The fibs that property buyers need to look out for in Spain
Vendors always went to talk up benefits whilst reducing perceived costs, but telling lies is another matter. In a country like Spain, where the information you get from estate agents is patchy at best, buyers often find that the property or plot size ain’t half as big as advertised. Here are some other common fibs [...]
The buying opportunity of a decade
Property markets are cyclical, and the time to buy prime property is now, during the bust, when everyone else is trying to sell. We could be on the threshold of the buying opportunity of the decade.
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 [...]
Property in “Real Spain”
I’m on the fast train from Madrid to Barcelona, travelling through the heart of Spain. Miles and miles of stunning countryside bathed in Spring sunshine flash past the window as we cruise along at close to 300 kmh. The snow-capped Pyrenees are visible in the distance.
A good time to build your own villa in Spain?
With Spain going through a sever real estate bust, and the residential construction sector in the eye of the storm, you could be forgiven for thinking that now might be a great time to build your own villa in Spain, taking advantage of plunging material, labour, and land costs.
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