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The most discussed topics on Burbuja.info - Foro de economía, actualidad y política., summarised in English: Spanish news, economy, housing and society as Spain talks about them.

• Biggest housing slowdown in years as interest rates rise
  Sector admits biggest sales slowdown in years due to rates, but prices hold: construction costs up 15-20%
  Sep 30, 2026 · 226 replies
• Goldsilver.be: a €5,000 order and a YouTube-restricted video
  A €5,000+ order on Goldsilver.be vanishes in Belgium. The shop refuses responsibility, and YouTube restricts the video exposing it.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 116 replies
• Litoral's fabada loses its flavor: which brands are replacing it
  Litoral's fabada is losing flavor and body, regular buyers say, as they hunt for replacements from 0,69€ a can to 4,5€ jars.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 152 replies
• The backward-winding technique...
  A cable-coiling video is visually addictive thanks to its hypnotic effect. Repetitive content holds attention and fuels the digital economy.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 0 replies
• Carrefour trades below €15 and is no longer in the global top 10
  Carrefour trades below €15 and is worth under €10bn: its hypermarkets are losing share and sales as shoppers turn to local stores
  Sep 30, 2026 · 220 replies
• Marisa Paredes dies at 78: the battle over her tribute
  Marisa Paredes's death at 78 reignites the fight over public tributes, from Gran Vía to Atocha, with cultural subsidies in the background.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 208 replies
• Rallo and immigration: jobs or precarious work
  Immigration as a jobs engine: myth or reality according to the data? The economic debate around immigration has reignited, this time over…
  Sep 30, 2026 · 208 replies
• Bernabéu completes renovation at €1,530 million with controversial finish
  Santiago Bernabéu renovation ends with a cost of €1,530 million, two credit extensions, and a highly criticized finish
  Sep 30, 2026 · 295 replies
• Witness tells US Congress there are ‘non-humans’
  A witness tells US Congress that “non-human” bodies were recovered from UFOs. With no evidence, the prevailing view is a smokescreen.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 277 replies
• Americans in Valencia complain there are too many Americans
  An award for the best city for expats and an awkward question: some Valencia newcomers complain there are too many newcomers
  Sep 30, 2026 · 202 replies
• Gisbert says the government is opening a disinformation case against him
  Rubén Gisbert announces that the government is opening a case against him over disinformation and a hate crime, in a debate about freedom of expression.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 209 replies
• Mari Carmen and the 158 euros: the landlords' version
  Mari Carmen's former landlord says she paid 158 euros a month and that the family subsidized her for years
  Sep 30, 2026 · 70 replies
• Raphael suffers a stroke while recording La Revuelta
  Raphael, 81, suffered a stroke while filming a La Revuelta special in Madrid and remains in Hospital Clínico San Carlos with a guarded prognosis
  Sep 30, 2026 · 213 replies
• UFOs on video: cheap render, silent craft and no 4K
  A forum user counts more than 5,000 drones seen over three days in New Jersey, and the videos reopening the UFO debate are still not shot in 4K
  Sep 30, 2026 · 385 replies
• Government gives ground and offers 33.5% more for Muface
  Función Pública raises Muface premium by 33.5% over three years and opens tender before year-end, with Adeslas and Asisa yet to confirm participation
  Sep 30, 2026 · 208 replies
• Tehran's Metro and the Myth of a Medieval Iran
  Tehran's metro reignites the fight over Iran's image: clean platforms, unveiled women and the Spanish engineering lost to sanctions.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 232 replies
• Olive oil climbs past €8 a litre and shoppers are walking away
  Extra virgin olive oil tops €8 a litre in Gasteiz and reaches €10, up from €6 a year ago. More and more shoppers are taking it off their lists
  Sep 30, 2026 · 204 replies
• Skimming and mistakes in everyday work
  Spanish children's reading comprehension has worsened since 2016, PIRLS says; offices also see errors caused by skimming
  Sep 30, 2026 · 135 replies
• Grandson of first owner of Mari Carmen's rented home speaks out
  The grandson of Mari Carmen's home's first owner says on X that 200€/month in Sainz de Baranda in 2026 is an abuse. Key details of the case.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 9 replies
• Spain’s mutuas could sign off sick leave: Feijóo’s plan
  Feijóo proposes letting mutuas sign off sick leave. Fraud exists, but there are reports of fit-for-work rulings with unhealed injuries.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 102 replies
• Bitcoin falls 13% in a week and reignites the debate
  Bitcoin falls 13% in a week and reignites the debate: supporters point to 135% annual gains, critics say it can't be used to pay in the market.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 291 replies
• Thread denounces fines for scaring pickpockets off the Metro
  A thread claims that scaring a pickpocket off the Metro gets you fined while, critics say, private security looks the other way.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 244 replies
• Teruel asks 150.000€ for ruined houses with no jobs or services
  A house in the Pyrenees costs 150.000€ and another 60.000 in renovations. Prices in depopulated Spain don't fall even with no jobs or services
  Sep 30, 2026 · 308 replies
• Wowcrab: Seafood in a plastic bag for 90 euros in Madrid
  Wowcrab opens its first Spanish location in Madrid: seafood combo in a plastic bag for 90 euros, with an average rating of 4.1 in reviews
  Sep 30, 2026 · 306 replies
• Landlord refuses to rent €700 flat to waitress earning €1,200
  A landlord refused to rent a €700 flat to a waitress earning €1,200 with a child: rent would have eaten almost 60% of her pay
  Sep 30, 2026 · 256 replies
• The AI Bubble: How Circular Payments Keep the S&P 500 Afloat
  OpenAI has $550B in commitments but no profit, Oracle issues 6.85% debt, and the billing loop keeps the S&P 500 rising.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 1265 replies
• Power grid blocks €400 million project in Tres Cantos
  Laboratorios Normon’s €400 million expansion in Tres Cantos is stalled: it’s not a lack of power generation but of grid capacity to the industrial estate
  Sep 30, 2026 · 251 replies
• Washington sounds alarm over Russian anti-satellite weapon and calls for declassification
  Turner asks Biden to declassify a national security threat the White House links to an anti-satellite weapon Russia is developing
  Sep 30, 2026 · 279 replies
• Bakhmut: nine months under siege and still no confirmed fall
  Wagner Group claims Bakhmut has been captured as daily casualty estimates range from 1,000 to 300, all without independent confirmation.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 101 replies
• Asperger's and employment: '90% unemployment,' according to one account
  In the debate, it's said they're Spain's most unemployed group but absent from statistics. A 90% figure and the HR filter as a wall are cited.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 207 replies