British developer in Spain says 2010 was better than 2009
A major British developer in Spain has revealed it saw an increase in sales of 50 per cent in 2010
Illegal Spanish home: British couple jailed and ordered to demolish it
Expat couple found guilty of building on non-buildable land have been given an eight month prison sentence and ordered to demolish their home
Double trouble for second homes
News of a British couple facing the loss of their UK home after an unsuccessful property investment in Spain has triggered a wave of indignant reader comments in the UK tabloid press
Spain’s hidden housing glut
A private study shows the problem of unsold houses in Andalucia is worse than thought
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 the year
My council house solution
Graham Govier argues that the glut of empty apartment blocks around inland Andalucia should be turned into council properties
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
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
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!
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"
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