgh Fragment’ (name of its buyer) and is kept in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. The Berlanga cup is closer to us: it is kept in the Numantine Museumin Soria. Its state of conservation is also much better. Although the Berlanga crown has fragmented and deformed over time, we conserve about 90% of its structure, which has allowed it to be virtually reconstructed. Looking for its owner. The cup is fascinating, but it leaves one question even more so: Who was its owner? Who the hell decided almost 2,000 years ago to take a commemorative cup from a fortification located more than a thousand kilometers away to Soria? The researchers have a theory: The piece belonged to a Celtiberian soldier who served on the most remote frontier of the empire. “The quality of craftsmanship and the materials used in these glasses tell us that they were prestigious objects, most likely made to order to give or decorate the military elite who had served at the Wall, the farthest border of the empire,” comment Jesús García Sánchez, expert from the Institute of Archeology of Mérida. “Most researchers, and we too, agree that they are interpreted as a souvenir or memento of the Wall.” From Britain to the peninsula. If the theory of García and his companions is correct, the Berlanga cup would have made a fascinating journey: it would have been part of the luggage with which a soldier from Celtiberia (a region that included part of what is now the province of Soria, as well as areas of Rioja, Zaragoza, Guadalajara, Teruel and Cuenca) who had … Read more

How to deduct home insurance on your 2025 income, and in what cases you can do it on your 2026 tax return

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We are going to tell you in which cases you can deduct home insurance from the 2025 Income Tax return, which is what we do in 2026 to account for the last fiscal year. You can now request and submit your draft online and from the mobilebut before doing so pay attention to this. We have already explained to you the most important boxes to which you have to pay attention in your declaration, but there are also others that should be looked at in case you can scratch any deductions. One of them is related to home insurance when the home is linked to a mortgage. We will tell you in which cases you can deduct this insurance and how to do it. Conditions to deduct home insurance In the Income Tax return that we are doing this year, you can only deduct insurance linked to homes that you have acquired before January 1, 2013. Therefore, the date you purchased your home is very important. The maximum annual deductible base for investment in housing amounts to 9,040 euros. You will be able to deduct 15% on this amount, so The maximum deduction is 1,356 euros in your statement. Home insurance is included in the deductions related to the mortgage, but it is not possible to deduct it entirely. In addition to this, another condition is that The insurance must be linked to a mortgage on a mandatory basis. Come on, at the time the bank should have forced you to take out this insurance as a requirement to grant you this mortgage, a practice that we can sometimes encounter. Specifically, the Tax Agency says the following: The premiums for life and fire insurance contracts, provided that they are included in the conditions of the mortgage loans obtained for the acquisition (or, where applicable, for the construction), rehabilitation or extension of the habitual residence. This means that you will also be able to deduct the insurance that you were forced to take out when the mortgage was to acquire the home, to rehabilitate it or to expand it. Besides, It must be your habitual residencenot a secondary or vacation one. How to deduct your home insurance If your home insurance meets the conditions to be able to deduct it, all you have to do is write the insurance amount in boxes 547 and 548 of the Income Tax return, which are those destined for investments in your habitual residence. The deduction amounts to 7.5% in the state section and another 7.5% in the regional. Self-employed workers will also be able to deduct workspace insurance, whether in-person or teleworking. In this case you will have to do it in box 200, the one Insurance premiums for this type of professional expenses. Here, as usual, You must have documentation proving payment of this insurance, and that the document details the risks covered. This should be kept in case the Treasury decides to do a check to verify that everything is true. In Xataka Basics | Income Guide 2025: calendar, previous steps and how to prepare for the 2026 declaration

Inheritances have become the key for young people to buy a home. In Galicia they are giving them up

