A year of Eastern promise
Word of the Costa del Sol’s property revival has spread, as mortgage expert Tancrede de Pola discovered on a trip to Dubai
The birds and the bees
Belinda Beckett, Mistress of Sizzle, reflects on the rites of spring
The last boy racer
Giles Brown back on the road with a new set of wheels
The McMichelin experience
Dani Garcia has boldly gone where no two-star Michelin chef has dared to go before. Belinda Beckett, aka Mistress of Sizzle, reluctantly followed him into
HMRC backtrack on QROPS
Richard Alexander on ‘a la carte pensions’ and avoiding ‘financial indigestion’
Presidential perks
Antonio Flores asks if presidents of communities of owners can receive remuneration?
Heel, boy!
Time to trade in the old man?
Forever blowing bubbles
It's not just premium areas on the Costa del Sol that are recovering rapidly. All over Europe, property prices and sales are surging in select
Obedience: Obeying my master
Eddie the hotel dog may appear to be obedient, but who’s really the boss at Molino del Santo?
A Sterling summer
Spain’s sunbed sellers are rubbing their hands in glee thanks to the pound, just don’t mention the Greeks...
Buying property in Spain: When the liability falls on the lawyer
Antonio Flores on the importance of a lawyer when purchasing property
A new dawn for Andalucia
Andalucia should wake up to an entirely new political scenario on Monday morning
Russian invasion
Ah, springtime at last – sunlight, flowers in bloom and… brawling fishermen
Finding Arcadia in Algeciras
Belinda Beckett, aka the Mistress of Sizzle, discovers paradise ... eventually
Property in Spain: The facts behind the figures
The latest data on property sales in Spain shows signs of improvement
The benefits of a broker
The importance of using a broker should not be underestimated, writes mortgage expert Tancrede de Pola
A dog’s life, by Eddie the hotel hound
Humouring humans... latest Olive Press columnist Eddie the dog is ‘em-barking’ on a great career – no bones about it
Beware the pension predators!
Advice for those hatching plans to cash in their ‘nest eggs’ post-Easter
A load of old bull
Spanish banks sound bullish on the economy but they’re still too ‘bear’ to lend money
Francisco Goya goes to Hollywood
The Spanish artist Goya died nearly two centuries ago but he lives on at the movies, writes Jack Gaioni
13th-century man
No car, heating or electricity… is this the dark ages?
Get thee to a nunnery!
Never mind the Armada! There’s a sweeter side to Medina Sidonia, writes Belinda Beckett, aka Mistress of Sizzle
Divide and conquer?
As Madrid Socialists cast out stalwart Tomas Gomez, PP ranks prepare for power play, writes Mario Alegria
The times they have a’ changed
Spain may not have emerged from 'la crisis' yet, but, in prime areas of the Costa del Sol, property is selling faster than it has
I’m too sexy for my shirt…
Incest, folk-dancing and naked calendars: three activities that aren’t recommended
A tax that makes no sense
The Catastral value of your property could bring the tax man knocking, writes Richard Alexander