{"id":24,"date":"2010-08-02T16:09:45","date_gmt":"2010-08-02T14:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/?p=24"},"modified":"2012-06-13T14:18:07","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T14:18:07","slug":"costa-blanca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/costa-blanca\/","title":{"rendered":"Costa Blanca"},"content":{"rendered":"

Costa Blanca<\/a> takes up the stretch of Mediterranean coast that corresponds to the province of Alicante, a great example of what is known as Mediterranean landscape.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The traveller can choose any part of this coastline, from the liveliest, most cosmopolitan stretch to areas that still maintain a rural feel. Wherever you decide to go, try to visit the neighbouring regions where you can discover the beautiful Mediterranean landscape.<\/p>\n

The horizons of the\u00a0Costa Blanca<\/a> feature many different types of attractions ranging from the valleys, where the memory of its Moorish past is kept alive in its terraced vegetable gardens, to the palm trees. The climate is also variable. The temperature is generally mild \u2013 the annual average being slightly higher than 17\u00baC \u2013 with little rainfall, and in the northern mountains in the area, the rainfall is logically higher than that registered in the lowland surrounding Elche and Orihuela. The combination of almond tree fields, vineyards, orchards and magnificent palm trees creates a type of vegetation that is unique in Europe.<\/p>\n

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They became a symbol of the global housing market crash, unsold, half-built, lining the Mediterranean like skeletal relics of a bygone, more prosperous age.<\/p>\n

But villas and apartments on the\u00a0Spanish Costas<\/a> are suddenly hot property again as Britain\u2019s second-home buyers rediscover the attractions of life in southern Spain.<\/p>\n

Fresh from a chilly, dismal winter, drawn by falling prices and apparently undaunted by the low sterling-euro exchange rate, a new generation of would-be buyers has descended on Spain, according to the Spanish division of\u00a0Taylor Wimpey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Typical holiday home buyers are no longer \u201cstereotype retirees\u201d, the UK\u2019s biggest house builder said. Instead, executives with families who spend an average of 60 days a year in Spain have emerged as the dominant British buyers in a region that enjoyed huge popularity during the credit-fueled boom years.<\/p>\n

Perhaps in search of a bargain, Rightmove Overseas, the website, said that the number of searches had risen by 60 per cent compared with March last year. Portugal was its most popular search among buyers of holiday homes, it said.<\/p>\n

Primelocation.com reported a rise in searches for international property of 72 per cent between February 2009 and 2010, with France recording the biggest annual rise of 113 per cent. Spain remained the most popular country, accounting for 32 per cent of all searches, compared with 29 per cent for France.<\/p>\n