Costa del Sol Property News

Property news from the Costa del Sol, Spain.

December 2006

 More than 300 buyers refuse to sign for Marbella flats for fear they may be illegal
 Public notaries obliged to state form of home-purchase payments to prevent money-laundering
 New buildings must use solar panels to supply residents with hot water
 The Junta to scrutinise all building licences granted in Marbella since 1991

November 2006

 Prosecution Department to press for demolition of Marbella’s illegal houses
 The attractions of southern Spain on display at the World Travel Market
 Properties purchased as investments are saturating the real estate market

October 2006

 Costas plans to preserve 23 hectares of coastline
 Marbella Town Hall seals off new development in Artola Alta
  Yagüe to Roca: “I’ll always do what you think is best”
 Detectives had been listening in on “Malaya” conversations for months

September 2006

 Six Marbella hotels and 600 local businesses have no opening licence
 Malaga will be connected to five major cities by high speed train by 2010
 Where the tourists stay in Malaga
 Inland real estate firms investigated for selling illegal country properties

August 2006

 Spanish resorts building up to a Costa del Disney

July 2006

 Bulgaria? Beware
 Release: Property Guide Spain!

June 2006

  Slowest rise in housing prices for past 4 years.
  Investment fraud discovered in Spain
  New land laws for Spain

May 2006

 Going up, down and sideways: Top 30 cities to watch
 Spanish Property News Roundup

April 2006

 Police operation strikes corruption at the heart of Marbella Town Hall
 Spanish Property News Roundup March to April

March 2006

 Expat Focus
 The rise in water consumption is out of all proportion in the province of Malaga
 Junta orders water and light to be cut off at illegal sites in Alfarnatejo and Benahavís
 Seventy per cent of land freed under the new town plan in Antequera to be developed
 Real estate firm charged with swindling property buyers
 The public prosecutor wants to put Cómpeta Mayor in gaol for a year for breaking planning laws
 'Slowdown' as Spanish property rises 12%
 Spanish property market remains healthy
 Illegal building: The expat nightmare
 Spanish Property News Roundup February to March

February 2006

 Fall in property sales in the province of Malaga leads to rise in rentals
 Spanish Property News Roundup January to February

January 2006

 Overseas property attracts the young
 Distressed sales on the Costas
 Barclays reckons 2.2 million Brits own property abroad
 Spanish Property News Roundup Decemeber to January

December 2005

 Residential tourism boom expected to continue for at least ten years more
 Marbella has to hand over responsibility for town planning
 Spanish Property News Roundup September to October

November 2005

 Ex-mayor of Marbella jailed for building offences
 Spanish Property News Roundup November to December
 Arenal 2000 Providing Invalid Bank Guarantees to Clients
 Costa property developers are up in arms over the new land law
 Police pressure makes the Costa del Sol less of a safe haven for international criminals
 Marbella Town Hall demands that all new buildings have solar panels installed

October 2005

 Supply and demand in the property sector
 Tax warning on overseas holiday homes
 Is a pension fund the best home for your money?

September 2005

 Land grab law faces the axe
 White lies, black money
 Four municipalities on the Western Costa del Sol to build 200,000 new homes
 Residential developments demand more sport and leisure facilities these days
 Costa del Sol tourism figures up in August for first time in three years
 House price inflation slows to near zero
 The global housing boom
 Homeowners: Upside-down is no way to be
 The price of new housing drops for the first time in recent years on the Costa del Sol

August 2005

 SIPPs to pour £10bn into housing market
 Everyone agrees all is well. It isn't!
 'Property pensions' only for wealthy
 What to do about the housing crash?
 The Mortgage Trap
 Residential property: not waving but drowning

July 2005

 Keep an eye on developments in Spain
 One-Year Handover Delays At “El Soto De Marbella”
 Development by Aifos stopped by Coin Town Hall
 Environmental Irregularities By Aifos In Valle Del Rosario
 Works At Jardín Tropical Have Still Not Recommenced
 The Judge Ruling In The “Ballena Blanca” Case Extends The Sub Judice Rule
 Grupo Suite Denounced for Serious Town Planning Irregularities
 Tourists buy homes after ten visits
 The foreign population rises by 20,000 a month
 The regional High Court annuls Marbella building licences and stops work on over 700 homes
 Foreigners now living in a hundred municipalities in the province
 New high speed train to Malaga on schedule
 Stepping up low-cost flights is the key to the German market
 Land grab laws in Valencia under review
 Hoteliers and speculators search for the last free spaces on the Costa de la Luz

June 2005

 Marbella online guide
 End of an affair: How British package tourists are staying away from Spain
 Bank of Spain estimates that house prices are overvalued
 Airport surveys reveals that British tourist share continues to rise
 Beach rebuilding fails to restore coastline to its original condition
 Up to10,000 houses in the Axarquía illegal under terms of new planning law
 Too many real-estate agencies in the province
 Sales tactics,good and bad

May 2005

 One hundred San Pedro residents discover the Junta de Andalucía has plans for their land
 Cracking the Real Estate Code
  The Junta’s preliminary town plan for Marbella legalises 85 per cent of the illegal housing
  The price of new housing drops for the first time in recent years on the Costa del Sol
 Home prices increase 18 times more than wages
 International Schools on the Costa del Sol
  Malaga Airport Upgrade
  The marvellous magic of