According to data from the Spanish Ministry of Public Works, foreigners bought 69,196 homes in Spain during 2015, up 13% over the previous year, and accounted for almost one in every five of the homes sold in the country last year. Non-resident foreigners purchased a total of 4,846 homes in Spain last year, up 10.1% […]
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Spanish property market is recovering in terms of sales and even prices.
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Calling the culturati: Palma is hoping you’ll drop by
From 1952, when the first tour arrived in Majorca from England, the island has set the template for modern package tourism: The one- or two-week stay at an all-inclusive resort holiday. As English academic R.J. Buswell wrote in his 2011 book, Majorca and Tourism, Majorca became a much-studied laboratory for postwar mass tourism, the “Balearic […]
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Mallorca emerges as this year’s summer hotspot as British buyers return to Spain in their masses
Having always been a favourite second home destination, early 2016 figures from leading Spanish homebuilder, , confirm that British buyers are firmly back in Spain and account for a quarter of the company’s 2016’s January and February sales. Overall, the total YTD sales as of February 2016 have risen dramatically in comparison to last year, […]
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Tourism in Spain recorded 11.2% growth in January.
Spain started the year by breaking another tourism record. In January, traditionally one of the low-season months in Spain (except for the Canary Islands), there were 3.5 million international tourist arrivals, 11.2% more than in the same month in 2015. Tourism in Spain increased mainly thanks to the British who traveled to Spain 16% more […]
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Mallorca set for a hole in one as the island emerges as top European golf destination
The beautiful Balearic island of Mallorca is preparing to set the golf world alight as it plays host to the International Golf Travel Market (IGTM) this November. Emerging as a leading European golf destination, this international event will attract a global audience who will come to discover all that Mallorca has to offer, from the […]
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Completed 3 bed Spanish properties emerge as ideal holiday home for 2016
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 […]
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Positive start to 2016 for Spanish prices with two indices showing growth all round
The residential property market in Spain has started 2016 positively with the latest figures showing that the average value of housing increased in January. The latest data from property appraisal company Tinsa, shows that the Balearic and Canary Islands have seen prices rise the most, up 5.4% month on month and 3.2% year on year. […]
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Explosion in Spanish tourism this year – Mallorca is the absolute top-seller
German tour operators confidently expect a boom year for Spain as worried holidaymakers switch away from the Eastern Mediterranean but hoteliers are being warned against “excessive” price increases, fvw reports Spain already had a record year in 2015 with an estimated 68 million international tourists, which was a 5% rise on the previous year. Tourism […]
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Mallorca set to shine in 2016
Mallorca is aiming to continue its emergence as a leading European golf destination with a concerted PR drive in 2016. All eyes of the golf tourism world will be on the largest of Spain’s Balearic Islands as it plays host to the International Golf Travel Market (IGTM) – the world’s premier event of its kind […]
