Town hall corruption bust in Alcaucin, La Axarquia, Andalucia
In what is becoming almost an every day event in Spain, the Mayor of Alcaucín, a town in La Axarquía region of rural Andalucía popular with British buyers, has been arrested for taking bribes in return for reclassifying land and granting building licences. Many of the resulting illegal properties were sold to British buyers attracted [...]
Corruption scandal hits urbanisation where Spanish Prime Minister bought holiday home
Britons who have bought property in Spain maybe sick to the back teeth of town hall corruption scandals, but at least they are in good company. The Spanish press reports that an urbanisation in Vera (Almeria), where Spain’s socialist Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero bought a holiday home, is the focus of a new [...]
Planning approvals fall 58% in 2008
Planning approvals – the seeds of new housing supply in coming years – fell by 58.1% to 252,916 in 2008, according to the latest figures from Spain’s College of Architects. This is the biggest ever fall on record. Planning approvals for government-subsidised social housing rose by 3.6%. Stripping out social housing, planning approvals fell by [...]
President of Valencia FC loses 1 million Euros in property swindle
Vicente Soriano, President of Valencia FC, has lost 1 million Euros in a property swindle, the Spanish press reports. Just over 6 months ago, Soriano agreed to buy a property in Valencia’s Calle de Colón for 6 million Euros, paying a deposit of 1 million Euros to secure the purchase. Unfortunately for Soriano, the vendor [...]
Costa del Sol beach bars under threat from Ley de Costas
The pleasure of enjoying an ice-cold drink at a beach-bar on a hot day is one reason so many people come to Spain every year. But in future tourists with parched throats may just have to walk further, or go without that refreshing beer thanks to Spain’s notorious Ley de Costas (Coastal Law), which threatens [...]
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