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 1991November 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 marketOctober 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 monthsSeptember 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 propertiesAugust 2006
Spanish resorts building up to a Costa del DisneyJuly 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 SpainMay 2006
Going up, down and sideways: Top 30 cities to watch Spanish Property News RoundupApril 2006
Police operation strikes corruption at the heart of Marbella Town Hall Spanish Property News Roundup March to AprilMarch 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 MarchFebruary 2006
Fall in property sales in the province of Malaga leads to rise in rentals Spanish Property News Roundup January to FebruaryJanuary 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 JanuaryDecember 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 OctoberNovember 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 installedOctober 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 SolAugust 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 drowningJuly 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 LuzJune 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 badMay 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