Catalan bill to bring in rent controls slammed as ‘unconstitutional’
A BILL to control rents has been dubbed ‘illegal and unconstitutional’ by a property owners’ pressure group.
ASVAL, the Association of Owners of Homes for...
Spain’s property websites busier than ever
CORONAVIRUS restrictions may have kept people at home, but while there they have been investigating moving house.
Two of Spain’s leading real estate websites –...
Demand increases to simplify squatter evictions as banks are blamed for part of the problem
SPANISH banks that own empty properties are part of the problem with illegal squatting in communities, claims a report.
Their poor communication and lack of...
NO CHANCE: Spanish youngsters need to double their incomes to be able to afford a mortgage
SPANISH people under the age of 34 would have to double their average salary to be able to buy a property.
According to the Spanish...
Online Boom for Costa Blanca-based Furniture Retailer, Don Baraton
AN ILL WIND like this year's Covid-19 pandemic in Spain has blown in some new opportunities for businesses to expand including the Costa Blanca-based...
SILVER LINING: Spanish villages becoming more popular during coronavirus pandemic
THE coronavirus pandemic may be having the unexpected side effect of breathing new life into Spain’s small villages.
For years many smaller municipalities, particularly inland,...
Spain’s most expensive home goes on sale on Costa del Sol for a cool €32 million
Dubbed 'The Pride of Zagaleta', it is nestled on a 10,000 sqm plot of land that overlooks the Mediterranean
Will COVID-19 change the property market in Costa del Sol and Gibraltar?
As Spain slowly re-emerges from the horrors of COVID-19, the country is preparing itself for an uncertain future. Alongside human tragedy is the loss...
ATM KITCHENS-The most beautiful luxury kitchens in Spain (and Holland), here in Costa Blanca
After months of lockdown, now is the perfect time to upgrade that tired old kitchen for the beautiful kitchen of your dreams ATM KITCHENS,...
Lockdown causes massive June property sales collapse on Spain’s Costa Blanca
HOUSE sales collapsed by almost half across the Costa Blanca in June according to figures released by the National Institute of Statistics(INE).
The national fall...
World’s fifth richest man expands his property portfolio to Spain
Worth a cool $73.9 billion, Warren Buffet is considered one of the most successful investors of all time.
Fifth in the 2020 rich list, Buffett...
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Citizens in Malaga to benefit from rental subsidies due to economic crisis triggered by COVID-19
In Malaga, €6.4 million will be allocated and some 1,799 people will benefit.
Coronavirus can’t cast a cloud over property values on Spain’s Costa del Sol while world’s rich and famous aspire...
ESTATE agents are eternal optimists, even in the most adverse of circumstances.
Ask them for a forecast in the current crisis and almost anyone whose...
Malaga province sees biggest rent hikes in WHOLE of Spain – with inland areas and Benahavis leading the surge
Malaga is now the sixth most expensive province to rent a property in the country, following Madrid, Ceuta, Barcelona, Melilla and the Balearic Islands
As Spain’s COVID-19 crisis recedes the spectre of Brexit has returned for British property buyers
SPAIN has finally allowed tourism to return after several months of the world’s most draconian COVID-19 lockdown.
Brits, Germans and other key tourist markets are...
Real estate agent Amanda Butler welcomes stream of property enquiries as Mallorca opens up once again
WITH the state of alarm now lifted, the Balearic Islands opened their borders to over 10,000 German tourists early last week as a test...
Inside Novak Djokovic’s €6.4 million Marbella mansion where tennis ace spent lockdown just weeks before testing positive for COVID-19
NOVAK Djokovic became the latest tennis star to test positive for COVID-19 this week.
The world number one, 33, joined a string of top pros,...
How lockdown life in Spain will change the look of new-build properties around the world
LIFE AT HOME has changed for everyone, thanks to varying lockdown restrictions across the world.
Here in Spain, we’ve been lucky to have had very...
COVID-19 has restricted foreign buyers in Spain’s Mallorca, but lower-end and local property enquiries are surging
MALLORCA, Menorca and Ibiza have now joined Formentera into Phase 3 of the releasing of coronavirus restrictions.
The main difference being that residents of the...
Property market in Spain’s Marbella set to weather coronavirus storm
MARBELLA’S property market is set to weather the coronavirus storm without sinking to the depths seen in the 2008-14 financial crisis.
This is the conclusion...
It’s just crazy to think that Mad About Furniture is already 18 years old
Yes, Mad About Furniture has been furnishing the Costa del Sol and beyond for more than 18 years and specialize in Full Home Packages...
Hotels in Spain’s Malaga reopen their doors to guests this week
HOTELS throughout Malaga province have started reopening their doors to guests this week.
Property boss in Spain predicts up to 20% crash in house prices due to coronavirus crisis
A SPANISH property boss has predicted house prices could crash by 20% this year because of the coronavirus crisis.
President of the Remax real estate...
COVID-19: Real estate agent Amanda Butler is leading Mallorca’s Phase 2 celebrations and is looking ahead to a property...
WITH coronavirus figures plummeting around Spain and only two new cases reported with no deaths over the weekend in the Balearic Islands things are...
80% of hotels in Malaga province to be open in July
HOTELIERS in Malaga have announced their plans to have 80% of hotels in the province open in July.