UK Independence Party MEP Marta Andreasen fights for expat property rights in Spain

UK Independence Party MEP Marta Andreasen is getting involved in the fight to protect property rights in Spain. According to a recent press release from her office, “She feels strongly that homeowners are being treated unjustly and are receiving no protection from any of the responsible parties involved, the regional government, the Spanish government, their [...]

The Spanish property bust is dead, long live the recovery

The bust is dead, the Spanish property market’s recovery has begun! That’s how some leading daily papers like El Pais are interpreting the latest figures from the National Institute of Statistics (INE) showing the market grew ever so slightly in January. Well, I wouldn’t try to claim a vigorous recovery is underway, but there’s no [...]

Tinsa property price index stable in February, but coastal property prices lurch down

p>Spanish property prices fell by 5.5% over 12 months to the end of February, according to the property price index published monthly by Tinsa, one of Spain’s leading appraisal companies. That means no change for the national index since last month, which Tinsa describes as showing “a certain level of stabilisation.”

British government minister Chris Bryant lobbies for planning amnesty in Andalucia

“The housing market in Spain is not going to recover quickly if pictures of bulldozers knocking down expats’ homes are appearing in British newspapers.” That was Chris Bryant, the UK’s Minister for Europe, stating the obvious yesterday whilst appealing to Spain’s economic self interest to halt plans to demolish more British owned homes in Spain.

Spanish property market grew slightly in Q4 says Ministry of Housing

There was a small uptick in Spanish housing sales during the fourth quarter of last year, according to data released today by the Ministry of Housing. Small, maybe, but enough for the Government to get excited about. “The transactions in the fourth quarter represent a rise of 4.1% with respect to the same period last [...]

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