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• Unsold Spanish property paradox 02/03/2010
  I recently had a discussion with a buyer who after reading from a variety of sources, which I am happy to say included my blog, thought that property prices along the Costa del Sol would be vastly lower than the reality due to the 1 million unsold newly built properties. Unfortunately all this talk of [...]
• Fighting Developers on the Costa del Sol 02/02/2010
  I just found this article on the Olive Press (link at bottom of article), that just shows that developers can be fought and the courts do not automatically side with them, a common misconception. If your case is strong enough you can win. Anyway without further ado here is the article. DEVELOPERS behind Ronda’s controversial Los [...]
• Upward and onwards Marbella 02/01/2010
  For good news, the new PGOU Urban Plan for Marbella was approved on Friday the 29th of January 2010 by COTUA, the Andalucía Territorial Planning Commission. A vast majority of the properties that had previously been left out of the local town plan have not been fully legalised and many owners after years of stress [...]
• The last TINSA report of 2009 01/22/2010
  Reviewing the latest TINSA report for December, it appears that valuations along the Mediterranean coast have dropped slightly from Novembers figure of 2056 euros per square metre to 2052 euros per square metre in December. So according to TINSA month on month valuations along the coast are down 0.19%. A negligible decrease. From the height of the [...]
• MEP presses Zapatero on demolition of coastal houses in Spain 01/21/2010
  UKIP MEP Marta Andreasen today held Spanish President Jose Luis Zapatero to account over the scandal of British citizens who found their Spanish holiday homes demolished because of alleged breaches of planning law. Mr Zapatero, who was assuming the Presidency of the European Union, looked shocked as Ms Andreasen named four constituents who faced financial ru […]
• Ryanair creates a new base on the Costa del Sol 12/21/2009
  Flipping through the local newspapers that other day I came upon a small article that just shows that even in a downturn, some businesses are still expanding and benefiting the local economy. In this case it is Ryanairs new base at the Malaga airport. The reason for my interest in this article, is the fact that [...]
• Arriba Estates on Facebook 12/16/2009
  In an effort to make our articles more accessible to the public Arriba Estates has set up a facebook page where the latest articles will be Publisher as well as any property of interest. If you are already on facebook, all you have to do is go to Arriba Facebook and become a ‘fan’. Regards Andrew Belles [...]
• Andalucia property market 12/16/2009
  After recently posting an article on the level of property transfers in October I thought I would do a bit a research to get a clearer idea of how Andalucía and hopefully the Costa del Sol has faired as general national information is only useful up to an extent. First a bit of background information, total [...]