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We found Eldorado in Coin

July 1, 2009 | Property Travel

Best known for the defunct BBC soap the truth is most foreigners who live in Coín have really coined it in, says Jon Clarke

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British Buyers Trump Germans and Irish

May 22, 2009 | Property

British buyers accounted for 58 per cent of all European purchases of property in Spain last year

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What your abogado may not have told you

April 17, 2009 | Property

In the first of an occasional series of articles on key issues affecting people in Andalucia, architect Liam Kellahar looks at dodgy lawyers and how to avoid them

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Beat the Property minefield

March 3, 2009 | Property

Nick Snelling has written a book on how to sell your home in a recession.

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Demolition nightmares

November 2, 2009

As Dan Thorneycroft tries to garner support from MEPs in a desperate bid to save thousands of households facing the axe, Andrew Pearce speaks to four Andalucian homeowners confronted by the imminent threat of losing everything

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Dear Señor Chaves

December 5, 2008 | Property

Dan Thorneycroft came to Spain to enjoy semi-retirement. But his dream is fast turning into a nightmare after he discovered the home he bought is illegal and faces demolition


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BUNKERED: Golf is hit by home sales slump

September 18, 2008 | Property

Golfers at La Moraleja, like those at courses across the whole of Spain, are rushing to sell memberships


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The battle of Lake Zahara

July 7, 2008 | Property

After their stunning home appeared in the Olive Press, the owners of Finca Pantano found a trio of buyers in a bidding war. Who said the property market was dead?


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The idylls of Nerja

January 10, 2008 | Property

MARY ROULSTON takes a stroll around Nerja – the place mass tourism forgot. In this pleasant coastal town, she discovers a surge in the buy to let market


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“Only ghosts will live there”

November 28, 2007 | Property

Dream homes left unfinished in La Alpujarra as agent refuses to return deposits


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Myths and mortar

September 27, 2007 | Property

Lisa Tilley delivers some home-truths about the Spanish property market and advice for those who want out


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Judgement day for Iznajar

June 25, 2007

With doctors, teachers and even High Court judges buying here, Iznajar is fast becoming THE town for the discerning foreign buyer

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You’ll Novelli guess who’s moving in

February 10, 2009

Famed TV chef opens new restaurant on the Costa del Sol and goes house hunting in Ronda

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Nightmare in the sun as home dreams fall apart

June 25, 2007

Following news of the EU resolution into “rampant construction” in Spain, Jon Robins of the Observer takes a look at the situation in Albox – one of the towns in the spotlight of MEPs in Brussels

Property, Travel »

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Room with a view – Murcia

May 2, 2007

The Olive Press sends Vernon Grant to stylish Murcia where he finds a city bucking recent trends across Spain

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Room with a view – Granada

January 25, 2007

It does not surprise me one of the reasons British people give for their decision to move to the Granada province is the very existence of the marvellous city of Granada itself

Property, Travel »

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Room with a View – Pamplona

January 3, 2007

Pamplona is the capital of Navarra, a region known for its wine and little else. In itself this is a great shame as the area is unspoilt and very welcoming to visitors

The Olive Press is the English language newspaper for Andalucia. Local news from Costa del Sol and inland Andalucia plus national news from around Spain