Gran Canaria prepares for tourism surge

Posted Tuesday, February 7th, 2012 in Articles by Aimee Valaitis | Tags:

Holidays to the Spanish island of Gran Canaria increased by over 10 per cent last year, according to Aena, one of the largest air navigation services in Europe. Last year, nearly 10.5 million visitors flocked to the island for a….read more »

VAT remains slashed on new homes in Spain

Posted Friday, February 3rd, 2012 in Articles by Aimee Valaitis | Tags:

A reduction of VAT on new holiday homes as well as main residences looks set to remain in Spain for the rest of 2012, after the country’s new government failed to impose suggested conditions on properties that qualify for the….read more »

Self employed foreigners rise in Spain

Posted Monday, January 30th, 2012 in Articles by Aimee Valaitis | Tags:

There has been a rise in the number of foreigners living in Spain who are registered as self-employed. Last year saw the figures up by 4.8%, reaching a total of 208,512 – an increase of nearly 10,000 in 2010.

A new….read more »

Spanish market update 2012

Posted Friday, January 27th, 2012 in Articles by Chris Please | Tags:

By Sally Veal of the SpainBuyingGuide.com

As the new year begins, Spain finds itself in a difficult situation along with many other European countries. It is true that its economy, founded for many years on construction and house building, has taken….read more »

New Rules on Obtaining Foreign ID

Posted Thursday, January 26th, 2012 in Articles by Aimee Valaitis | Tags:

Since the 3rd January 2012, there have been new rules in place which state how foreign investors of property in Spain can obtain their foreign ID numbers. With the new rules in place, the numbers can only be obtained by….read more »

Ryanair returns to Spain’s Costa Brava

Posted Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 in Articles by Aimee Valaitis | Tags:

Following months of dispute between budget airline Ryanair and the Catalonian government, which saw most routes from Girona stopped over the winter, agreement between the two sides has finally been reached.

Ryanair announced 19 new routes from Girona from the….read more »

Spain’s tourism numbers up in 2011

Posted Friday, January 20th, 2012 in Articles by Aimee Valaitis | Tags:

Provisional government statistics released in January showed that the number of foreign visitors to Spain rose for the second year in a row during 2011, helped by a surge in tourists from the UK, its largest market. Spain welcomed 56.9….read more »

Signs of recovery in Spain?

Posted Thursday, January 19th, 2012 in Articles by Aimee Valaitis | Tags:

More and more experts are beginning to think that Spain’s property market is set for recovery following the worldwide economic crash, as it shows more and more positive signs.

Taylor Wimpey España is just one development company that is predicting good….read more »

Buyers eye up Eurozone properties as Euro loses value
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56.4% of locations saw an increase in searches,43.4% of locations saw a decrease in searches and 0.08%….read more »

Murcia moves step closer to realising theme park

Posted Friday, January 13th, 2012 in Articles by Aimee Valaitis | Tags:

Confidence in the new Paramount-branded theme park, which is going ahead in Murcia, was high following a conference on December 23 2011 when the mayor of Murcia declared that there was “no going back” for the theme park and that….read more »