Archives for March 2008
March 11th, 2008
When we launched the Get Answers feature on Kyero.com a few weeks ago, one of the questions you asked most frequently started along these lines .. What’s it like in (name of location)? We’ve just launched a couple of new features which help to answer those questions. Thanks to a relatively new service ...
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March 11th, 2008
Tenerife is leaving behind its lager-lout image and attracting the champagne set – but prices on the island have yet to catch up. When Darren Richards sold DirectDirect.com, the online dating service he founded, for almost £30m last year, it wasn’t to the obvious millionaires’ playgrounds that he headed with his ...
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March 10th, 2008
It's an uneasy time for savers and investors. Stock-markets have been unsettled by the sub-prime crisis, US recession fears and their effect on the global economy. Inflation in the Eurozone has hit a 14-year high. UK interest rates (where many expatriates keep their savings) are falling. Euro ...
Continue reading Protecting Your Savings and Wealth
March 7th, 2008
Earlier this month easyJet announced a new flight to Palma, the capital of Mallorca, from East Midlands airport three times a week. This is in addition to its other flights serving the island from Belfast, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, London Gatwick, London Luton, London Stansted, and Newcastle, making Mallorca accessible from ...
Continue reading Cheap Flights Boost Property Market In Mallorca
March 6th, 2008
Most residents living in the Spanish village of La Viñuela in the Axarquía, Málaga province has received a letter from the local town hall. It asks them to pay a so-called ‘voluntary tax’ of between €6,000 and €12,000 in order to legalise their unlawfully constructed home. Around 50 of the ...
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March 5th, 2008
La Reserva del Madronal is one of Southern Europe´s finest addresses, located next to the famous La Zagaleta Country Club, just a short drive from the designer bars and boutiques of Europe´s premier yacht harbour, Puerto Banus. This private estate is home to the rich and famous – hardly surprising given ...
Continue reading Half Price Marbella Villa – 1.3M Euros
March 4th, 2008
Yes, there is hope for the overseas property industry. In AIPP Takes Action we see the first public shaming of a company that has failed to live up to a set of standards they volunteered to uphold. I’m not at all familiar with the specifics of the case but I’m ...
Continue reading Reasons to be Cheerful
March 4th, 2008
The results of our Cost of Living in Spain survey are in. On average, a couple can live on € 644 per month in addition to any rent or mortgage payments. Taken from a wide range of locations in Spain and calculating average (median) monthly figures, visitors responding to the ...
Continue reading The Cost of Living in Spain is €644 per Month
March 3rd, 2008
When property in Murcia is mentioned, large urbanisations and new build golf developments located along the Mediterranean coastline spring to mind however, according to Kyero.com, these homes are not what the majority of today’s buyers are looking for. The latest independent statistics from Kyero.com reveal that 8 out of 10 of ...
Continue reading Inland Murcia More Popular Than the Coast
