Archives for January 2006

January 11th, 2006

There appears to be irrefutable evidence that the UK property market is regaining momentum with news that house prices have now increased in six of the last seven months.HBOS, the world’s biggest mortgage lender, has released figures showing that house prices rose by one per cent to an average of ...

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January 10th, 2006

Property sales on the Costa del Sol have declined dramatically over the last 12 months forcing many agents to close down. Existing agents are fighting back by saying ‘No’ to registration of unrealistic house prices.One of the main reasons for the down turn in property abroad sales on the Costa ...

Continue reading Spanish Sellers Say Go – Estate Agents Say No!

January 9th, 2006

MEPs adopted a report with 550 votes in favour, 45 against with 25 abstentions on the alleged abuse of the Valencian Land Law known as the LRAU and its effect on European citizens.The Parliament invites the competent authorities to take account of the following suggestions, to remedy the problems that ...

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January 6th, 2006

New figures reveal that mortgage lending in the UK increased by 1 billion GBP in November reflecting the injection of confidence that the UK property market has received in the last few months.The report from the Bank of England indicates that after repayments, individuals borrowed a total of 9.6 billion ...

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January 5th, 2006

The property boom in Spain appears to be rolling on with house prices rising at around ten per cent last year.The figures from Sociedad de Tasacion show that although this is the lowest increase for a few years, it is approximately in line with the average annual increase of 10.8 ...

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January 3rd, 2006

The free property price guides from Kyero have just been updated with the latest figures. You can download them for free here. We’ve also added four new guides for Barcelona, Castellon, Huelva and Jaen provinces.The actual property numbers on these four guides are quite low so the figures are not ...

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