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Spain prepares to fine Airbnb for ‘allowing illegal tourist flats’ on its platform

Airbnb let off €300,000 fine for advertising ‘unregistered’ holiday homes in Spain’s Mallorca

The Ministry of Innovation, Research and Tourism had slapped Airbnb with the fine after determining that they had 'commercialised tourist homes illegally in Mallorca'

20 May, 2020 @ 16:51

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Property

Plenty of Brits will be committing to Spain post-coronavirus lockdown, predicts property expert Campbell Ferguson

WELL, well, well. Demand, no surprise, has virtually ceased in the Spanish property market, though a few committed buyers are hanging in there and there

17 May, 2020 @ 18:00

Campbell Ferguson: Survey Spain·Property

Amanda Butler is hoping Spain’s Balearic Islands can be a leader in eco-construction after coronavirus

I implore our governments, and our developers and builders, to learn from this

17 May, 2020 @ 08:00

Amanda Butler: Keys to the Island·Mallorca·Property

Coronavirus will rip a few roof tiles off Spain’s property market but it’s resilient enough to escape structural damage, writes Adam Neale

CORONAVIRUS AND ADVICE FOR SELLERS A crisis always creates opportunities. For real-estate buyers, this can be good news. For sellers, it may mean lower expectations,

16 May, 2020 @ 12:00

Adam Neale: Property Insider·Property

Opening of Ikos Andalucia hotel on Spain’s Costa del Sol pushed back to September due to coronavirus

THE opening of the Ikos Andalucia luxury resort hotel on the Costa del Sol has been pushed back due to COVID-19.

7 May, 2020 @ 16:05

Lead·Malaga·Property

Real estate agent Amanda Butler looks ahead to brighter days as Spain’s Balearic Islands emerge from the worst of the COVID-19 crisis

WELL that’s what we’d all like to say, and will celebrate when it truly happens with gusto! I am not normally one wishing to spread

3 May, 2020 @ 13:00

Amanda Butler: Keys to the Island·Mallorca·Property

“A long time before life returns to normal” – Maura Hillen on COVID-19 and stepping down as President of illegal homes campaign group AUAN in Spain’s Andalucia

FOR more than a decade she has been at the helm of Andalucia’s leading non-profit illegal homes campaign group, helping thousands of expats avoid a

3 May, 2020 @ 09:00

Lead·Property

COVID-19: Marbella Town Hall initiates path to recovery by allowing thousands of Licenses of First Occupation to be approved by architects

MARBELLA municipal officials have approved a revolutionary measure that will greatly prop up property sales and short-term rentals, COVID-19 permitting. Last Monday, the spokesman for

2 May, 2020 @ 15:00

Antonio Flores: Legal Problems·Lead·Malaga·Property

House sales in Spain’s Andalucia increased by 8% in February, compared to the same month last year

HOUSE sales in Andalucia have increased by 8% in February, compared to the same month last year.

27 Apr, 2020 @ 18:42

Lead·Property

Military Disinfection Team After Disinfecting A Care Home 9

COVID-19 and the actions to slow its spread have changed Spain and the world, writes surveyor Campbell Ferguson in the first part of his quarterly property report

IT is firstly vital to thank the frontline staff, or worker bees, without whom our hive would not survive. But it is fairly obvious that

26 Apr, 2020 @ 13:00

Campbell Ferguson: Survey Spain·Lead·Property

Barcelona Street Cleaning Team Disinfects Area Around Pharmacy 7

Property is a safe house for investors in the time of Spain’s coronavirus crisis, writes agent Adam Neale

AS financial analysts and market experts debate what shape the post-coronavirus economic recovery may follow, drawing on letters like V, U and W to trace

26 Apr, 2020 @ 09:59

Adam Neale: Property Insider·Property

Agent Amanda Butler is confident of Mallorca property market’s resilience and expects influx of inquiries for spacious homes post-COVID-19

We will overcome this, in time, but I truly believe that the way we have managed to ride the COVID-19 wave will help to reaffirm

19 Apr, 2020 @ 16:00

Amanda Butler: Keys to the Island·Mallorca·Property

If you thought you knew diddly-squat about the rights of squatters vs homeowners in Spain, agent Adam Neale will set you right

Squatters, or okupas as they're known in Spanish, are becoming increasingly common across Spain

19 Apr, 2020 @ 10:00

Adam Neale: Property Insider·Property

What are your plans after COVID-19? asks respected Malaga surveyor Campbell Ferguson, of Survey Spain

We are looking forward to working again. It's what we’re here for

18 Apr, 2020 @ 15:00

Campbell Ferguson: Survey Spain·Malaga·Property

The Finance Bureau’s Tancrede de Pola explains mortgage holiday rules as the Spanish property sector battles on through COVID-19

On March 17 the Government announced by Royal Decree a ‘moratorium’ or ‘mortgage holiday’ for residents struggling with payments

18 Apr, 2020 @ 13:00

Property·Tancrede de Pola: Mortgage Think Tank

HUGE worry for expat landlords as new ministerial order allows regional governments in Spain to force landlords to rent out empty homes to victims of domestic abuse, the homeless and other vulnerable people

A NEW ministerial order has been passed by the Ministry of Development allowing regional governments to force private landlords to rent out empty homes.

12 Apr, 2020 @ 13:56

Lead·Property