Marbella house prices are steady, foreigners are buying, and the economy is growing. This incredible upward trend is predicted to carry on into 2017. Buying property in Marbella is just back in style. Spain's housing market is recovering, and many other positive predictions are being made for the New Year. Still, restoring property buyers’ confidence in the Costa del is a top priority. Many questions...
Marbella is a coastal beauty and has a very larger-than-life reputation. It's the perfect locale for super yachts, super-fast cars, and a good share of super-sized bling. It also happens to be the property investment hotspot of the Costa del Sol. Over the past few years, the property market on the Costa del Sol has seen a big uptick in demand, and this uptick is predicted to carry through 2017 and well...
Are you looking to rent out your Marbella villa or Costa del Sol apartment this summer? Do you own a holiday home on the Costa del Sol? Perhaps you’re looking to take advantage of rental income in one of Europe’s hottest destinations. The Costa del Sol, and Malaga province in particular, has seen a record number of tourists in the past few years. In fact, each year, more tourists visit for the...
Dearest Expats, Are you constantly stressed out or worried about general first-world problems on the Costa del Sol? Do you often lose sleep over that electric bill that makes absolutely no sense? Or does your mind reel in anger as you wait in line for the Spanish clerk to get off the phone? Or how about finally making it to your important appointment at 1:45 p.m. only to find they decided to close...
Guest post by Peter Lavelle of foreign exchange broker Pure FX http://www.purefx.co.uk Howdy! In this article, I'll tell you how the favourable exchange rate can help cut the cost of buying a property in Marbella, and why the pound may soon fly higher versus the euro. Everyone knows that realising your dream of owning a home in Marbella isn’t necessarily cheap. There’s the cost of the...
International Property Buyers in Marbella, Spain Continue to Bring Hope & Are Further Boosting the Economy A few weeks ago, the Ministry of Development in Spain released the Notary Statistics for 2015. The Spanish property sales for 2015 increased just over 21 percent, and residential property sales registered in Spain exceeded 400,000 for the first time since 2010. The news and numbers released,...
Marbella and the Costa del Sol have always been a popular places to buy property. Here, in the South of Spain, there is a lot to offer expats and even those wishing to buy a second holiday home on the Costa del Sol. In recent months, it may seem like negative news, especially with the recent Brexit; however, for property on the Costa del Sol, this year has brought more positive news. Launch New...
In San Pedro, Spain you get the best of both worlds. You’ll definitely find fellow expats kicking around, and feel at home; however, the majority of the residents in San Pedro are Spanish, so you won’t feel like you live in little Britain - much like the rest of the Costa del Sol. San Pedro maintains a very “pueblo” feel, and considering it’s only a mere 10 minutes away from the more famous...
With political shocks now out of the way in both the US and UK, pound sterling has been rising against the Euro since the beginning of November. The exchange has finally broken the 50-day averate and is rising all the way up to its current level of just above 1.1600. This needed break is pushing positive momentum and will soon advocate for further gains with analysts estimating multi-week gains....
Summer has come to an end, but in the Costa del Sol, the fun never stops! 2014 is looking out to be a very good year. At the same time that the property market rises, San Pedro de Alcántara Feria 2014 comes back round the corner for another year of tradition, culture and celebration. The feria’s name originates from latin, it was used to describe “holidays”, and over the years has evolved in...
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