The Press Room
Updating you with Spanish property news
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Paramount Theme Park
The excitement grows as the Paramount Theme Park build appears to be about to get underway. This huge investment is set to bring fresh impetus and hope to Spain’s ailing economy with new building projects and good job prospects for many “trades” this should indeed put a new spring into everyone’s step. It is nice […]
Top 10 countries for Real Estate investment
• Spain now listed in top ten countries in the world most attractive to prospective investors (Ernst & Young) • Residential property sales increase by 23.6% in May, highest recorded since January 2013 (INE) • “This season is looking to be one of the best, if not the best ever for Spain and the Islands” […]
2016 Paramount Theme Park update
It is looking increasingly unlikely that this potentially amazing tourist magnet for Spain will ever come to fruition as the protracted history to date is sadly less than encouraging. The initial build was to be on plots previously owned by Polaris World construction company which was forced to seek bankruptcy protection when land jointly owned […]
Timeshare: Suffer in silence no longer
Timeshare owners take action against void contracts and win Flurry of successful timeshare wins seen in Gran Canaria this year Timeshare owners no longer suffering in silence SellMyTimeshare.tv sees demand for Timeshare Health Check soar, with appointment numbers up 40% on this time last year 2016 has seen many timeshare owners finally rid themselves of […]
Record number of Blue Flags
• Spain retains top spot in this year’s Blue Flag Awards • Tenerife attracts beach-goers with impressive 15 Blue Flags • Algarve’s 88 Blue Flags appeal to second home owners this summer With the results of this year’s Blue Flag awards hot off the press, Spain and Portugal’s coastlines are looking even more inviting to […]
Golf keeps retirees healthy 2016
• Regular golf increases life expectancy by 5 years (Karolinska Institutet) • The ideal Spanish golf properties from just €155k • Spain is the country of choice for UK citizens approaching their retirement, according to a new survey by Retirement Advantage, with 24% of those questioned listing the country as their favoured European destination when […]
Overseas home buyers exceed Spanish counterparts
• Overseas buyers’ purchases in the Alicante Province accounted for 50.6% of all Spanish residential sales in 2015 (Ministerio de Fomento) • Residential sales to overseas buyers in Alicante increased by 26% in February in comparison to the same month last year (INE) Costa Blanca properties on Taylor Wimpey España website draw 31% more traffic […]
2016 Alicante favourite destination
Ryan Air – New Flights to Alicante Alicante shines as the favourite 2016 Spanish destination with new flights adding to accessibility • 23rd March 2016 Ryanair launches five new flight routes to Alicante • Alicante records highest number of property purchases by foreigners in Spain (National Institute of Statistics and Ministry of Public Works) • […]
Sun shines on Spain
Leading Spanish home builder, Taylor Wimpey España has released end of year results for 2015 that highlight the significant progress being made in the Spanish property market. The most recent figures show Taylor Wimpey España delivered an improved operating profit of £10.0 million for 2015, an impressive 138.1% growth on 2014’s £4.2 million, and an […]
Spanish property market trends
The ideal holiday home for 2016 has been revealed with the release of new Spanish market analysis by Aliseda Inmobiliaria. The company, experts in the management of Spanish real estate assets, have shown that 2016 will be the year for the three bed property, as part of their ’10 Real Estate Trends for 2016′. “The […]
Spain: Resales New Build Rental
Let us take a backward glance at the Spanish property market 2014 We are all too aware that the Spanish market place has taken it’s knocks over the past years but it would seem that over all things are looking marginally better, offering positive beginnings of steady growth to manifest itself in 2015 which is […]
Hotel Industry: Costa de Sol
The Hotel Industry: Costa del Sol should not rest on its laurels! The Costa del Sol hotel industry should not rest on its laurels in respect of the better figures recorded for overnight stays in summer 2014. More ‘spend’ is required to put much needed money back into the local economy. • With the Costa […]
Spanish property glut
The future of Spanish property indicates the glut of cheap second-hand homes on the market will continue, ‘new build’ is rising, or indeed repossessions …there is something for everyone and now is a great time to buy… • The average age of British buyers of property in Spain is aged between 40 and 60 some […]
Holiday home lets are big business
The practice of letting holiday homes in Spain is big business; it generates 1.45 billion Euros in direct income and 500 million Euros in indirect income to the Spanish economy. Each year sees thousands of tourists from all over Europe descend on Spain for summer vacations, and renting holiday homes is becoming an increasingly popular […]
Spanish Real Estate boosted by golden visa
The so-called ‘Golden Visa’, aimed at attracting property investment from non-EU nationals, is already having positive implications on Spanish real estate. Official figures suggest that interest from Middle Eastern investors has increased 2,500 per cent in 2013 compared to the same period last year, while from Russia and Lithuania buyers have increased 200 per cent […]
Russian buyers flock to the Costa Blanca
Russians are said to have invested more than one billion euros in the region, purchasing more than 4,500 properties making them the number one foreign buyers of property on the Costa Blanca. • Spain has been keen to target Russian tourists due to their renowned spending power when they holiday abroad, and that has rubbed […]
Spain: healthy tourism benefits the property market
The Spanish property market appears to be turning a corner for the better at the moment, a lot of which is down to an increase in foreign investment. Spain was recently revealed as the number one searched for destination for prospective British property buyers, with 28 per cent of Britons’ online overseas property searches being […]
Good news: airlines breaking through
With constant coverage of the world’s economic downturn, you could be forgiven for thinking that people don’t go on holiday anymore and instead just stay at home arguing over the last of the food supplies. Although, even though the media seems to focus on doom and gloom, it is interesting to learn that there has […]