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April 19th, 2010
According to house price statistics released today by the Ministry of Housing, in the first quarter of 2010 the average price of property in Spain was 1865.7 euros per square metre, representing a decrease of 1.4% in respect to the previous quarter and 4.7% when compared annually. The annual drop of ...
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April 15th, 2010
Apple has announced that there will be a one month delay to the international release of its new tablet computer, the iPad, due to unexpected demand in the United States. The iPad went on sale in the U.S. on April the 3rd and was scheduled to be sold in other ...
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April 15th, 2010
The president of the Association of Spanish Promoters and Constructors (APCE), José Manuel Galindo, said today that the property sector is beginning to "see the light at the end of the tunnel", now that the recovery of new home sales seems to be consolidating. Galindo, who was
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April 13th, 2010
The property sales statistics released today by the National Statistics Institute (INE) showed the highest increase of its history, whose first comparable data dates back to 2008 and has always reflected declines in the property market until this year. In total, 41,033 home sales were recorded in February, representing an ...
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April 6th, 2010
The Government has announced that it will subsidise up to 20% of the cost of an electric car, up to a maximum of 6,000 euros, which will be available to private buyers or private fleets, representing 240 million euros in direct grants and part of a total of 590 million ...
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March 30th, 2010
With just two working days left until the end of the month, the Federation of Automotive Dealers (FACONAUTO) is reporting that the passenger vehicle industry in Spain has shown a substantial 65.8% year on year increase during March 2010. The prediction is that March
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March 4th, 2010
Sedo.com, a website that facilitates the buying and selling of internet domain names through online auctions, has added a new web site for sale today, with no content, and which starts with a reserve price of between 250,000 and 500,000 euros ... from 3pm today, until the same time next ...
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February 10th, 2010
According to a survey of 2,000 adults conducted by the Independent Members Consumer Federation (FUCI), nearly four out of ten people in Spain are not planning on giving any gifts on Valentine's Day this year, up 15 percent from 2009, and those who do intend to make a purchase will ...
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February 9th, 2010
The Catalan Government today approved a draft law to reform inheritance and gift tax, which will mean that approximately 94% of taxpayers will be excluded from payments. The draft also encourages donations to young people starting up businesses and gives a rebate of 95% for business donations to unrelated entities.
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February 8th, 2010
Spanish families who purchased a home in 2009 spent less than a third of their annual gross income on their property, which is almost thirteen percent lower than 2008 (41.6%), mainly due to the fall of the Euribor rate and tax deductions.
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