Property
July 2nd, 2010
The Spanish Secretary of State for Social Security, Octavio Granado, has declared that the data released today relating to the number of registered unemployed people in June, which has dropped below 4 million for the first time since the start of the year, confirms that the job market "has passed" ...
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July 1st, 2010
The Spanish VAT (IVA) rate hikes, that were announced last year by the Government as part of the 2010 Budget, have come into force today - the general rate has risen two percent, up to 18%, while the reduced rate of VAT in Spain has gone up by one percent, ...
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June 30th, 2010
There was success for Spain last night, as the Spanish national football team beat Portugal 1-0 in the second round of the 2010 World Cup. The match had a TV audience of more than 13 million viewers, being shown to viewers on Telecinco, Canal Plus and C+Liga. The free to air ...
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June 28th, 2010
According to data published today by the National Statistics Institute, the number of mortgages issued in April has fallen by 4.3% compared to the same month last year, the drop being attributed primarily to a 31.6% fall in the number of mortgages issued for rural property, compared to a 2.4% ...
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June 21st, 2010
A man has been arrested for the murder of his former mother-in-law after attacking her with a stick in the town of La Guancha in Tenerife. The man, aged 44 years old, blamed her for his separation from his wife, who he had threatened to kill on several occasions. According to ...
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June 15th, 2010
Spanish house prices fell by 2.9% in the first quarter of 2010 compared to the same period in 2009, experiencing a continued slowdown in the decline of property prices after a 4.3% drop in the final quarter of last year, which also improved on last year's statistics. These figures are ...
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June 14th, 2010
Spanish property sales increased by 17.6% in April compared to the same month last year, a total of 34,326 transactions were completed, of which 49.7% was made up of new properties and 50.3% were resale properties. These figures are according to the official data released today by the National Statistics ...
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June 8th, 2010
Realia, one of Spain's biggest four listed property developers, has announced that, in 2010, it will start four new housing projects in Madrid, Valencia, Seville and Valladolid, its first projects in two years. The president of the real estate company, Ignacio Bayón, said today
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June 7th, 2010
Data released today by the College of Registrars reveals that the number of Spanish property sales recorded in the first quarter of 2010 amounted to 117,911 units, an increase of 7.04% over the same period last year and an increase of 16.28% over the last quarter of 2009. These figures ...
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May 10th, 2010
37,561 homes were sold during March 2010, representing an increase of 9% over the same month in 2009 and consolidating the rebound experienced since the beginning of the year. However, the March increase was more moderate than in February, when sales rose by 18.7%, the biggest gain in the last ...
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