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Six Marbella hotels and 600 local businesses have no opening licence

Rosario Flores | Sur in English

The interim committee has already suggested issuing provisional licences. Action will be taken against businesses operating in premises unauthorised for such activity

September 5, 2006 | Read more... | Category: Local Economy

Distressed sales on the Costas

Mark Stucklin / News provided by Spanish Property Insight

It's a buyers' market on the Costas - with a glut of off-plan investors desperate to sell before having to complete. Prices are plummeting, so is it time to go bargain-hunting?

January 25, 2006 | Read more... | Category: Building and construction news

Costa del Sol tourism figures up in August for first time in three years

The industry is optimistic that September will also be a good month
Pilar Martínez/Sur in English
Tourism figures for the Costa del Sol for the recent peak summer months indicate an end to the downward trend set over the previous two summers. The industry and the authorities are confident that the positive figures will continue at least until the end of the month of September.. Read News...

September 9, 2005 | Read more... | Category:

The global housing boom

In come the waves
The Economist
NEVER before have real house prices risen so fast, for so long, in so many countries. Property markets have been frothing from America, Britain and Australia to France, Spain and China. Rising property prices helped to prop up the world economy after the stockmarket bubble burst in 2000. What if the housing boom now turns to bust?
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September 9, 2005 | Read more... | Category: Real Estate and Investment

The price of new housing drops for the first time in recent years on the Costa del Sol

Cristina González / Costa del Sol News
A new report reveals declining sales figures on the western coastline
The building market on the Costa del Sol is slowing down, after many years of galloping growth and a landscape of high cranes right across the area.

September 8, 2005 | Read more... | Category: Real Estate and Investment

End of an affair: How British package tourists are staying away from Spain

Cheaper rivals and holiday homes push costas into decline

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June 18, 2005 | Read more... | Category: Travel & Tourism

Town Hall claims that ambitious plan will transform San Roque

Some 21 large-scale projects including road improvements are soon to start and another 11 are nearly finished Read Article...

May 15, 2005 | Read more... | Category: Local Economy