Spain
Pitiful pound helps buyers and sellers arrive at a good price
At first glance it’s tricky to work out how buying a villa in Spain in 2000 for €122,000 euros and selling in 2010 for €85,000 euros can be seen as anything but an unmitigated disaster. But actually the client’s getting a bargain and the vendor’s making a profit. How? Answer - the vendor’s British.
Safe Purchase Spain gives confidence to buyers
“Safe Purchase Spain” is the biggest thing to happen to Spain for years” says Des Rowson, Committee member of NAEA International including FOPDAC, Chairman of NAEA Essex and Senior Partner of DLR Properties Overseas, specialists in the sale of homes in Spain.
Expats driven back to UK by strong Euro
Research from reallymoving.com, the UK's leading provider of instant online quotes for home-movers, reveals that UK expats are returning home in their droves as the weak pound has sent the cost of living in the Eurozone soaring.
Spanish property market ultra price sensitive
Whilst indeed the press reports are correct, the Spanish property market has started to whirr back into motion, it remains highly price sensitive. Basically only if the price is right will the property sell.
British home owners in Spain set to reclaim thousands
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled in a landmark legal case that the Spanish government has illegally overcharged non Spanish residents Capital Gains Tax (CGT) by 133% from 1997 up until December 2006. The ruling now paves the way for a possible £283 million refund from the Spanish government to UK citizens alone.
Bargain properties on Spain’s Costa Calida
September was Mercers’ best sales month this year. Put simply the buying public are after bargains and that’s exactly what they’re getting on the Costa Calida.
Mercers awarded Best Real Estate Agency Spain
Thriving in a tricky marketplace, Spanish real estate agent Mercers has just seen a good year get even better with the announcement of a ‘Best Real Estate Agency Spain’ Award for the second year running.
Rent2Buy suited to Spanish property market
Long-established award-winning real estate agent, Mercers, has just launched its newest concept which is ideally suited to today’s Spanish property market - Rent2Buy. With purchasers hesitating and vendors despondent, a Rent2Buy arrangement bridges a win-win gap between the two.
New Spanish property investment opportunity
A new property investment and development opportunity is offered for the first time by the developer of Desert Springs, Europe’s only international award-winning luxury family resort and championship desert golf course in the Almanzora region of Almeria in south-east Spain.
Intelligent Spanish property investment
Skirting the boundary of the Donana National Park, one of Europe’s most important wetland reserves, Agua y Vida is destined to be the best and the last resort in Matalascanas.
Holiday home buyers flock to Spanish bargains
Holiday home buyers seeking a bolthole in the sun are finding Spain now offers the best value for money seen in as much as ten years, reports Assetz.
Spanish property developer gets real
An established, solvent (yes, you read that right) developer on Spain’s western Costa de la Luz has recently tabled its best offer to date in order to stimulate sales of its key-ready townhouse development ‘Hoyo 14’.
Developer chalks up property sales in Almeria of €5 million
Brand new properties together worth almost €5 million have been sold in the Almeria region of south-east Spain in the past three months by the Cheltenham-based Almanzora Group.
Huelva confirmed as Spain’s sunniest city
As we hit the downward slope to Winter (how many shopping days ‘til Christmas?) it’s swimwear off, knitwear on and the prospect of months of gloomy grey skies. Unless you live in Huelva that is. This southern Spanish city has just been declared the sunniest in Spain.
Gibraltar Ocean Festival comes to Ocean Village
August 19th to 23rd sees the staging of Gibraltar’s inaugural Ocean Festival. Drawing inspiration from the world-renowned Cowes Week, but in the guaranteed sunshine of the Rock’s new Ocean Village marina, Gibraltar Ocean Festival is packed with music, partying, poker and even a Day Rally to Morocco. Yacht owners will not want to miss out.