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October 6th, 2009
The market was certainly bouyant in 2004, proving to be a goldmine for investors and home buyers. I persoanlly arrived in Spain in September 2003, when a 3 bedroom front line apartment could be bought for less than 100,000 euros ... with prices rising so fast we didn't jump in and ...
Continue reading Spanish house price rises highest in Europe
November 4th, 2009
The Costa Blanca has been a destination for holiday makers and buyers of second homes since the late 1950's, in fact it's name was fabricated by the tourism industry to promote the industries, then new, package holidays to Spain. This included the, at the time, relatively unknown towns of Benidorm ...
Continue reading Costa Blanca … 50 years of tourism
November 18th, 2009
Looking back at this feature on the Costa de la Luz we can see that is was one of the more unfamiliar parts of the Spanish coastline, at least to foreign visitors. In the past 5 years not too much has changed, while there has been a growth in tourism ...
Continue reading Costa de la Luz, Spain’s Atlantic Coastline
December 11th, 2009
Looking back at the archived article below, from 2004, it was difficult not to get tied up in thoughts of the world's property slump and financial problems. The Costa del Sol was home to a great deal of growth and it certainly has taken a hit now that a readjustment ...
Continue reading Spain’s Costa del Sol – Where would you Rather Live?
December 21st, 2009
Spain is, along with Denmark and Ireland, one of only three European countries that still have not registered any quarterly rise in housing prices since the start of the credit crunch, according to the world price index from property consultants Knight Frank. They have indicated that these three countries have ...
Continue reading Spanish Property Prices Down 8%
January 4th, 2010
Retail sales at larger outlets during the Christmas season are at levels "very similar or even somewhat higher" than those recorded last year, said CEO of the National Association of Large Distribution Companies (ANGED) Javier Millan-Astray today. In an
Continue reading Spanish Retail Sales Holding Strong
January 8th, 2010
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the euro zone rose by 0.4% in the third quarter of 2009 compared to a decrease of 0.1% (revised figure) in the second quarter, this is according to the second revision of data released today by Eurostat and confirms
Continue reading EU Recession Over but Spain and UK Struggle
January 11th, 2010
The economic problems still being experienced in Spain, Ireland and Greece will not "derail the recovery of the eurozone, because the countries are too small", according to a report by Merrill Lynch. In fact, it is expected that these countries will benefit from the recovery of their main trading partners ...
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January 16th, 2010
Individually managed pension plans returned a weighted average of 6.10% for their participants in 2009, according to data provided today by VDOS Stochastics. The head of company analysis, Paula Mercado, has stressed that the main winners of the year were
Continue reading Pension Fund Growth at 6.1% in 2009
January 22nd, 2010
Spanish movie theatres have managed to leave behind the downward trend in ticket sales in recent years. Compared to 2008, 2009 saw an increase of 2.8% in the number of cinema goers in Spain and box office revenue grew by 9%. These aren't double
Continue reading “3D” Boosting Spanish Cinema Revenue
