Spain
Fractional ownership on Spain’s Costa del Sol
It’s more affordable than ever to own property in Europe’s number one golf and holiday destination, thanks to a fantastic new product being launched today (3 August) by The Fractional Group, the European leader in fractional property ownership.
Spanish property market faces upsurge in ASBOMs
Don’t panic, Zapatero hasn’t been taking tips from the Brits on how to handle delinquent youths, instead it’s the massive rise in “Almost Sold Back On Market” property littering estate agents books.
AIPP welcomes top-end Spanish developer
As part of a continual desire to earn the trust and confidence of current and prospective clients, Bolt Property Group has secured membership of the revered Association of International Property Professionals (AIPP).
Revival of Costa de La Luz property market
With average property prices down by 20% on the western Costa de la Luz and the pound making an 18% recovery from the start of the year, leading local agent Titan Properties is reporting a marked revival in interest from serious property buyers keen to take advantage of the 38% discount ‘wake-up call’.
Just a year’s supply left of new properties on the Costa del Sol?
According to the Malaga Provincial Association of Builders and Developers, the Costa del Sol has a stockpile of just one year’s supply of new properties.
Vintage Jerez offers opportunity for would-be hoteliers
Plenty of us harbour a secret ambition to do a César Ritz and try our hand at hostelry. Jerez real estate agents, Mercers, have two city centre residences on their books which will allow you to do just that.
Is this Europe’s finest home?
The number of global billionaires has been rising sharply over recent years and this is creating an unlikely problem for the real estate industry – houses simply aren’t good or expensive enough.
Are they really cheap properties in Spain?
‘Repossession in Spain’, ‘Spanish Repo’, ‘Distressed Properties in Spain’ ... These terms are now commonplace on websites and with estate agents dealing with the Spanish property market. For most buyers, these terms all mean one thing – cheap property in Spain.
Obelisk shows its hand
Obelisk Investment Property’s Market Analyst, James Gonzalez, is sticking his neck out and predicting that those who invest in the Spanish property market now, particularly the Costa del Sol, could be reaping rich rewards by 2010.
UK tax-payers driven to sunny Gibraltar
As soon as the Budget announced a shock 50% rate of income tax for high earners, the phones rang off the hook in the Sales Department of Gibraltar’s Ocean Village. British entrepreneurs are eyeing up a tactical emigration and the message from the Rock is very clear – taxes are not going up, they’re going down.
RICS: Spanish mortgage approvals
Commenting on Spanish mortgage approvals data out this morning, Simon Rubinsohn, RICS chief economist said: "Spanish mortgage approvals data for February released this morning rose for the third consecutive month.
Easter good news for Costa del Sol property investment
Despite the current global economic slowdown, the Costa del Sol has just experienced record tourist figures for the Easter period, proving that the area remains one of Europe’s preferred holiday spots as well as property investment destinations.
Why our love for Spain just isn't on the wane
At the beginning of the year Skyscanner.net revealed their top 10 most searched for destinations by UK visitors for travel in 2009 and Spanish locations including Malaga, Alicante, Tenerife, Palma and Murcia secured five of the top ten spots and nearly a quarter of the top 50.
Back on track for Marbella investment property
Marbella has just been chosen to host the quarter-finals of the Davis Cup in July this year when the Spanish tennis team will play the German team for a place in the semi-finals of this international tournament.
Costa Ballena - the Spanish resort they got exactly right
Even when applying the magic formula of ‘sun + beach + golf’ many holiday resorts come a cropper. Over-built, over-crowded and over-hyped. But not Costa Ballena. This Andalusian Tourist Board masterminded development at the heart of Spain’s southern coastline constitutes something of a blueprint for holiday resorts of the future.