Archives for November 2007
November 1st, 2007
Spanish environmental group WWF/Adena claims poor urban planning exacerbated the damage caused by massive rainfall. This Autumn's seen some appalling flooding happening in Spain. Rather than being caused by prolonged heavy rain like the floods that occurred in Britain earlier this year, intense downpours were to blame. Now WWF/Adena is claiming ...
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November 2nd, 2007
Spain's sunny climate and welcoming people has attracted more immigrants than any other country in Europe. With high levels of British people relocating to Spain annually, it’s not surprising that the country’s appeal has resulted in it being the European country with the most immigrants. Foreign residents now comprise almost ten ...
Continue reading Spain Is Europe’s Top Country
November 5th, 2007
Research from NatWest Bank has revealed that holidays designed to give Brits a relaxing break from their busy working lives can actual cause more stress. Millions of Brits returning home exhausted by efforts of organising a holiday, finding a accommodation, and dealing with the cost of the holiday. As a result, ...
Continue reading Brits Buy Abroad To Avoid Stress
November 6th, 2007
The big Spanish property companies are all agreed on one thing: if a lot more land is not made available for building in the immediate future, the price of housing will rise sharply over the coming two years. This was the message in the G-14 meeting last week, when a ...
Continue reading More building land needed
November 6th, 2007
Last week we updated our Spanish house price index and posted an article comparing our statistics to those from the Spanish Ministry of Housing. The whole price index section also got a bit of a makeover to make it easier to find price-related articles. If you feel like having a ...
Continue reading Different Perspectives of Spain
November 7th, 2007
Holidaymakers are at risk of costly mistakes at overseas ATMs because of the growing use of a practice known as "dynamic currency conversion". The confusing choice over whether to withdraw currency at your own bank's exchange rate or at an alternative rate offered by the company that owns the overseas ATM ...
Continue reading ATMs could be costly
November 8th, 2007
10,000 highly-qualified workers needed for high-tech industries in Spain – Spanish-speaking telecoms and IT experts, get ready to pack your bags! Spain is currently experiencing a shortage of experienced and highly-qualified workers in many high-tech fields, to the point where some commentators believe the country will need to bring in 10,000 ...
Continue reading Spain Needs Skilled Brits
November 9th, 2007
If surveys show 40 percent of the UK adult population would like to make an overseas property investment, why have only four percent actually done it? This is one of the questions which Richard Brady of Olive Tree International hopes to find an answer to. He said: “Buyers looking to ...
Continue reading Why So Few People Buy Overseas?
November 12th, 2007
According to research by MRI Overseas Property, 24 million people Britons would consider buying an overseas holiday home but just 15% would consider letting this property for rental income which means they are missing out on potential rental revenue from their holiday home. Nearly 30% of overseas property owners only ...
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November 13th, 2007
The Balearic islands are to freeze all construction along the most delicate parts of coastlines and around the islands' capitals, which have been blighted by property developments since mass tourism first arrived in Spain in the 60s. The plan, set to be announced tomorrow, will come into force immediately in ...
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