Most Popular Spanish Property News of 2010
December 28th, 2010
We’re taking a look back and revealing the most read news stories of the year on Kyero.
In 5th place, a weekly look at the top 20 properties for sale on Kyero. From the thousands of new properties that are advertised on Kyero each week, we highlight the most popular ones for sale.
Based on visitor activity, the top 20 properties list is particularly popular every week. Since its first publication, we now also split the list into price brackets.
In 4th place, a story that attracted a lot of comments, taken from a story published in the Guardian that included an interview with Kyero founder, Martin Dell, entitled: Despite Property Glut, There Are Few Real Bargains.
The article was a frank look at the property market in Spain, with opinions provided by both Martin and well-known Spanish property blogger, Mark Stucklin. Both warned buyers to be cautious about the many websites now offering British buyers distressed and repossessed properties.
Despite some negative feedback, the honest viewpoints were welcomed by the vast majority who contributed to a good debate on the uncertainties surrounding Spanish property in 2010.
In 3rd place, news that the Spanish banks were about to release a wave of cut-price properties to the Spanish market gathered a lot of attention.
The price drops and possible bargains available were seen to be advantageous for those looking to invest in Spain with properties advertised at 50% below market value.
It wasn’t all property news and views in this year’s most read stories. In 2nd place, a story that Ryanair were cutting flights to Murcia.
Disagreements between Ryanair’s outspoken boss, Michael O’Leary, and Murcia authorities revolved around the region’s business inflexibility and its handing €3 million to the small regional airline, Air Nostrum.
According to reports, months of discussions led to the airline feeling its only option was to switch its flights to more responsive regions, such as Alicante.
(drum roll) And, in 1st place, the most read story of 2010, is Spanish Property Discounts Revealed. The story was an extensive look at the property price data published in the popular Kyero Spanish house price index.
In particular, the story centred on property price discounts in Spain over the past few years and provided a tremendous amount of data on asking prices and their evolution since the price index began in 2004.
The story was extremely well commented on by both estate agents and visitors, and led to the introduction of additional information being displayed on properties advertised on Kyero, in the form of identifying the percentage price discount of a property since its first date of publication.
With 2010 on the way out, it only leaves us to wish everyone a happy New Year and we look forward to joining you again in 2011!
