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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...
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There is no doubt that the so-called “Golden Visa” has had a major impact on property prices in Spain with buyers from Russia, China and the Middle East flocking to the...
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News that billionaire Bill Gates has acquired a 5.7% holding in Spanish builder Fomento de Construcciones & Contratas SA (FCC) has certainly caught the attention of property in...
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Since the height of the Euro crisis the Spanish economy has been mired deep in recession so news of the first quarterly increase in Spanish gross domestic product for 2 years has b...
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While many people believe that the worst of the Euro crisis is now behind us, the fact remains that financial institutions across Europe are still reluctant to lend anywhere near t...
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Residential property sales are continuing to fall in Spain and are now just a third of what they were in 2007 before the economic downturn kicked in, according to figures from nota...
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Over the last six months or so the Spanish economy has been under intense pressure and indeed the Spanish government is fighting fires on a number of fronts. Debt continues to move...
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The Spanish government has issued a warning to homeowners in Spain amid signs that unqualified assessors and fraudsters are operating in the country. Last month saw a change in pro...
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Last year the Balearic Islands topped the charts for property sales over one million Euros to foreign buyers and the trend continued into the first quarter of 2013, the latest data...
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While on the surface it seems as though the Spanish banking system has been through the worst of the downturn, received finance from investors and the European Union, there are wor...
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Spain’s new visa for non-Europeans buying property worth over €500,000 is set to spark huge interest from wealthy overseas buyers, it is claimed. The Spanish government has con...
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After months of speculation, the Spanish government has given the go ahead for a new law granting automatic residency to non European Union nationals buying property worth at least...
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Bargain prices in some areas of Spain are attracting more overseas buyers and in the luxury market the introduction of a residency visa for non European Union nationals is awaited ...
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Foreign buyers are crucial to any housing recovery in Spain, with the latest figures showing that they now make up 12% of the Spanish real estate market. According to an analysis o...
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A proposed new law in Spain that would result in people buying property being given residency is set to attract a large number of buyers from Asia and the Middle East. The move is ...
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The last 12 months have highlighted the difference in performance of the domestic and second homes market in Spain and it is fundamental issues such as this that buyers should take...
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The top most searched destinations for British people looking at property to buy overseas are still Spain, France and the United States, the latest Rightmove Overseas report shows....
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As a consequence of the eurozone financial crisis real estate in Spain is now more affordable than ever with the number of people looking to snap up a bargain increasing, it is cla...