The attractions of a move overseas may seem obvious at first glance – better weather and a lower cost of living are sure to head up the list for many people. But moving to a new country is a bold undertaking and many expats find that despite their best laid plans there are things that […]
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Viva España: What can expats really expect from their new life under the Spanish sun?
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Spain Home Sales Advanced Last Year First Time Since 2010
Spanish home sales increased last year for the first time since 2010, adding to signs that the property market is recovering from the worst recession in the country’s democratic history. Transactions rose 2.2 percent from a year earlier to 319,389 units, according to data compiled by the National Statistics Institute. That’s still far below the […]
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Spain, the favourite place for real estate investors
According to a survey made by the global real estate consultant Knight Frank, Spain is predicted to be the favourite country among real estate investors for the next months. The country’s improving economic conditions are acting as a catalyst for the rise in purchases being made by large investment funds and wealthy individuals. It is […]
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Dispense with hotels and stay in style when doing business overseas
“Business travelers often bring spouses, discover new interests abroad and in general, prime the pumps for all manners of travel.” < So speaks TravelPulse Europe senior editor James Ruggia, in light of the GBTA Foundation’s prediction that business travel in five European markets (Italy, Spain, France, Germany and the UK) will increase by a healthy […]
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No traffic worries with Mallorca’s new app
PALMA COUNCIL has created MobiPalma, a free app that provides users with information on roads, parking, and public transport in real time. Head of the Mobility Department, Gabriel Vallejo, presented the new APP and commented: “It will make it easier, both for residents and tourists, to access mobility services in Palma.” The app can be […]
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Time to buy a home abroad?
Data compiled for Telegraph Money shows a surge in interest among British buyers looking to buy abroad, driven by the pound’s new strength against the euro. The euro has weakened against sterling because of fears over quantitative easing, designed to rescue languishing European economies, and a possible standoff between Europe and Greece. All this has […]
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Who’s buying in Spain in 2015? Exploring the lure of the Spanish property market
The Spanish Confederation of Employers’ Organizations has announced that it expects the Spanish economy to grow by 2% in 2015, with job creation increasing as the country gets back on its feet. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy shares this optimism, citing 2015 as the year that his country’s economy will “take off.” Even the IMF is joining […]
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Malaga: street artists spruce up port
When the Spanish city of Malaga wanted to clean up its sleazy port side district, it called in the painters – big international names in the street art movement. In streets formerly roamed by sex workers and drug dealers, the faded 19th-century buildings now bear weird and wonderful murals by street artists from Britain, the United States […]
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Get in party spirit for carnival time in Alicante
CARNIVAL 2015 is underway. Torrevieja leads the way in the Mardi Gras-style celebrations that sweep across Alicante Province in the coming weeks. The city has already had the declarations and coronation of the Carnival Queens at the Municipal Theatre, and the eighth annual Drag Queen Contest, now an ever-popular event in Torrevieja’s cultural calendar, was […]
