Spanish justice moves at snail’s pace
The German owner of a property in Torrevieja (Costa Blanca) has been blocked out of his home since 1995, when neighbours built a wall that cut off his access to the street. Since then Walter Thiele and his family have had to use a sympathetic neighbour’s garden to get in and out of the property.
Registering as a Spanish resident can drive you crazy
I read today that the town hall of Teulada (Alicante) has unanimously passed a motion in support of making it easier for EU nationals resident in Spain to register their residency with the authorities. The motion urges the government (well, actually, just the ministry of interior office in Alicante) to come up with a more [...]
No news is bad news
Over the past few months the rate of “demorosidad” late payment among foreign clients has began to worry banks.
The credit crunch is not to blame
Most people now accept that Spain is going into a serious property market downturn, even if the ministry of housing’s statistics are still suspiciously hunky-dory. But it winds me up how the majority of people – commentators and politicians in particular – blame the downturn on the credit crunch.
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