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Regularly published articles about buying property in Costa Blanca - Spain and enjoying life in the sun!
Thu 5 Feb 2015
Property News
Property Focus Life in Spain Buying Property
Profitability of Buy to Let increasing in Spain Purchasing a property as a buy-to-let investment is growing in popularity in Spain and data released by the property portal Idealista reveals that it is also becoming more profitable. The study, based o...
Mon 12 Jan 2015
Spain Property News 2014-2015
Property Focus Buying Property
Foreign investment in Spanish property rises 28.4% The Ministry of Public Works in Spain has released data which shows that from January to September 2014 foreign investment in Spanish property increased by 28.4% year-on-year. The total worth of this...
Wed 10 Dec 2014
Spanish Property Report December 2014
BBVA report predicts positive 2015 The Spanish bank BBVA has released a report on the Spanish property sector in which it forecasts that there will be a moderate recovery in 2015. The bank believes that demand for Spanish property is now at the point...
Fri 10 Oct 2014
October Property News in Spain
Property Focus Buying Property
4 signs that the Spanish property market is bottoming out Most observers of the Spanish property market will have noticed that over the last few months the amount of positive news surrounding Spain’s property sector has increased markedly. This...
Fri 22 Aug 2014
Moraira Property Update Aug 2014
Property Focus Life in Spain Buying Property
Over the past twelve months we have had various reports that housing prices in Spain have almost bottomed out and even more so along the Costa’s and that in 2015 prices will start to rise by 2% for that year, as an average. Obviously these stat...
Fri 4 Jul 2014
Well done to the Teulada Moraira Council
In 2009, there was a Council budget deficit of 1,123,000 euros. .A surplus has been reported for 2013 – a massive one of some 1.8 million euros. Well done to all within the Teulada-Moraira Council. The town council debt at 2010 stood at 11 million eu...
Tue 10 Jun 2014
Oil exploration in spain
Sadly, Spain is one of Europe’s least energy sufficient nations, having to import some 99% of its gas and oil needs. It’s no wonder then that central government has just given permission for the commencement of oil exploration in the waters between V...
Mon 2 Jun 2014
Keep your passport safe!
That’s an obvious thing to do, so why mention it? The matter’s raised since statistics have just revealed that in Spain last year, over 6000 passports were either lost or stolen. Bag theft was the largest cause at 39%. Theft from cars accounted for 2...
Fri 25 Apr 2014
Why would you want to visit or live in Spain
There’s sea and sun to entice you……..and all that wonderful wine too. In fact, 15% of the world’s vineyards are in Spain – spread across all of Spain’s autonomous regions. Though the biggest surface area of vineyards is in Castilla-La Mancha, La Rioj...
Sun 30 Mar 2014
Spain’s New Traffic Regulations 2014
This coming July will be the 9th anniversary of the introduction of a points based driving licence here in Spain. Since then, road accidents have dropped by 65%, so no one can be critical of that particular legislation. Now more changes are planned. ...