February 2023

OVER half a million people live along the Costa del Sol, not counting Malaga city, a number that is said to triple during the summer. It is one of Spain’s busiest tourist hotspots, receiving 1.5 million visitors each year and generating over a third of Andalucia’s tourism revenue. Marbella property is among the most sought […]

MOST buyers and sellers I speak to these days keep mentioning the possibility of a downturn ahead. How could they not?  Just look at the news and there are daily reminders about economic headwinds, including in the real estate sector.  I’m sure you know the drill: inflation and rising interest rates, a looming recession, war

By Nadia McDonald and Anthony Piovesan A mysterious ‘read’ receipt on the phone of missing X-Factor star Levi Davis has sparked fresh hopes the 24-year-old could be found alive.  A close friend of Levi’s told a private investigator hired by the family to search for him that a text sent on December 15 had been

TWO brothers walked into Valencia’s La Fe Hospital on Wednesday and shouted that they were ‘going to kill the doctors’. One of the Spaniards brandished a knife with 20-centimetre blade and he also carried a pellet gun. The men-aged 30 and 35- were arrested by the Policia Nacional and charged with making threats, possessing weapons

A US estate agency that features on international television is making an exciting move to the Balearic Islands The Agency, which has been featured on international television programs including Netflix’s Buying Beverly Hills, Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles is launching in Mallorca.  The Agency was founded by

THE Valencian parliament has approved a new regional animal welfare bill which is tougher than recently-passed national legislation. The law imposes penalties of up to €45,000 for the most serious cases of animal abuse while the breeding and sale of pets is restricted to authorised professionals. Unlike the national law, the new legislation also includes

A FINANCIAL watchdog has cut down to just one point what Gibraltar needs to do to set it free from the tax haven grey list. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) put the British overseas territory under the microscope for regulatory sanctions and final confiscations in June 2022. It set Gibraltar’s government an action plan

HE’S become one of the most trusted faces working in real estate in Zagaleta, the luxury country club credited with being Spain’s most expensive place to live. Now Adam Neale, of Terra Meridiana, has been given exclusive access to film and promote the kind of lifestyle that awaits its prospective buyers. In a series of

ABOVE all get in early on a development which has lots of advantages, from having the pick of the locations to some of the best prices available. Here are my key eight tips. Developments are usually released and built in phases. The earliest tend to offer prices well below those of the later phases and