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SPAIN’S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has pledged the removal of so-called ‘golden visas’ which granted residency to foreigners who purchased a property for €500,000 or more. Previously, the scheme allowed foreigners to obtain a three-year residence permit, extendable for another two, by investing at least €500,000 in real estate in Spain, excluding any changes or...

FOREIGN house buyers are continuing to target the Spanish real estate market as domestic purchases continue to fall. Figures from the country’s notaries for 2023 show that 14.98% of property purchasers came from international buyers- a record percentage figure. For the second successive year, foreign home purchases grew as a percentage to beat the previous...

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SPAIN saw the biggest increase in property prices in the last quarter of 2023 out of any of the big European economies, figures have revealed. On average, the price of a home in the country grew by 4.3% year-on-year, in stark contrast to France and Germany, where prices fell by 3.6% and 7.1% respectively. According...

Foreign buyers have always been important to the Spanish real estate market. The British, German and French have been a major part of the picture for decades. However, there has been a noticeable surge in Polish buyers in recent years. Poles are investing mainly on the Mediterranean coast looking for sunshine, good investments and, possibly,...

RENTING is notoriously difficult on the Costa del Sol and now a landlord has sparked outrage after renting out a SOFA in a shared flat.  The advert was shared by local complaints page, @Marbellasequeja after it was posted on Facebook Marketplace.  READ MORE: Cost of renting in Spain is set to rise yet again in...

Q Can you update me on the Real estate market at this present time? The Real estate market on the Costa del Sol is very good with so many nationalities buying into the lifestyle of over 320 sunshine days per year with the laid-back lifestyle and only a short flight from all European destinations. The...

Casa Costa Property based in central Fuengirola, minutes from the train station and Church Square, has recently opened. It is not ‘just an estate agency’ explains the owner, Stefan Mitchell. He adds ‘we are a full-service agency, a one-stop shop from start to finish. We guide you through the buying and selling process but we...

PROPERTY prices in the Malaga province reached an all-time historic high this February, according to the housing website Idealista. The cost of housing in the region has increased by 0.5% since January, and a colossal 10.1% since February 2023. The average property price for the area now sits at €3,113 per square metre. Wealthy hotspots...