Please Only Buy Property From Legal Estate Agents and Enjoy Peace of Mind
14 Feb 2025It could be the biggest purchase of your life: buying a house abroad. It's exciting, and there's a lot involved. Buying a property in Spain is even more exciting because you are buying in a different language, a different country with different rules ... and we want to talk about the latter....
Read more100% Property Tax Nonsense
13 Feb 2025A potential 100 per cent tax on property purchases by non-EU, non-residents, announced by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in January, has sparked alarm among international property investors. Yet legal experts suggest the measure is unlikely to materialise in its current form. ...
Read moreProperty prices hit record highs, foreign buyers hold steady
13 Feb 2025Spanish property prices reached a new record in 2024, according to the latest data released by Spain’s notaries on February 5th, climbing 12.5% above the previous peak of 2007. The final quarter saw prices rise to an average of €2,164 per square metre, with Madrid , the ...
Read moreAnti-Tourism Measures - Facts
29 Jan 2025Could anti-tourism protests and new measures to combat the housing crisis put off foreign buyers in future? Sticking to the theme of Spain’s housing crisis, anti-tourism protests in Spain in 2024 reached record numbers. And we're beginning to see measures being put in place by various...
Read moreAlan Carr and Amanda Holden ‘travel-reno’ show
28 Jan 2025I'm not a fan of either of the two people but it´s always good to watch people take on a Spanish renovation job however much trickery is going on behind the scenes. I t’s a scorching summer afternoon in Moclín, a village near Granada in southern Spain, reached by precipitous switchback...
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