Spanish bureaucracy and tax loopholes
Antonio Flores, of Marbella-based Lawbird, explores Spain’s paperwork forests
Loud and Clear!
In which our man shows he has more bolas than most!
Would you trust an estate agent?
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Take it from me; I'm an estate agent
Delaying a pension is not always wrong
Deferring your UK State Pension may seem like a crazy idea but there may be method in the madness, writes Richard Alexander
Antequera: The town that’s ‘all heart’
The town surrounded by AndalucÃa’s Big Three cities is also at the centre of a ‘love triangle’, writes Jack Gaioni
Boost for Euro over Sterling after IMF comments
Columnist Mark Rickard breaks down the current status of foreign exchange
Insurance brokers or robots?
Internet comparison sites are all very well but nothing beats the human touch, writes Danni Worth
Dealing with the Marbs high season and its struggles
Columnist Giles Brown recounts the tales of a battered Brit and projectile weapons
What if Jimmy Savile had found his prey in Torremolinos?
Legal columnist Antonio Flores explains how criminals can slip through the cracks in Spain
In praise of Cadiz’s Los Palmones beach
Sucks to what the Tourist Board says, writes Belinda Beckett, aka the Mistress of Sizzle
What should you pay, or be paid, for your property in Spain?
In this column we'll take a look at how valuations are calculated, who needs them, and how they can help you
Little pensions add up!
Columnist and financial expert Richard Alexander with some good press for pensions
A Sterling summer
Columnist and financial expert Mark Rickard of HiFX, on summer changes and the ever-struggling euro
Summertime, and the livin’ ain’t easy
Columnist Giles Brown on tourist woes on the coast
The magic formula for claiming on household insurance
Columnist and financial expert Danni Worth, of Op de Beeck & Worth, on how to stake your claim
Hacks and lumberjacks are NOT okay!
Columnist Belinda Beckett, aka the Mistress of Sizzle, regrets her career choice
Ways to tackle Spanish property transfer tax
With the tax rate going higher and higher, columnist Antonio Flores looks at ways to get around it
Useful Spanish property tools for buyers and sellers are just a click away
If you're thinking about buying or selling property in Spain, one of the first, and best, places to start is online. Here are some of
Chasing income
Finance expert Richard Alexander suggests ways to make your money work for you
Reaching fever pitch but avoiding San Juan
Our lifestyle expert Giles Brown on the World Cup and San Juan sin-purging
The winding road to Spanish residency
Antonio Flores examines the route to residency
Fantasy football
Belinda Beckett, aka the Mistress of Sizzle, celebrates the World Cup in her own way
A new Spanish property boom or a bottom-feeding frenzy?
Some Costa del Sol agents and clients are even using the 'B' word, again. (As in 'boom'...)
‘Sell in May and go away’
Columnist Richard Alexander asks if we're looking for a dip in the economy come the summer, and if so where you should put your money
Rolling commentary
Columnist Mark Rickard, of HiFX, needs solace after the World Cup
What the Dickens?
Columnist Jack Gaioni takes a rather unusual ride to an eccentric event centered around tweed in Madrid