Spain

Home in Spain means nothing but the same?
Despite the slowdown in the Spanish property market there is still an astonishing volume of new properties coming onto the market targeting the holiday home buyer.

Sales of luxury Marbella properties defy current market trends
Champneys, the largest destination health spa group in the UK, have defied the credit-crunch by reporting strong sales of properties at their exclusive Spa Resort in Marbella indicating that high-end properties are still in demand despite the current economic slow-down.

How to live the overseas dream not the nightmare
With an increasing number of Brits upping sticks and leaving the doom and gloom of the UK for sunnier climes it’s very tempting to jump on the emigration bandwagon. But how do you make sure you end up living the dream rather than the nightmare?

Casa Mexicana scoops ‘Best Architecture Spain’
It’s not often that you place an award entry with an inner confidence that you have a winner on your hands. But Contemporary Villas’ quite incredible Casa Mexicana had ‘Best Architecture Spain’ written all over it, and the judges of this years’ CNBC-sponsored European Property Awards clearly agreed.

Costa de la Luz finally gets the bargain bug
Having shown initial resilience to the Spanish property slowdown, the Costa de la Luz has finally succumbed to the inevitable and, faced with a diminishing pool of buyers, decided to waft various price reductions and incentives under people’s noses. Be lead into temptation…

Spain’s Casa Colina - Key-ready luxury on a golf course
Poised over the 14th green of Monte Mayor Golf & Country Club’s picturesque mountain course, Casa Colina is undoubtedly in one of the resort’s best locations for views.

Bolt Property scoops brace of ‘Best Property Spain’ awards
No stranger to winning awards, Bolt Property Group has just added a brace of CNBC-sponsored European Property Awards to its trophy cabinet.

Titan Properties collect Best Real Estate Agency Spain
Titan Properties cite their professional approach to real estate as a major contributing factor to success in this years’ CNBC-sponsored European Property Awards.

Mercers win Best Real Estate Agency Spain
After 25 years at the forefront of the Spanish property market, Mercers see their recent award win at the CNBC-sponsored European Property Awards as not only an endorsement of their business but also as a real pat on the back for a quarter of a century of hard work.

Russians ditch stockmarket in favour of Spanish property
As the Russian stockmarket tumbles, rocked by falling oil prices and recent state of war with Georgia which frosted relations with the USA and Europe, wealthy investors are looking to sell shares and plough them into ‘safer’ havens, with property emerging as a viable option.

Finca El Cortesin - Cabell Robinson golf course and Jack Nicklaus golf academy
Unique Living is proud to announce that they are currently marketing Finca El Cortesin, the exclusive development set to become one of the best locations on the Costa del Sol.

Sales brisk on Spain's Costa Calida
As each financial quarter passes by another set of dreary figures are posted by the Spanish Ministries of Housing and Economy & Finance and yet more construction workers find themselves seeking new employment.

Contemporary architecture with golf as a back garden
As rare as hen’s teeth, the villas at Atalaya Fairways are paragons of design excellence in a sea of mediocrity. Clean white contemporary lines create spaces flooded with light and the finishes are superlative. With a starting price of just 885,000 euros, there is nothing better in this price bracket.

Spain benefits as sun sets on long haul air travel
With the UK economy faltering and oil prices nudging the 150$USD a barrel mark (more than double January 2007) long haul travel is quite simply becoming prohibitive for a large sector of British citizens.

Domestic demand boosts Spain’s buy to let market
It’s become something of a well-known fact that the traditional ‘fly to let’ rental market in Spain is suffering from over saturation. Coastal resorts are certainly as popular as ever with Spain remaining one of the top holiday hotspots with British and European tourists, but when a situation of over supply hits the holiday property market it certainly makes it harder for investors to make money from properties that they wish to earn a rental income from.