property in spain
April 18th, 2013
Spanish investment in properties outside of the country sank in 2012, for the fifth consecutive year, while foreign investment in Spanish property rose 17% year-on-year, reaching its highest level since 2004. Compared with Spanish society’s loss of purchasing power and difficulties in gaining access to credit, foreign investors’ appetite for assets ...
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November 22nd, 2012
The Spanish Government is preparing a reform of the immigration regulations, to facilitate residency in Spain for non-EU foreigners who buy homes of 160,000 euros and over. This project was announced by the Secretary of State for Trade, Jaime García-Legaz, and later clarified by the Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, and the ...
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April 1st, 2012
It looks like sellers and their agents are pricing more realistically as asking prices of Spanish property continue to show a small but consistent decline quarter-by-quarter. We expect prices to bottom-out completely this year, and foreign buyers from stronger Eurozone economies to continue to buy property in Spain while ...
Continue reading Kyero Q1 2012 House Price Index Released
October 25th, 2011
House price statistics released by the government last week revealed that the average price of property in Spain is now down to 2005 levels. Their figures are based on price per square meter, which currently stands at approximately 1,700 euros. These latest reports show that the average house price has fallen ...
Continue reading Property Prices Down by up to 50% in Popular Spanish Resorts
October 6th, 2011
Whenever buying a property abroad it is always helpful to arm yourself with as much information as possible. Many of the horror stories circulated in the press could have easily been avoided by taking the right advice and dealing with professional estate agents. One organisation which actively assists in the overseas ...
Continue reading How to Buy Property Safely in Spain
October 5th, 2011
Spanish property is enjoying a new wave of overseas investors, most likely due to the substantial discounts on offer. Foreign investment in property in Spain surged by 32.8% in the first half of 2011 over the same period in 2010, to 2,445 million euros, according to the Bank of Spain. Moreover, ...
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July 4th, 2011
The Kyero Spanish house price index has just been updated to reflect the most recent asking prices of every property advertised on Kyero.com. Download it by clicking the image below (1MB pdf). Properties where the freehold is not for sale are excluded. This excludes rentals, leasehold properties and fractional ownership properties. Properties ...
Continue reading Kyero Q2 2011 House Price Index Released
June 30th, 2011
Today, we're back in Alora, one of the most beautiful unspoiled areas of Andalucia in southern Spain. Located approximately 30 kilometres from the provincial capital city of Malaga, Alora is a traditional white Spanish pueblo and one of the most ancient towns in the province. We also measure the popularity of each property ...
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April 1st, 2011
Today we published our Q1 2011 Spanish house price index. It's free to download and summarises the asking prices of all properties advertised on Kyero.com. For quite a long while, the Kyero index showed that the average house price in Spain was actually increasing - we record asking prices - ...
Continue reading Sanity Returning to Spanish Property Prices?
February 1st, 2011
Spanish law came under the spotlight this week in two cases directly related to property in Spain. First, a bank in Cantabria attempted to evade its obligations regarding safekeeping deposits paid for off plan properties which were never completed. Property developers use an ‘Aval Bancario’ - a bank guarantee - to protect ...
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January 5th, 2011
The Kyero Spanish house price index has just been updated to reflect the most recent asking prices of every property advertised on Kyero.com. Download it by clicking the image below (1MB pdf). Properties where the freehold is not for sale are excluded. This excludes rentals, leasehold properties and fractional ownership properties. Properties ...
Continue reading Kyero Q4 2010 House Price Index Released
October 12th, 2010
This week's news headlines make for fairly gloomy reading - despite Mr Zapatero's perspective that Spain's darkest days are over. The cause of this optimism is that both he - and for the moment, the financial markets - believe that his austerity budget is working and that Spain's debt reduction targets ...
Continue reading Where will Spanish Property Buyers Come From?
September 20th, 2010
There's one factor more than any other that UK house price bulls use to back up their views. Supply and demand. There are plenty of variations on the theme. But the general argument goes like this: "We live on a small island, our population is growing, and there just aren't enough ...
Continue reading Spanish teach Brits about Housing
August 31st, 2010
Valencia has the weather, food and culture. Here are 10 good reasons to visit Spain’s third largest, most exciting and wonderfully diverse city. Paella The famous Spanish dish originated in Valencia and locals insist their recipe is best. Good paella must be cooked to order, be alarmed if it arrives in under ...
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August 24th, 2010
Thanks to all of you who commented on my article last week about discounted properties in Spain. There were some great suggestions, and there certainly seems to be an interest in discounted properties in Spain. We're currently investigating developing these new features: Search for discounted properties Discounted properties highlighted in search results Displaying ...
Continue reading Spanish Property Bargains – Part 2