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The data is shocking. In a country where inheritances and donations have become the ‘key’ that allows thousands of young people to acquire their own homes, something difficult to consider without that family support, in Galicia a curious phenomenon is being recorded: a record of inheritance renunciations. Just last year almost 4,000 people They said ‘no’ to the possibility of receiving the legacy that their parents, grandparents, uncles or any other relative had left them when they died. Nor is it a new phenomenon Nor is Galicia the only region in which resignations growbut his case is paradigmatic: those 4,000 cases mark a historical maximum. The question is… Why the hell are inheritances rejected? What has happened? That at a time when inheritances have become the “ticket” that allows many young people take the leap from tenants to owners of their own home, a curious record has just been recorded in Galicia: a historical maximum of heirs renouncing their family legacies. The data has advanced it Vigo Lighthouse. In 2025, almost 4,000 people in the region said ‘no’ to the assets left to them by their deceased relatives. The media cites statistics from the Notarial College of Galicia, which also shows that the current volume of resignations far exceeds that of a few years ago. Why do they do it? The big question. As it reflects a recent report of ARAG, Galicia is one of the autonomous communities that offer a more attractive tax framework for inheritances between descendants and spousesat least those that do not exceed one million euros. There are other taxes that come into play, such as municipal capital gains that can be applied to urban properties, but it does not seem that this is the reason that explains the trickle of inheritance renunciations. What is it then? The reality is that there is no single answer. One of the reasons that most influence resignations is (as ironic as it may sound) the inheritances themselves. Its nature. When we think about them, money accumulated in savings accounts, farms, houses and vehicles comes to mind. The reality is that in many cases legacies are ‘poisoned gifts’. What does that mean? That legacy properties don’t just add up. They also ‘subtract’, either because they arrive accompanied by unpaid mortgages, loans or guarantees or simply because the value of the inheritance does not compensate for the cost of assuming it. The latter may sound strange, but it can occur in inheritances from uncles to nephews or between brothers. Bonuses aside, if the value of the legacy is not high, it may not be worth paying capital gains, notary and registrar. Year pure renunciation Resignation in favor of another person (translative) 2011 18,933 800 2012 23,235 777 2013 28,783 689 2014 34,340 741 2015 37,623 756 2016 38,826 687 2017 43,001 776 2018 46,684 826 2019 47,421 818 2020 44,582 745 2021 55,576 1,124 2022 55,509 1,099 2023 56,179 1,117 2024 54,866 1,273 2025 (until October) 46,265 1,041 Are there more reasons? Yes. Like a good part of Spain, Galicia is a territory in full change: its population tends to concentrate and uninhabited areas increase. In practice, this means that part of the inheritances left in the community are simply rural or forest properties with difficult (or no) access, buildings in ruins and plots reduced to their minimum expression in a land characterized precisely by his smallholding. In short, properties of low value, off the market and that may even entail liabilities, such as keep them clean to avoid fires. It is also not unusual for inheritances to include plots whose ownership is fragmented among different family members, sometimes unrelated to each other. Lighthouse explains People also come to the offices of notaries who want to renounce legacies simply because they had no relationship with the deceased or want to avoid family problems that could lead to lawsuits. ccaa RESIGNATIONS IN 2024 RESIGNATIONS IN 2011 Andalusia 10,889 2,443 Aragon 1,229 505 Asturias 2,033 713 Balearics 1,526 728 Canary Islands 2,123 645 Cantabria 712 210 CASTILLA AND LEÓN 3,347 1,358 CASTILLA-LA MANCHA 2,123 592 Catalonia 9,672 4,815 VALENCIAN COMMUNITY 5,502 1,615 Estremadura 1,209 311 Galicia 3,859 1,051 COMMUNITY OF MADRID 5,687 2,050 REGION OF MURCIA 1,752 390 Navarre 744 207 the Basque Country 1959 1,103 Rioja 500 197 Is it just a matter of inheritances? No. Other factors are added to the above, such as the lack of liquidity of the heirs at the time in which they must receive their legacy or simply the increase in inheritances processed in life. In the end, resignations are increasing, but so are agreements between living relatives who anticipate the process to avoid conflicts or benefit from tax advantages. In the background there is also a purely demographic component: as societies like the Galician one age deaths increasewhich in turn leads to more inheritances and the possibility of increased resignations. Is it something new? No. Nor does it only happen in Galicia. A quick search in the newspaper archive shows that rejections of inheritances have been increasing for some time and they are not rare in other autonomous communities either. just a year ago The Country revealed that the proportion of rejected inheritances had risen considerably to reach historic highs in the historical series. Their percentages must be handled with some caution because they are based on statistics in which resignations are equated with renunciants when in reality a legacy can fall on several people who do not accept it. In any case the data of the General Council of Notaries are eloquent: if in 2011 the organization recorded 18,933 resignations (“pure and simple renunciation of inheritance or legitimate”), in 2016 there were already 38,826 and in 2024 (last annual data closed) 54,866. The 2025 results are still partial, but show about 46,300 rejections through October. Why is it so shocking? Partly because of the context. The General Council of Notaries itself published a report at the end of 2025 which shows that “donations … Read more

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It is true that the World is just around the corner, but there is still a lot of football before that. In fact, today begins the final phase of one of the most beautiful and sporting competitions in this sport: the Champions League. If you don’t feel like going to the bar and you prefer to watch tonight’s Real Madrid game at home, you have it in Movistar Plus+ by 9.99 euros per month (or 99.90 euros per year). Although that is not the only thing this platform has. Monthly subscription to Movistar Plus+ The price could vary. We earn commission from these links LaLiga, the Copa del Rey final and more on Movistar Plus+ If at any time we have considered trying this platform, today is the best day to do so. Since it has no permanencewe can subscribe, watch the Real Madrid game and have a month ahead to take a look at the platform’s catalogue. It is true that Movistar Plus+ already has a Free Planbut in it we do not have the possibility of watching football. Of course, the biggest incentive on the platform today, April 7, is the great game Real Madrid – Bayern Munich, two historic European matches. But, And what else does Movistar Plus+ broadcast? As a summary, we leave you a list of the games that we will be able to see in the coming days: Freiburg – Celtic: April 9 Seville – Atlético de Madrid: April 11 Chelsea – Manchester United: April 12 Atlético de Madrid – Barcelona (Champions): April 14 Betis – Sporting Braga: April 16 Atlético de Madrid – Real Sociedad (Copa del Rey): April 18 Manchester City – Arsenal: April 19 Girona – Betis: April 21, 22 or 23 Getafe – Barcelona FC: April 25 or 26 Logically, the platform not only has football. To all these parties, we must add a very good catalog of movies, series and documentaries with which you will have plenty of content. There is a lot to choose from, especially if you want to see movies nominated or winners of the Goya awards like ‘Sundays‘ or ‘The Dinner’, as well as other Oscars, such as ‘Sinners‘ either ‘Sentimental Value‘. Finally, we cannot ignore that Movistar Plus+ is a platform that allows two simultaneous reproductions. What does that mean? That you can share your account with a friend or family member without any problem, even if you do not live at the same address. Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Movistar Plus+ In Xataka | Mega-guide to set up a home theater: projector, screen, sound system and more In Xataka | The best streaming platforms 2025 | Comparison of Disney+, Netflix, HBO Max, Prime Video, Movistar Plus+, Filmin, Apple TV, SkyShowtime and Rakuten TV: catalog, functions and prices

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