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Total spending by international tourists visiting Spain in April reached 6.7 billion Euros, an increase of 19.7% when compared to the same month of 2016. It is worth noting that Semana Santa (Easter) fell in April of this year whereas in 2016 it was in March. The average expenditure per tourist was 955 euros, an Continue Reading
More good news for Marbella this month with the announcement that the Magna Hotels and Resorts Group plan to invest 70 million euros into the region to reopen the Hotel Don Miguel. The hotel was an emblem of tourism during the seventies and eighties which sadly closed its doors in 2004. The hotel is scheduled Continue Reading
The total number of property transfers registered in March 2017 was just short of 170,000. This represents a 17.7% increase when compared to March 2016. When comparing to the previous month (Feb 2017), the increase is 13.4%. The purchase and sale of residential properties increased by 26.9% when compared to March last year. The monthly Continue Reading
Positivity in the real-estate market continued over the last 12 months. The average price of finished housing (new and used) in Spain has improved in the year to April 2017 showing a year-on-year increase in prices of 2%, according to the Tinsa IMIE. The category “Capitals and big cities”, with an increase of 6.1%, shows Continue Reading
Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport closed the first quarter of 2017 with an increase in both passenger numbers and flight operations. When compared to the same period in 2016 there was an increase of 13.7% in passenger numbers, while the airport handled 12.9% more flights. Between January and March 2017, the airport handled 2,982,158 travellers and Continue Reading
According to figures released by pisos.com, resale property prices in Spain in April 2017 stood at 1,526 euros per square metre. This represents a fall of -0.41%, when compared to the previous month. When compared to April in the previous year, the fall is -1.67%. However, Miguel Angel Alemany, general director of pisos.com, says “the Continue Reading
February saw a total of 38,176 property sales/purchases, representing a year-on-year increase of 9.9%. By type of housing, the sale of flats showed an annual increase of 12.9%. The increase was lead mainly by the increase in sales of resale properties (+14.5%). In contrast, the number of new properties sold decreased by 1.7%, year-on-year. Single Continue Reading
Somehow, we are already into the second quarter of 2017 and resale property prices in Spain marked the end of Q1 with a decline of 2.2%. This leaves the average price of a square metre of property at 1,513 Euros. The annual variation is -2.5%, according to the latest data from idealista. Fernando Encinar, head Continue Reading
Marbella’s new luxury hotel has taken a step closer. The mayor, José Bernal, and Minister for Tourism, Javier Porcuna, attended the signing of the agreement between Platinum Estates and the hotel group Marriott International Inc. for the development of W Hotels Marbella. Platinum Estates already own several successful hotels around the world which are managed Continue Reading
The average price of urban land increased by 13% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2016, to close the year at an average of 171.7 euros per square metre. The highest average price was recorded in Madrid where a square metre of urban land will set you back 470.1 euros/m². Barcelona and the Balearic Islands Continue Reading
