Residential property sales and prices in Spain are rising year on year and more new mortgages are being granted, suggesting the market continues to recover from the economic downturn. The latest figures from the General Council of Notaries show that in September sales increased by 8.7%, house prices rose by 1.7%, and the number of […]
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Two sets of figures confirm improvement in sales and prices in Spain
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What does 2016 hold in store for Spain’s Costa Blanca?
The Costa Blanca is one of Spain’s most popular coastal areas thanks to its delightful blend of white sandy beaches, sunshine and delicious local food. With the New Year rapidly approaching, leading Spanish homebuilder Taylor Wimpey España has revealed its predictions for the Costa Blanca for 2016. “2016 is looking like it could be a […]
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Sun, sea, sand and shops – second home owners enjoy retail therapy in Alicante
Spain has enjoyed a record-breaking summer, with some 54.4 million foreign visits in the first nine months of 2015, up 3.8% on the year before, according to the Industry, Energy and Tourism Ministry. But now that the summer season is at an end and the holidaymakers are back at work in their home countries, has […]
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Why buying a Spanish second home can pay dividends
There is an interesting paradox in levels of second home ownership across Europe. Greek citizens are six times more likely to own a second home than Germans. The Spanish, Portuguese and Italians also have far higher levels of second home ownership that Europe’s wealthier nations. According to the figures from RE/MAX Europe, just 5.4% of […]
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Alicante opens new routes for winter
Alicante-Elche Airport has opened new routes to operate over the winter season. New connections to Hamburg, Newcastle and Berlin are being operated by Ryanair, while Vueling will also open a new national route within Spain flying to Santiago de Compostela. The flights to Hamburg will run three times per week, on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, […]
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Alicante Elche airport breaks more records
More records have been broken at El Altet airport in Alicante-Elche after passenger numbers rose by 300,000 last month. The increase has been welcomed by airport operators and airlines, with this being the highest number of passengers in September on record. Top of the passenger nationalities continued to be British, with nearly half a million […]
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Ryanair expands flights from Alicante
Ryanair has unveiled its 2016 summer schedule for Alicante, which comes into force next April. The company will offer five new routes to Berlin, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Newcastle and Rome, reaching a total of 48 connections between April and November. These new services will allow a total of 3.5 million passengers per year to travel through […]
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Alicante top for shopping tourism in Spain
ALICANTE has been named the fifth most attractive Spanish city for shopping tourism. The ranking came in a report entitled ‘The new era of travel retail: impacts and challenges of shopping tourism’ presented this week in Madrid. The report said the average consumption of international overnight tourists in Spain is 47 per cent lower than the […]
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Aer Lingus will add new route from Belfast to Alicante in 2016
The new schedule will offer five services per week to Alicante, a port city in Costa Blanca, on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday beginning April 2016. Faro and Malaga services will increase from seven to nine flights per week with flights operating on Tuesday and Thursday, adding 40,000 extra seats. Flights to Palma will […]
