Archives for July 2006
July 3rd, 2006
The Costa de la Luz, stretching for 417km from Tarifa to the Portuguese border, has been and still is often described as ‘the hidden Costa’ or the ‘undiscovered Costa’, although those on the ground would argue that neither of these descriptions are particularly accurate anymore. In fact the Costa de ...
Continue reading Youngest Costa is Coming of Age
July 25th, 2006
As prices continue to be out of reach for most under 30s in the UK, Spain is becoming the ideal choice for those who want to take a first step onto the property ladder but can ill afford to do so back home. A recent survey by Atlas International confirms ...
Continue reading Young Brits Opt For Spain
July 5th, 2006
The biggest global housing boom in three decades may end not with a bang, but with an extended whimper that will keep the economy growing.Markets for dwellings in the United States, France, Spain, New Zealand and parts of China are slowing down as home-price inflation slows in response to higher ...
Continue reading World Housing Boom Cooling
July 4th, 2006
New transport links are opening up reaches of southern Andalucia to British home buyers, keen on the culture of the bodegas and the bullfight. In Jerez, the three barrel signs of the sherry bodegas are as common as the oranges peeping out from the leafy trees on every street corner. ...
Continue reading Taste and Tempo of Old Spain
July 20th, 2006
Foreign property investors who have invested in Spanish real estate have been warned that the country’s authorities are taking a tough new stand on the non-payment of local property taxes.Reports in the Irish media have revealed that the Spanish tax authorities are planning to ‘name and shame’ all property owners ...
Continue reading Spanish Tax Authorities Clamping Down
July 17th, 2006
Folk just fall in love with Spanish style houses and buildings and, be it for a holiday home or for permanent living, they decide they must have one of their own. Spain offers something to suit all tastes and pockets, luxury villas with gorgeous swimming pools, modern áticos (penthouses) possessing ...
Continue reading Spanish Houses and Buildings
July 26th, 2006
House prices in Madrid went up by an average of 11.9 percent in the past year, according to figures released recently.This represented a rise of 1.2 percent compared with the 12 months between June 2005 and the same month in 2004, when house prices rose by 10.7 percent.The Spanish Valuation ...
Continue reading Prices Rise but Slowdown Continues
July 11th, 2006
Prices have dropped by 1.7 per cent, but only in the last three months. From one year to the next the rise was 14 per cent on average. The recent slowing down of the property market on the Costa del Sol has now made its way into the statistics on ...
Continue reading Prices in Malaga Stabilise
July 10th, 2006
A new scheme in Salinas, Alicante at last allows property buyers to buy a small piece of agricultural land, rather than the minimum 10,000 sqm required elsewhere in Spain. Not only that, but they will also provide help with growing small-scale crops on the land.Current Spanish legislation to protect the ...
Continue reading Owning a Spanish Farm
July 7th, 2006
Traffic authorities claimed that the immediate results of the new penalty points system were evident this weekend as the number of deaths in accidents caused by reckless driving fell sharply with respect to the same weekend last year. The Government hopes that the penalty points system will act as a ...
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