Makes interesting reading:
National Statistics Online
Archive for the 'News' Category
‘House price growth has remained strong in Spain and investors continue to flock to the country with the intention of making considerable returns, both through rental income and capital gains.’
‘ A simple guide to get the most out of buying a property in Spain’ from the useful website IdealSpain.com.
A useful directory of Estate Agents in Spain from ThinkSpain.com.
‘The first marine and terrestrial park in Catalonia. The Cap de Creus peninsula is the last spur of the Pyrenees and the easternmost point of the Iberian Peninsula.’
‘New crime figures for Spain show the country to be one of the safest in Europe with 49.3 crimes per 1,000 inhabitants.
Secretary of State for Security, Antonio Camacho, said the number includes data from the National Police, Civil Guard, and regional police forces in the Basque Country and Cataluna, and results in a crime rate 20 points lower than the EU average.’
(If they took the bag thieves in Barcelona out of the equation it would be even lower, I’m sure).
Tags: spain crime security
Here is a directory of webcams in Spain, just in case you want to check the weather before you go, or want to have a look at a place before moving there- a very useful resource.
Found here, this is a great resource for those people wanting to know the real ‘cool’ phrases in Castellano, not the dull stuff your teacher tells you (only joking, my teacher actually taught me lots of naughty words…)
This might be useful for visitors to Barcelona- just put in the street name and it will give you a clue from where it derives. For example,. a friend of mine lives on the Rambla del Raval, of which it says:
‘Raval, Rambla del: An urban area created on the basis of the Pla Central del Raval de Ciutat Vella. It includes the streets of Sant Jeroni and La Cadena, which are integrated into the new area.’
Some more information and examples here.
Expatica Spain has just come up with this useful guide to tax in Spain:
‘When buying or selling a house in Spain it is important to estimate the taxes you will have to pay, not only when you actually purchase your property, but also local taxes and housing rates which are payable on a yearly basis by all home owners in Spain.’
‘In March I travelled the entire Spanish Mediterranean coast, from Begur in the north near the border with France, to Sotogrande in the south, overlooking Gibraltar at the very western tip of the Costa del Sol.
As usual it was research into the Spanish property market that powered my engines. I went to see the most expensive villa in Spain in Sotogrande, and then some of the cheapest villas in Spain in Almeria (price of cheap villas in Almeria just 1 percent of the price of an expensive villa in Sotogrande).
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| A tad pricey: This property in Sotogrande will set you back EUR 1 million |
It struck me how fabulous the Spanish coasts look at this time of the year.’
Tags: spain, property, mediterranean, costa
