Data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that Spain is home to more UK expats aged 65 or over than the UK is home to Spanish citizens. The number of British elderly living in Spain has doubled in a decade having reached now 121,000 and with the majority of UK expats relocating […]
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Record number of UK expats spend their silver years in Spain
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4 most popular places to buy a second home in Spain
Spanish tourism continues to break records this year as INE reports that the Iberian nation welcomed over 10.5 million tourists in July 2017 – 10% more than last year’s figures. British visitors were the largest group, accounting for over 2.3 million arrivals during the month. And as Brits return from their summer holidays to the […]
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60 second interview: Marc Pritchard of Taylor Wimpey España talks about his great love for Mallorca and its property market
How long have you been on Mallorca? I have been living here for 25 years. My very first memories of Mallorca are of a wonderful family holiday I had with my parents back in 1975. It was love at first sight, is all I can say! What made you fall in love with the island? […]
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Key Ready townhouses on Alenda Golf – Alicante
Brisas de Alenda Golf – Elche (Alicante) Last properties key ready Exclusive 3 bedroom townhouses on Alenda Golf course Alicante and Elche, beaches and airport within just a 10 minutes drive Wide terraces, communal pool, garden and fenced private parking Spacious and luminous rooms, with built-in wardrobes Complete air conditioning instalation (Cold and heating) Furnished […]
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The future of overseas holiday homes: Quality properties, in quality locations, from quality developers
As the world’s population swells, so too do its number of tourists – in particular to Spain. At current rates of growth, total visitors to Spain – reported to have already reached over 36 million from January to June this year – will be close to twice its population in the coming years. Take the […]
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Spain set for record breaking tourism & property investment levels in 2017
Spain’s residential market continues to display good health with JLL forecasting 2017 to be the eighth consecutive year of foreign buyer growth. Overseas buyers lavished €888 million on Spanish properties in H1 2017, smashing last year’s record of €330 million for the same period with total investment for 2017 expected to exceed €1 billion according […]
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Airline Flybe reveals Norwich Airport summer 2018 flights
Regional airline Flybe will fly four routes from Norwich Airport in summer 2018, including two to the Spanish coast. The carrier will be running flights to Alicante, up to twice a week, Exeter, up to four times a week, Jersey, once a week, and Malaga, up to twice a week, from Norwich Airport. Norwich Airport […]
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Golf drives Mallorca’s tourism on course
Mallorca continues to top the list of the favourite holiday hotspots for Brits visiting Spain with the Balearic Islands Tourism Board reporting a huge jump in visitor numbers during the first part of 2017. British arrivals to Mallorca were up by 17.6% year-on-year for the period January – May 2017 compared to the year before […]
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Spain remains top choice for British retirees as population doubles
New ONS data suggests that Brexit has not diminished the overseas retirement dream of British citizens. Spain was home to 296,600 British citizens in 2016, with almost half (40%) of retirement age. In the last ten years, the number of those aged 65 and over has jumped from 56,291 in 2006 to 121,181 British residents […]
