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A COUNTRY club vibe, relaxed family lifestyle and massive investment in top grade facilities have combined to push Sotogrande into new territory when it comes to high end property. The spectacular residential resort with superb golf, tennis, equestrian, yachting and polo facilities is more popular than ever – and the future looks rosy. James Stewart,...

FOLLOWING an international design competition, Madrid-based firm Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos was chosen by the Dallas Museum of Art in Texas to redesign its campus. Six finalists from around the world were selected in April, including companies from London, New York, and Los Angeles.  Commenting on their proposed concept, the firm described it as a “reflection...

SANTA POLA council has been told to sort out an ‘uncontrolled rise in tourist apartments’ which is raising rental costs and allegedly forcing younger people out of the municipality. The Mes Santa Pola political party wants the Partido Popular-run authority to become ‘aware of the problem’ and to regulate the number of holiday apartments. It...

MALAGA and Granada have been named among Spain’s top 10 cities with the highest cost of living.  According to a study carried out by savings platform Kelisto on the most expensive cities in the country, Granada and Malaga rank sixth and 10th respectively.  The website analysed a total of 17 factors to establish the final...

In the early 1960’s Joseph McMicking envisioned a sprawling Floridian style residential sporting estate in Europe as a chic but more demure family friendly alternative destination to the French Riviera with an unrivalled climate. Before long he had fallen in love with an enchanting unspoiled landscape with an undulating terrain of Mediterranean forest lush with...

THE latest findings presented by Forex Suggest delves into the global property market to discover the countries dominating with the number of properties payable by crypto and also the average cost of said properties. Spain is leading in this area, with 289 properties available to purchase with Bitcoin and Ethereum. It is followed by Thailand...

INTEREST RATE rises with the knock-on effect of making mortgages costlier has slowed down Spain’s real estate market in the first half of 2023. The National Statistics Institute says 315,783 homes were sold in the first half of the year- 4.5% less than in the same period in 2022. A year ago Spain was experiencing...

AFTER creating the winning proposal to revive Begona cemetery LOLA Landscape Architects and IWA Design Studio now have to bring their vision to life. The design competition which challenged architects to transform Begona cemetery into an urban garden for the community was launched after a mass grave was found last March which contained victims of the...

THE average international buyer of Spanish property has begun to trend downwards in age profile, according to the latest data. While there are still plenty of Brits, Germans, French and Belgians coming in to hand over their cash for a slice of life in the sun, gone are the days of them being entirely high-income,...

RESEARCH from experts at Moving to Spain concludes that Spain is the second-best country in the whole of Europe to retire. The analysts reviewed the cost of living, health care, average apartment prices, average annual sunshine hours, retirement visas, percentage of populations aged 65 and above, life expectancy, total blue flag sites, and global peace...