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Málaga Airport Sees Passenger Numbers Rise

Almost a million passengers in February

Málaga Airport handled 5.4% more passengers in February and 4.2% more flights than in the same month last year. Almost a million passengers (963,939) passed through on 7,671 flights, according to airport network AENA. The bulk of the passengers moved on commercial flights. Of these, 785,467 travelled on international flights, representing growth of 2.8%, when Continue Reading

Record Number of Foreign Buyers in 2017

2017 saw many records broken in Spain in relation to tourism and the real estate market. Now, figures from the Association of Registrars shows the number of properties sold to foreign buyers also broke records. During 2017, foreign buyers bought more than 61,000 homes in Spain, mostly in the coastal provinces and the islands. According Continue Reading

Used Property Prices Still Increasing

Prices increased 1.1% in Malaga, in January

It’s February already! How did that happen? All pointers at the end of last year suggested we would see a good 2018 and it has certainly started well. Used property prices in Spain registered a monthly increase of 0.7%, to stand at 1,597 euros p/m². When compared to January last year (1,508 euros p/m²), the Continue Reading

“Capitals and large cities” Top House Price Increases

The Mediterranean Coast was hit hardest by the crisis

The Tinsa IMIE General Index and Large Markets, which is calculated from the appraisals of finished housing (new and used), collects each month the interannual variation of the value of a m² of property and its level with respect to 2001 (base 1,000) in five representative areas that make up the housing market: “Capitals and Continue Reading

2017 Was “Spectacular” For Costa del Sol Tourism

12.5 million tourists hit the Costa del Sol

The Costa del Sol had a “spectacular tourist year” in 2017, according to the President of Costa del Sol Tourism, Elías Bendodo. In a press conference on Thursday morning, Bendodo expressed his delight at figures showing 9.5% growth in tourist revenues for the holiday-hotspot. Bendodo said “the record figures follow the general trend of Spain, Continue Reading