Maggie Frappola at The Spanish Estate Agent on the lure of the new Digital Nomad visa
IN the depths of winter the lure of a life in the warmth of southern Europe is stronger than ever.
Anyone who can work online...
Big shot American real estate The Agency makes exciting move to Mallorca
A US estate agency that features on international television is making an exciting move to the Balearic Islands
The Agency, which has been featured on...
Exploring the exclusive luxury Zagaleta country club on Spain’s Costa del Sol
HE’S become one of the most trusted faces working in real estate in Zagaleta, the luxury country club credited with being Spain’s most expensive...
Buying off-plan property in Spain? You better read this!
ABOVE all get in early on a development which has lots of advantages, from having the pick of the locations to some of the...
Nicole Kidman’s temporary Mallorca pad is up for sale
NICOLE Kidman stayed just outside of Palma during filming for Lioness in what is dubbed the ‘the Beverly Hills of Mallorca’, at the island’s...
Property Magnet
SPAIN just failed to make it on the podium in a ranking of property investment in Europe for 2023, coming in fourth place -...
Could illegal home nightmare nearly be over for residents of Spain’s Lliber?
THE OWNERS of illegal properties in the Valencian village of Lliber are cautiously optimistic that their decades-long battle to regularise their homes may finally...
Otero begins mass lay-offs and blames war in Ukraine and inflation on construction company’s collapse
DISGRACED construction magnate Ruben Otero has blamed the collapse of his company on the war in Ukraine in a letter to employees.
The embattled developer...
Are we able to detect humidity in our homes?
During this time of year, it is very common to hang clothes inside the house, so sometimes it is difficult to tell if the...
Los Arqueros Estates: The ‘secret’ urbanisation that offers wonders of the sea and mountains
Los Arqueros is more than just an urbanisation, it’s a coastal paradise set amongst the foothills of Sierra de Ronda and offers spectacular views...
Abandoned Spanish train station converted into luxury five-star hotel
An abandoned train station in Spain has been totally revamped into a five-star hotel.
Canfranc Station in the Aragon Valley, near the French border and...
Home property sales in Spain rose by 14.7% in 2022- biggest figure since 2007
HOME property sales in Spain reached 650,000 in 2022, the biggest total recorded since 2007 when nearly 780,000 residences were sold.
The National Institute of...
Expat property investors sweating over threat to Spain’s ‘colonial’ Golden Visa scheme
Spain’s ‘Golden Visa’ is in danger of being abolished under a new bill submitted to Congress, potentially affecting one hundred thousand expats property investors.
The...
Cheapest property prices in Spain can be found in central city known for ceramics
TALAVERA DE LA REINA in Toledo province- known for its ceramics industry and popular with tourists- has the cheapest properties for sale coming in...
Find your paradise in Spain
NEW real estate agency Alison Norton Properties specialises in property relocation, with the business owner herself moving to Spain from Cape Town in South...
Gibraltar police and fire service to move to new residential and park development at Rooke site
GIBRALTAR’S police and fire service will move their headquarters to a new development at the old Rooke site which will include residential buildings and...
Sunny year ahead for Spain’s real estate market
THE property market finally exploded in 2022.
After two years of relative stasis, it picked up massively as Covid restrictions came to an end.
Almost all...
Looking from overseas: A view of the Sotogrande real estate market
USING data from the notaries, it is notable that foreign demand has been propping up the Spanish housing market.
Back in the glory days of...
‘Forget Marbella – the best quality of life (and value) is in Sotogrande!’
IT’S a common mistake - and totally incorrect - to assume that nowhere is comparable to Marbella in Andalucia for the super-rich buyers.
Sotogrande has...
Doing just Fine!: Family-owned firm takes on prestigious Fine & Country ‘master licence’ in Spain
EXPAT Chris Hara is shooting for the stars alongside his wife Jacqueline and Spain-born son Cristian.
Chris and Jacqueline, who moved to the Costa Blanca...
Doom or boom?: A look at prospects for the Real Estate market in Spain
MOST buyers and sellers I speak to these days keep mentioning the possibility of a downturn ahead. How could they not?
Just look at the...
A little Gaudi glory: Discover the house that was the first designed by the Catalan Architect
ANTONI Gaudi is an architect synonymous with the Catalan city of Barcelona.
By far, his most famous work is the unfinished Sagrada Familia cathedral.
Sagrada Familia....
Building for the future: Andalucian luxury villa to be ‘Spain’s first carbon-zero home’ powered by unique hydrogen system
A PROJECT for what is claimed to be the first zero-carbon luxury home utilising a hydrogen generating system in Spain has gone on sale.
Running...
Indoors, outdoors: The latest trends hark back to the past
By Julia Begbie
RESEARCHING hot new interior design trends for 2023 means consulting the Oracle. Yes, I’m referring to TikTok.
And yes, we are all feeling...
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Sharp’ and ‘shoddy’ practices in Spain land dozens of foreign off-plan villa buyers millions out of pocket as...
By Jon Clarke and Walter Finch
LAWYERS have been joined by mortgage brokers and agents to slam a giant construction firm that has left up...
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Sharp’ and ‘shoddy’ practices in Spain land dozens of foreign off-plan villa buyers millions out of pocket as...
By Jon Clarke and Walter Finch
LAWYERS have been joined by mortgage brokers and agents to slam a giant construction firm that has left up...