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Category Archives: Spain

  1. Have yourself a very Spanish Christmas in your home abroad

    Los Tres Reyes - The Three Kings - are essential to the Spanish Christmas festivities

    One thing is certain if you spend Christmas in Spain – it is going to be considerably cheaper than it would be in the UK. It’s not that the Spanish do not celebrate the Christmas period but on the whole they haven’t gone [read more]

    December 16, 2011

    Posted in Property & Real Estate, Spain.

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  2. Mallorca Sotheby’s International Realty’s Market Report on the biggest Balearic Island

    Mallorca has been an international star for many years among those seeking homes in the sun

    Stephen Dight, Managing Director of Mallorca Sotheby’s International Realty, looks back on 2011 and looks forward to 2012. 2011 During 2011 the Mallorca property market has been exceptionally good and has held up surprisingly well. This year has seen a marked improvement over [read more]

    November 25, 2011

    Posted in Balearics, News, Spain.

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  3. November’s Overseas Property Round-Up – what can you get for around £233,000 (or less)

    Mallorca

    With average property prices in England and Wales currently listed as around £233,000, we look at what you can get for your money in the London and abroad. This figure has only risen 1.5% over the past year showing a very static domestic [read more]

    November 5, 2011

    Posted in Albania, France, Spain, Turkey, UK.

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  4. Mallorca Gains its First UNESCO World Heritage Site

    Ref 5150, Puerto Soller, Mallorca, www.mallorcasir.com (1)

    During the 35th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee held in Paris this June, Mallorca’s Serra de Tramuntana landscape was recognised for its outstanding universal value. The sheer-sided 90km mountain range running from Andratx in the southwest to Pollença in the northwest [read more]

    July 11, 2011

    Posted in Balearics, News, Spain.

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  5. For Sale – Scott’s Hotel in Mallorca

    The view of the Mallorcan village of Galilea from Scott's Galilea. The aparthotel is also for sale

    George Scott spent his life until the age of fifty doing almost everything except what he really wanted to do: write mystery novels. He made documentary films, traded in gold and silver, ran a charitable foundation, flew planes and restored historic houses. His [read more]

    July 6, 2011

    Posted in Apartment-hotel, Balearics, News, Property & Real Estate, Spain.

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  6. International properties round-up

    Apes Hill Polo Club

    Ibis Club, Naples, Florida, USA Apartments in IBIS Club are available from an unbelievable £35,000 and come with tenants already in place offering you returns of 7% – 9% NET from day one. Ibis Club is an upscale 134 apartment residential development. The [read more]

    June 7, 2011

    Posted in Barbados, Florida, Spain, Turkey, USA.

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  7. Hot properties in Mallorca, Spain

    Aires Pollensa ext 2

    The capital city of Spain, Madrid, may be well known for its searing summer heat but this year’s hottest Spanish destination, in terms of property that is, could well be the Balearic island of Mallorca, according to Taylor Wimpey de España. Ignacio Osle, [read more]

    April 15, 2011

    Posted in Balearics, Beach, News, Overseas Property/Real Estate, Spain.

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  8. Boost for property investment in Murcia, Spain: 2015 Opening Date for Murcia’s Paramount Pictures Theme Park

    The attractive area of Mazarron is popular with both Spanish holidaymakers and foreigners

    In an official function on Friday 25 March, the masterplan for the first Paramount Pictures-branded Theme Park in Europe was unveiled. Attended by the Executive Vice President for Licensing at Paramount Pictures Michael Bartok, President of the Region of Murcia Ramón Luis Valcárcel [read more]

    March 28, 2011

    Posted in Beach, Overseas Property/Real Estate, Property & Real Estate, Spain.

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  9. New homes in Murcia, Spain now being built by Polaris World

    Polaris World will construct more than 400 new apartments in 2011

    In keeping with much of the Spanish property market, Polaris World suffered in the depression – but unlike some of its rivals Polaris World is still operating and still building new properties. The company will have a new town centre operating at the [read more]

    March 21, 2011

    Posted in Beach, Golf, Overseas Property/Real Estate, Spain, Sports.

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  10. Own a home abroad? Make sure you have enough bedrooms for your friends!

    The quick way into town to get the bread for breakfast

    What, I was asked the other evening, was it about living in Spain that you loved so much, that made you stay there for so many years. We were at a friend’s for dinner and the man sitting across the table from me [read more]

    March 2, 2011

    Posted in Beach, Expats, France, Ibiza, News, Property & Real Estate, Spain.

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