Marbella’s new town plan approved, thorny issues aside

Marbella’s new town plan has been approved today in a meeting in Seville between the town council and regional planning authorities, but the thorny issue of what to do with 7 illegal developments that Seville refused to include in the amnesty has been kicked into touch for now.

Paradox of glut and shortage on the horizon as planning approvals continue plunging

Planning approvals were down 59% to 102,555 over 11 months to November last year, show new figures from the Ministry of Development. Planning approvals for all of last year are on track to be the lowest for more than 20 years.

Youtube video tours bring Desert Springs Golf Resort in Almeria to life

Publicity Property owners, travel agents, and the public can now see this spectacular resort like never before at a Youtube channel devoted to Desert Springs. Scores of new videos produced by the Cheltenham-based Almanzora Group are now on YouTube to provide news and previews of year-round properties, holidays, golf and other facilities on offer at [...]

Real estate sector “bankrupt” says Spanish Mortgage Association

“The real estate sector is bankrupt”. That is the claim made yesterday by Mr. Santos González Sánchez, President of the Spanish Mortgage Association (AHE), speaking on behalf of Spain’s mortgage lenders. This has serious implications for the Spanish banking sector and the wider economy.

Don’t mention the bust

Britons piled into Spanish property and got burnt. The Germans bided their time. Now they’re starting to come back, should we follow? We may fancy ourselves as a nation of hot shot property investors, but are we really any good at investing abroad? Not if our record in Spain is anything to go by. Many [...]

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