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In has been well documented that issues between the Spanish government and the local government in Catalonia have spilled over into violence. A recent non-binding vote on independe...
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A report by estate agents Donpiso has opened a very interesting debate regarding the Spanish second home market. Historically this market has been dominated by foreign investors lo...
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It is funny how fact meets fiction in the world of property with a Spanish Game of Thrones themed castle on the market for just £690,000. Situated on Spain’s southern coastline ...
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Santander Spain has acquired the assets of Banco Popular Espanol SA in a move which was prompted by regulatory issues and a run on the banks deposits. We have also learned that San...
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David Silva is a God amongst Manchester City fans and he is well recompensed with a very lucrative contract with his club. It would appear that some of this money has been invested...
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Figures from the Spanish Land Registrars Association show that foreign investors are flocking back to the Spanish property market in significant numbers. Like other European market...
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The Spanish housing market has been under pressure for some time now amid concerns that Spanish banks were struggling to sell on properties they inherited when their customers defa...
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Many in the Spanish expat community were dealt a crushing financial blow in light of the 2008 Spanish property crash brought on by the US mortgage crisis. It is well documented tha...
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While not all observers of the Spanish property market are filled with confidence for the latter part of 2016 and early 2017, there are at least some reasons to be optimistic. It i...
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There are an array of economic elements to the recent Brexit vote which will be clarified and confirmed over the coming weeks and months. While much of the argument surrounds the U...
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It is estimated that around 100,000 British real estate investors paid as much as £4 billion in property development deposits for Spanish off plan properties which were never comp...
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Spain and Portugal in particular suffered a dramatic collapse in property prices at the height of the worldwide economic downturn. The threat of contagion weighed heavily on invest...
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In the aftermath of the 2008/9 worldwide economic meltdown the Spanish and the Portuguese real estate markets seemed to be amongst the hardest hit. There was a massive buildup of r...
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Despite the fact that it is all doom and gloom surrounding Greece and its potential exit from the Eurozone it seems that overseas investors are targeting the Spanish real estate ma...
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Despite the fact that the Spanish economy is far from back on track it seems that overseas investors are warming to Spanish property with a 20% year-on-year increase in property tr...
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Merlin Properties, a Spanish real estate investment trust, has today announced plans for a €1.5 billion flotation. If successful this would be Europe’s largest ever propert...
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While there are many new contenders to the throne of George Soros, the leading hedge fund manager for many years now, there is no doubt that investment by the great man himself can...
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As we have mentioned on numerous occasions, Spanish banks have been left with an array of troubled property loans after many mortgage holders defaulted on their payments and effect...
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In a sign of the times, Commerzbank AG has been touting around a €4.4 billion property loan portfolio which takes in an array of Spanish shopping centres, hotels and offices. Thi...
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For many years now France has enjoyed the title of Europe’s most popular property market for overseas investors for an array of different reasons. There is the very varied cl...