Spain is top retirement destination for Brits

Spain has been named as the most popular overseas retirement hotspot for UK consumers by Standard Life.

3 August 2010

Growing demand for homes in Spain

Despite the Spanish property market's woes, it appears that consumer appetite for homes in Spain is improving.

29 July 2010

Spain property sellers are becoming more realistic

A growing number of vendors seeking to sell their properties in Spain are becoming more realistic about falling Spain property values today and are slashing prices accordingly in order to attract more buyers.

20 July 2010

Reclaim CGT on properties in Spain

People who were illegally charged capital gains tax (CGT) on the sale of a property in Spain are running out of time to reclaim their money, if they have not already done so.

19 July 2010

Spain property market value down 64%

According to data released by the the National Institute of Statistics (INE) and a bit of number crunching from Mark Stucklin of Spanish Property Insight, the average value of the Spain market has fallen by 64% in the past three years.

16 July 2010

Spanish joy!

This is turning out to be a rather successful summer for Spain. Not only did Spain defeat Holland to win the football World Cup yesterday, but tennis ace Rafa Nadal won Wimbledon last week, while data released this month shows that Spain property developers have crucially reduced the number of new build homes in Spain.

12 July 2010

Spain property prices still too high

Asking property prices in Spain are still up to 20 per cent overvalued, according to people seeking to buy a home in Spain.

7 July 2010

Meet HM Consul to the Balearics

This month we talk to Her Majesty's Consul to the Balearics, Paul Abrey, 40, who's been in the role since December 2005 and lives in Palma with his Mallorquín wife and two young sons, aged three and six.

1 July 2010

Fly me to... Tenerife

This month our hunt for sunny places with reliable air routes from the UK takes us to the Canary Islands where we show you three ideal spots to snap up a second or permanent home on the popular island of Tenerife.

1 July 2010

Spain property sales improve

Spanish home sales improved during the first quarter of 2010, according to data released by the Ministry of Housing...

17 June 2010

Have Spain property prices improved?

The Spanish property market is on the road to recovery, if new property price statistics released by Tinsa are to be believed.

11 June 2010

Spain property discounts loom

Further property price reductions loom large on the horizon for people contemplating buying homes in Spain, after the Bank of Spain (BoS) announced plans to force banks to recognise larger losses on debt-for-property swaps.

2 June 2010