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		<title>Reading the signs of the Costa del Sol market</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After finding the article the Spanish property bust, I thought it would be of interest to look at how the province of Malaga has done by comparison. Although there are no specific figures for the Costa del Sol, we can work on the assumption that has most of the population and infrastructure are along the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.arribaestates.com&blog=4938321&post=1295&subd=arribaestates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.arribaestates.com/2010/03/15/reading-the-signs-of-the-costa-del-sol-market/</link>
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		<title>The Spanish property bust is dead, long live the recovery</title>
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The bust is dead, the Spanish property market’s recovery has begun! That’s how some leading daily papers like El Pais are interpreting the latest figures from the National Institute of Statistics (INE) showing the market grew ever so slightly in January. Well, I wouldn’t try to claim a vigorous recovery is underway, but there’s no [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.arribaestates.com&blog=4938321&post=1288&subd=arribaestates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.arribaestates.com/2010/03/15/the-spanish-property-bust-is-dead-long-live-the-recovery/</link>
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		<title>Properties and unpaid community fees</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many potential buyers know, or are informed by their lawyers, that you need to ask for a certificate to show that there are no debts attached to the property when buying a resale, to avoid getting landed with a bill for a backlog of owed community fees when they move in. This is the common [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.arribaestates.com&blog=4938321&post=1285&subd=arribaestates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.arribaestates.com/2010/03/12/properties-and-unpaid-community-fees/</link>
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		<title>The UK&#8217;s Minister for Europe visits Malaga</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend, Chris Bryant, Britain&#8217;s Minister for Europe visited Andalucía. Speaking exclusively to SUR in English, Bryant said there were three principal reasons for his trip. &#8220;Firstly, I wanted to listen to a range of issues which are affecting British expats in Spain; secondly I came to put some pressure on the Spanish authorities to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.arribaestates.com&blog=4938321&post=1283&subd=arribaestates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.arribaestates.com/2010/03/12/the-uks-minister-for-europe-visits-malaga/</link>
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		<title>Foreign residents with irregular properties to march in Malaga</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Foreign property owners in Spain still suffering from irregular planning issues on rustic/rural land will be holding a gathering/march in Malaga on the 17th of March to protest the ongoing issues that are plaguing their properties.

It is expected for several thousand marchers to turn up, at least that is hoped by those arranging the demonstration. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.arribaestates.com&blog=4938321&post=1280&subd=arribaestates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.arribaestates.com/2010/03/11/foreign-resident-with-irregular-properties-to-march-in-malaga/</link>
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		<title>Support for British residents in Andalucia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chris Bryant (Minister of State for Europe and Consular Affairs at the Foreign &#38; Commonwealth Office) has visited Spain this weekend where he discussed a wide range of issues affecting British citizens moving to and living in Spain.

An announcement was made over the weekend, with Gaspar Zarrías, Minister of State for Territorial Affairs, and Juan [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.arribaestates.com&blog=4938321&post=1276&subd=arribaestates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.arribaestates.com/2010/03/10/support-for-british-residents-in-andalucia/</link>
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		<title>700 homes without the Licence of First Occupation are stuck in legal limbo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Political battle lines are being drawn in Mijas over the 700 properties in the Calahonda Royale development. Home owners in the urbanisation, which is located near the Mijas Costa/Marbella border, just north of the N340, have been waiting for over a decade to be granted the first occupancy licence, ‘licencia de primera ocupacíon.’

Last week a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.arribaestates.com&blog=4938321&post=1273&subd=arribaestates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.arribaestates.com/2010/03/05/700-homes-without-the-licence-of-first-occupation-are-stuck-in-legal-limbo/</link>
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		<title>Spanish housing review by RICS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The housing market downturn continued during 2009. There was some evidence that the decline might be bottoming out towards the end of the year, though the housing market and the wider economy still face substantial problems. So, it is by no means certain that the end of the housing market downturn has actually been reached.
The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.arribaestates.com&blog=4938321&post=1261&subd=arribaestates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.arribaestates.com/2010/03/04/spanishhousing-review-by-rics/</link>
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		<title>Foreign tourist arrivals in Spain up 1.1 percent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Arrivals of foreign tourists in Spain have reversed an 18 month decline with a 1.1 percent increase in January over the same period in 2009 for a total of 2.5 million visitors.

Contributing to the increase have been boosts in visitors from France, up 5.5 percent; Italy, 19.1 percent; Belgium 5.9 percent; and Switzerland, 16.5 percent, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.arribaestates.com&blog=4938321&post=1259&subd=arribaestates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.arribaestates.com/2010/02/26/foreign-tourist-arrivals-in-spain-up-1-1-percent/</link>
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		<title>Spain’s landlords add to rising state debt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More than half of Spain’s landlords are dodging taxes as the rental market expands, depriving the financially strapped government of more revenue each year.

Owners are asking for payment in cash from tenants to avoid tax on 2.5 billion euros ($3.5 billion) of earnings annually, the Gestha union of tax inspectors estimates. An increase in rental [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.arribaestates.com&blog=4938321&post=1253&subd=arribaestates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.arribaestates.com/2010/02/16/spain%e2%80%99s-landlords-add-to-rising-state-debt/</link>
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