Archives for June 2006
June 1st, 2006
From Bordeaux to Barcelona and Budapest to Bulgaria, British holidaymakers in their thousands are falling for foreign second homes.Buying abroad has gained momentum in recent years, as homeowners dream of retiring in the sun or investing in countries with profit potential. Some 250,000 Britons own a property outside the UK.But ...
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June 27th, 2006
There’s a new way of instantly finding out about your ideal Spanish properties on Kyero.com - without receiving a single email. A little thing called RSS is responsible for this - but don’t let that put you off!If you have a Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail or AOL email address, it’s ...
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June 15th, 2006
Maybe you have seen them on Spanish property websites; you certainly know them from travel documentaries and photographs of Spanish old towns,the traditional town or village property: very pretty, with little balconies and flower pots with trailing geraniums, and possibly some planted pots outside the wooden front door.If you dream ...
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June 8th, 2006
IN a swoop on what police are describing as a ‘massive’ timeshare scam, eight people have been arrested in various parts of Andalucia, four South Africans and four British men. Belgian and Norwegian nationals are also believed to have been detained.The early estimates are that as many as 15,000 members ...
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June 7th, 2006
70 per cent of Homes on the Costa foreign ownedAbc reported that 70 per cent of the demand for tourist homes on the Costa del Sol stems from foreigners and the remaining 30 per cent is made up from national demand, according to the latest study conducted by Aguirre Newman ...
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June 16th, 2006
Swapping a massage for an English class helps expats to integrate into Spanish society. It started off in the United States as a way of exchanging skills for free.But now ‘time banks’, as they are called, are being used by expats as a way of integrating into Spanish ...
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June 14th, 2006
As the European Central Bank’s policymakers gather in Madrid today to consider another rise in interest rates, they will also get a chance to experience first hand the enduring paradox that is Spain’s buoyant economy.The bankers will fly over a sea of construction cranes before landing at the brand new, ...
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June 6th, 2006
An estimated 5.3 million Spaniards have short term contracts. That represents about a third of all Spain’s salaried workers, more than double the rate for the EU as a whole.Unions say Spain has more workers on temporary contracts than Britain, Italy and Belgium put together.The new employment law offers companies ...
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June 20th, 2006
Tell them it’s a windy dump, that everyone is uptight and you can’t find a property for love or money.” From Adrienne Gabriel’s smile, it’s obvious she is joking. “Actually, life here is so good that sometimes we fret about the impact of more newcomers, of word getting out,” she ...
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June 5th, 2006
THERE are two main reasons we head for southern Europe - climate and lifestyle. On a relaxing holiday, however, the idea of doing business there would never cross our minds. Obviously business does get done, it’s just that the cultures of countries like Spain and Italy tend to hide it ...
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