Foreign buyers are now as important to the Spanish property market as they were in 2006, when the real estate boom was in full swing, with waves of “climate” migrants investing in the Spanish property dream once again. According to data from the Genera Council of Notaries, a total of 38,312 non-resident foreign citizens bought […]
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Costa del Sol property market set to sizzle this summer!
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Starlite festival to light up Marbella
IT should prove to be the festival to end all festivals. On the Costa del Sol at least. Now in its second year, the Marbella Starlite festival has just confirmed its 15th major act. As well as a line up that already includes Julio Iglesias, Jamie Cullum and UB40, its organisers have signed up Bryan […]
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Alicante Airport passengers increase
Alicante airport recorded 12.6% growth in passenger traffic in May, the largest percentage increase in the whole Spanish airport network, according to the airport authority AENA. In total, 930,000 passengers filed through the airport facility, whereas in May 2012 the figure was 826,248 users. In the first five months of 2013, Alicante airport passenger numbers […]
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Marbella keeps its luxury image and encouraging property sales
Marbella still retains its image as a top-class destination and is known worldwide. Seven years after the town was hit by the property permit corruption scandal known as Operation Malaya, which led to the arrests of the mayor, her deputy and a host of other well-known figures, the situation in Marbella has not only returned […]
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Spanish resorts Costa lot less for families self-catering on their summer break
Budget-conscious families taking a self-catering holiday in Europe this summer will find their weekly shop costs much less in Spain than in the eastern Med. A new Post Office® Travel Money Self Catering on a Shoestring report into the costs of catering abroad found that the Spanish destinations surveyed – Costa Blanca, Lanzarote, Menorca and […]
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It’s not just our genes – now we are inheriting holiday destinations from our parents as well!
It’s no longer just eye and hair colour that parents are passing on to their children. New research from TravelSupermarket has identified that holiday destinations are also inherited, with nearly 50% of UK adults surveyed returning to the holiday destinations of their childhood. Fond memories of childhood days in the sun, along with the current […]
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Brits boost Spanish property market
The Spanish market is increasingly attractive to foreign investors due to the low prices available. New figures in the Bank of Spain and the Real Estate Registry’s annual report found that non-Spanish nationals are propping up the country’s ailing property market following a long-standing recession. It revealed that foreign investment in Spanish property was up […]
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Humberside Airport deal brings back popular flights to Alicante and Palma
FLIGHTS to popular Spanish holiday destinations have been brought back to Humberside Airport. Low-cost airline Ryanair halted 80 per cent of its flights to Spain after falling out with operators in the country, which meant the loss of the lucrative destinations at regional airports, including Humberside. But now, the airport has struck a deal directly […]
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Latest figures suggest property price recovery is underway in the Spanish islands
While the property market in most of Spain remains in the doldrums there are signs that it is picking up in the Canary Islands and the Balearics. The latest figures from Spanish valuation company Tinsa say that prices increased by 3.3% in April over the previous year whereas there was an average fall of 10.5% […]
