During her stay she played the golf course and visited the luxury villas at the resort. Just a few days ago Las Colinas Golf & Country Club had the honour of welcoming the well-known British stage and screen star, Denise van Outen. Denise played golf on the course at Las Colinas, Spain’s best golf course (*), and stayed at one of Las Colinas Residences’ premium villas. She thoroughly enjoyed...
Busot is a small but charming village set 5km inland from the coastal town of El Campello with it’s fine, sandy beaches. It is an area which will feauture more and more on www.iberianproperties.eu in the coming months with Iberian Properties director and founder Timothy French who owns a house there and spends a lot of time in this area. Busot is only 10km away from the major city of Alicante which is...
Confidence has well and truly returned to the Spanish mortgage market with lenders relaxing their underwriting procedures slightly and lending higher LTVs. It is also not only possible to get low variable rates like Euribor + 0.9% but also low long term fixed rates like 2.75% fixed for 20 years!! In general maximum LTV is 70% although banks are prepared to lend more if it is one of their own repossessed...
Las Colinas Golf & Country Club has been named as Spain’s Leading Villa Resort at the World Travel Awards. Voted for by the public and announced at a glittering ceremony in Sardinia, the awards support, promote and develop the global travel and tourism industry by identifying and rewarding excellence. The ‘Leading Villa Resort’ category rewards those resorts that not only offer world-class...
It has been a busy few months for Iberian Properties. We have welcomed three new important members of Iberian Properties onboard. Seedy Keita based in Saudi Arabia has accepted the role of Consultant - Middle East and Sofia Carrera has joined our team in Spain and brings with her a wealth of experience and professionalism. We have also been very busy with inspection trips up and down the coast helping...
(The Telegraph) Banco Popular is offering zero-deposit mortgages on Spanish holiday homes in a desperate bid to shift unwanted properties. The mortgage tracks European interbank rate “Euribor” plus 0.9pc for the first year, rising to 2.39pc plus Euribor afterwards. By comparison, most Spanish mortgages tend to require a minimum 30pc deposit and interest rates start from… By Kate Palmer –...
(The Telegraph) New freedoms mean you can move your pension abroad. We show you where you'll pay the least tax....... Britain has double tax treaties with most countries around the world that prevent you from having to pay tax in both of the jurisdictions. These treating stipulate that your personal pension, which includes employer schemes and personal accounts such as Sipps (self-invested personal...
(Bloomberg) The pound advanced to the strongest level in almost seven years against the euro after the European Central Bank announced a plan to buy its region’s sovereign bonds, causing the common currency to decline. Sterling weakened for a third day versus the dollar even as data showed U.K. retail sales unexpectedly rosed in December. Britain’s currency has fallen 1.1 percent this month among 10...
The British pound (GBP) hit a 6 year best against the euro on global exchange rate markets at the start of the new year. The gains confirm the notion that the pound to euro exchange rate could well breach the 1.30 level in 2015. However, the strong start to the new year was ultimately hampered with the first major economic release of the year which came in below expectations. The pound to euro...
(www.thegaurdian.com) - Property prices up by 0.8% in second quarter of year compared with same period in 2013, according to official figures. House prices in Spain have shown an annual rise for the first time in six years, in the latest sign of the country's economic recovery. Prices were up 0.8% in the second quarter of the year compared with the same period in 2013, according to the country's...
