Due to the numerous requests for information regarding yesterdays double earthquake, from an ex pats point of view living in Lorca I will use this blog to try to give account of the events. The first quake struck at about 17:10 local time, I was with my son in the car and felt the shuddering, but honestly didn't think at that time it was too serious. I called my wife who ...

Last month saw a record number of enquiries for Spanish Property for sale with our highest ever statistics of over 320,000 hits to our website. We believe this is due in part to the fantastic value for money that Spanish Property now represents once again. With new agents listing their best properties as well as more bargain and discounted Spanish Properties being added weekly. This is certainly a exciting time ...

It is certainly true that the feedback we are getting from agents at the moment, is that buyers are thin on the ground! Only well presented and the best value for money properties are selling. With our Target Marketing approach you can acheive More for Less. Advertise your Best Properties with us and get better results for Less Cost. This is what Patrick Harris; Director of Maple GPS had to say. ...

Maybe good news for those thinking of buying a property in Spain but not great news for those selling if the following is correct? The financial weekly newspaper "The Economist" has repeated its pessimism about Spain. It affirms that the drop in house prices in our country has been particularly slow because cheap mortgages have checked the fall, but that the oversupply of homes will cause house prices to keep falling ...

Tax authorities to flush out all undeclared rentals in two weeks time In two weeks time Spanish electricity companies will give the tax authorities a list showing the electricity consumption of all their clients so that they can find out which properties are actually empty, and which properties are leased out to tenants even though the rental income is not declared. The aim of the tax authorities is to detect undeclared rental ...

MADRID | Wed Jan 26, 2011 4:32pm EST MADRID Jan 26 (Reuters) - A Spanish court has ruled that a debtor who handed over property to a bank with which he had a mortgage was not liable for outstanding debts, Spanish media reported on Wednesday. El Mundo daily posted a link to what it said was a ruling by a court in the northern city of Pamplona on Dec. 17. The names ...

Advertise Free with 4salebyowner-spain.com We have just re-launched our "For Sale By Owner" Spanish property Portal 4salebyowner-spain.com and now its even better with FREE advertising for Owner Direct Spanish Property. Our aim is simple. To make selling a Property in Spain easier and more cost efficient. Today there are 240 million online users in Europe alone. Internet sales are increasing year on year whilst high street sales are in decline. We ...

The property sector in Spain is witnessing a major boost, according to figures compiled by the National Statistics Institute... Data shows that house sales climbed a substantial 29.6 per cent in August 2010, compared with the same month a year ago. Prospective home owners have grabbed the opportunity of investing in some of the many ’distressed’ properties that are up for sale in the market. According to Victor Sague, the sales and marketing ...

A movie-themed resort alongside three Jack Nicklaus golf courses, located in Spain’s sunniest Costa, is likely to provide a similar or bigger investment boost for property owners Paramount Pictures Theme Park boost for Spanish property Condado de Alhama in Murcia Having a home next to Paramount Pictures Hollywood theme park boosts equity and rental potential by at least 25% as house-owners living around America’s Disney resorts have discovered. Shrewd early buyers at Condado ...

Spanish home sales soar boost for economy Spanish property sales soared almost 30 percent in August on a 12-month basis, official data showed Wednesday, a positive sign for the economy which was badly hit by the collapse of the market in 2008. There were 43,817 property transactions during the month, almost the same as in July but up 29.6 percent from August 2009. Over the first eight months of the year, property sales ...

A SENIOR MOMENT - An elderly lady actually wrote this letter to her bank. The bank manager thought it amusing enough to have it published in The Times and this newspaper thanks him most sincerely. Dear Sir, I am writing to thank you for bouncing my cheque with which I endeavoured to pay my plumber last month. By my calculations, three 'nanoseconds' must have elapsed between his presenting the cheque and the ...

Sales of Spanish property have risen in recent months, despite prices falling at their fastest rate for a long time. The latest figures from the National Institute of Statistics show that there were 38,838 home sales in July, up 15 per cent on the same period last year and 16 per cent on the previous month. However, the cumulative sales figure still remains 47 per cent behind the level seen during the ...

After literally months of unsubstantiated gossip, Paramount Pictures made a formal announcement on Friday 10 September to say that it will be opening its first theme park in Europe with Spain, specifically Murcia, as the chosen location. The Executive Marketing Director of Paramount Licensing, Darren Kyman, said that the agreement is to establish a large leisure park associated to Paramount Productions.  He mentioned that whilst the Hollywood company would not be ...

There are a growing number of attractively-priced homes on the Spanish property market at the moment, it has been claimed. According to the website Spanish Property Insight's Mark Stucklin, there are a number of bargains to be had, although there are also over-priced homes which should be given a "wide berth". "I think you can now find some great deals in Spain. You have got to look around and you have got ...

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