It seems there are changes in the housing market. Sales involving mortgages are gaining weight, and in August they already reached half of the 12,442 transactions closed in Catalonia, according to data from the National Statistics Institute (INE) published this Monday. It is a proportion not seen since 2011, in the midst of the economic crisis.

The rise of finfluencers –content creators who give advice on finance and investment on social media– has forced the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) to act. The regulator has made public a review of the activity of nearly 100 of these profiles and the diagnosis is clear: 10% do not comply with current regulations or could be performing personalized advisory tasks without the corresponding authorization.

Despite their dedication to producing solar energy, it's a tough sell in the world of small photovoltaic investors. In addition to the retroactive cuts in remuneration—first approved by the Socialist governments in 2010 and subsequently consolidated and aggravated by the PP governments starting in 2012, with changes to the rules and turning the "Official State Gazette" into a dead letter—are the effects of regulation, which reduces the current amount many producers are currently experiencing. This is a positive situation for consumers thanks to the influence of renewables and the contributions these pioneers made, but it is now penalizing them, while large investors are not suffering because they have greater financial strength and can take advantage of economies of scale. "They're forcing us out of the market. Many have had to sell off," complain the small investors, who number around 62,000 families, some 8,500 in Catalonia, especially in rural areas, and are demanding solutions from the Ministry of Ecological Transition.