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Category Archives: Property Market Updates
Andalucia Property Market Analysis
Barbara Wood has written an erudite article analyzing the current state of the residential property market in Andalucía. It is on Mark Stucklins excellent website Spanish Property Insight. There is a link to the full article at the bottom of … Continue reading
Buy a Conventional Villa and Convert it to a Comfortable Energy Efficient Home
I’ve just been doing a residual valuation of a site in Los Monteros Marbella. A number of things struck me. Perhaps most surprisingly the figures do actually stack up. In other words even at today’s market valuations you can buy … Continue reading
How to Buy Property Safely In Spain – really who can I trust?
There is so much bad press about buying property in Spain: illegal builds, the coastal law, corrupt planning officials, fraud, a cumbersome system that in practical terms offers no redress for people who have bought in good faith, that the … Continue reading
Optimism About the Spanish Property Market in English Newspapers?
……..or am I seeing things? Both the Telegraph and Citywire have published positive articles about buying property in Spain in recent weeks. Are they being fickle or has there really been a change in the Spanish property market? Well according … Continue reading
Portugal Crisis Bodes Well For Overseas Property Industry
First Greece, then Ireland and now Portugal. The eurozone sovereign debt crisis is about to claim its third victim. After the resignation of Prime Minster Jose Socrates yesterday, an EU and IMF-financed bail-out of Portugal now seems inevitable. Portugal, like … Continue reading
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Spanish Economy in “slow recovery”
Spain’s economy pursued a “slow recovery” in early 2011, the Bank of Spain said Friday, after joining crisis-torn Greece and Ireland as the only eurozone economies to shrink in 2010. Spain is fending off fears in international financial markets that … Continue reading
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Who do I ask if I really want to know the state of the property market in Spain?
Well don’t ask an estate agent. Take them for a pint instead. They make great company. Estate agents are always positive. Now is always the time to buy and they are busy tucking away the deals. They see the world … Continue reading
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Upscale holiday-home market review by agents Engel & Völkers
Report by Estate Agents Engel & Völkers, December 2010 2010 looked set to be another tough year throughout the Spanish Mainland and the Balearics. However, several major sales from 4 – 13€ million has brought renewed optimism to the quality … Continue reading