Archives for February 2006
February 9th, 2006
At midnight on Tuesday Valencia’s by now infamous lRAU land law took its last gasp and was consigned to history but not before councils throughout the Costas hurried through approvals on a number of plan parcial schemes.In Calpe, the council approved a plan that will see another 321 homes built ...
Continue reading Urbanisation Projects Hurried Through Before Deadline
February 3rd, 2006
Property investors are today welcoming a report from the Nationwide building society which says that house prices have risen by 1.4 per cent in January. While Hometrack this week referred to modest house price increases of only 0.1 per cent in some areas of the UK, Nationwide’s statistics indicate that ...
Continue reading UK Property Market "strengthening"
February 10th, 2006
As has been widely anticipated in the last few days, the Bank of England has decided to keep interest rates at 4.5 per cent, with the strength of the property market a key reason behind the decision.After the interest rate cut in August 2005, the property market almost immediately showed ...
Continue reading Strong Property Market Freezes Interest Rates
February 13th, 2006
Looking after the old is a young business in MalagaAlmost 200,000 people over the age of 65 live in Malaga province, which is almost 13per cent of the total population. Statistics show that this figure will double inside fifteen years due to two factors the ageing of the population ...
Continue reading Malaga Province is an Ideal Place to Retire
February 8th, 2006
A HOTEL that was being built on natural parkland is set to be demolished by the Ministry of the Environment despite Carboneras Council’s objections.The fiasco came about after the council granted permission for the building of a hotel by the company, Azata del Sol, on El Agarrobico beach in Carboneras. ...
Continue reading Hotel Fiasco
February 2nd, 2006
The Kyero Price Guides, updated and published yesterday reveal, strong growth and excellent investment potential in Spain’s inland provinces.Compared to a national average prices, the provinces of Seville, Cordoba and Jaen appear to offer outstanding value and excellent growth potential.Jaen province offers the lowest house price in the whole of ...
Continue reading Grab an Inland Bargain
February 6th, 2006
The French call us perfidious Albion and les rosbifs; we call them craven and Frogs. In the French media, “anglo saxonne” is their code for everything wrong with the modern world. Despite the entente cordiale of 1904, there is no love lost between us. So it should come as ...
Continue reading France vs Spain
February 1st, 2006
Cost is a constant consideration for people taking out private medical insurance, whether in the UK or abroad, and eye watering rises are regularly inflicted on expats.Brokers recently congratulated Bupa’s UK operation when it managed to keep its annual premium rise in single figures, hardly a consideration for praise in ...
Continue reading Does Quality of Care Match the Price Tag?
February 14th, 2006
Half of those who chose to make a new life in Spain end up returning home. But why does the dream turn sour for so many? Ian Frewer spoke to established expats who offer advice to the new arrivals on the Costas. “A lot depends on whether they ...
Continue reading A Cautionary Tale
February 7th, 2006
Bank of Ireland has teamed up with Spanish bank La Caixa to offer mortgage products for Irish people buying property in Spain. La Caixa is Spain’s third largest bank, with 4,800 branches.Under the agreement, customers can borrow directly from the Spanish bank, with the mortgage secured on the Spanish property. ...
Continue reading BoI Links with Spanish Bank on Property
