Illegal homes in Marbella made legal
A total of 225 illegal homes built in Marbella under the GIL party have been legalised with 1000 more to follow before the end of
My council house solution
Graham Govier argues that the glut of empty apartment blocks around inland Andalucia should be turned into council properties
Let’s build
This week Liam Kellehar looks at the architect’s role during construction
Illegal homeowners unite to fight
Illegal homeowners in Chiclana de la Frontera have launched their own political party
Second homes in third world
An Andalucian based architects has launched a campaign to offer free homes to some of the world’s poorest people
My perfect home
Estate agent Irene Ortiz on why she and husband Thorwald moved from the UK to Ronda
No show Connery
Actor Sean Connery was not present for his day in court
A distinct lack of distress
Residents of Sotogrande – where the average home price is 1.5m euros – are generally not pressurised into panic-selling
From bargain to burden
Hundreds of homebuyers have been hit with new tax demands after their homes were wrongly re-evaluated
House that Eiffel built
Buying and selling your dream home in Andalucia just got easier with the launch of the groundbreaking new website www.allaboutandaluciaproperty.com
Land grab law may not breach EU legislation
Valencia’s notorious land grab law might be legal, according to lawyers in Brussels
Spain is a better place to live than Britain
New research shows the UK is the worst place to live in Europe
Buying in the home of bananas and mangoes
The good-value Axarquia is a fabulous place to make a home, writes estate agent Sally Harrison
All about… Andalucia Property
Come to the natural home of buying and selling property in southern Spain with the Olive Press's new property portal www.AllaboutAndaluciaProperty.com
Going once…
It’s uncharted territory for a Ronda agent, who is holding his first private auction – a charming village house
Business red tape is triple in Spain
It takes three times as long to set up a business in Spain than elsewhere in the western world
Left stranded
Ryanair pulls out of Jerez, just as airport expands
Bidding for fairness
The auction system is unfair, fraught with risks and needs to be regulated, writes lawyer Adolfo Martos Gross of GAM abogados
New property portal for Andalucia
With thousands of properties listed the new property portal from the Olive Press is already proving to be a big hit!
Euro economy grows
Europe Central Bank sees a one per cent growth in the second quarter
A lot of stress over what exactly?
Olive Press finance writer Ian Le Breton on how the vast majority of Spanish banks have passed the so-called "stress tests"
Home or away?
Seven out of ten ex-pat pensioners do not miss home, according to a survey
MRI petition launched
Hundreds join attack on beleaguered property firm
Tower gets go-ahead
Sevilla's controversial Torre Pelli gets approval
Bribes inspector faces jail
He was meant to stop illegal construction, but took thousands to allow it
Bulldozing a piece of history
Two listed buildings have been demolished in Mijas to the dismay of local residents