Spain Real Estate News
Located in the town of Sant Cugat near Barcelona, the house was designed by H Arquitectes for a couple with a large art collection, who wanted plenty of wall space and a strong connection between indoors and outdoors.
Gaps between the three brick boxes of the house can be transformed from enclosed rooms into covered patios by folding back glass doors at both ends.
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Residential property prices in Spain rose 1.15% in the third quarter of 2014 compared to the same period last year, according to the latest index published by the Property Registrars.
That is the first time this index has edged clearly into positive territory since the Spanish housing bubble burst.
On a quarterly basis prices were basically stable, with a decline of just 0.08% between June and September and the peak to present fall in house prices is 32.4% according the Registrars’ figures.
It says that these figures paint a picture of stable house prices. The registered number of homes sold also shows a favourable evolution with transactions up 1.4% to 79,561 sales in the third quarter compared to the second. The market bottomed out with 72,560 sales in the fourth quarter of 2013.
The improvement was driven by resale properties with 52,127 sales, practically double those of new builds at 27,434. Resale transactions were up 4,268 on the second quarter, meaning a quarterly rise of 8.92%, against a fall of 10.36% in new builds.
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Torrevieja (Alicante) 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom, Lot area 400m2, useful area 120m2, Swimming-pool, South facing
Luxury villa in Torrevieja (Alicante), more specifically in the area of Los Balcones. There are all kinds of amenities: supermarkets, areas of leisure, sports areas, bars, restaurants, etc. And there's also a new hospital nearby.
The house has a plot of 400 sqm. Where there is a driveway and a private heated pool and jacuzzi. It was built in 2012 with excellent qualities: with shutters PVC, ceramic floor, fully furnished and equipped, with blast door, air conditioning, fitted wardrobes and double glazing.
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From the architects (Francisco López and Gudula Rudolf). The library, located opposite the Town Hall, was designed as a compact, concrete block, seven metres high, resting on its rear wall; it overlooks the front garden and the Town Hall building.
The interior comprises a single space subdivided into two rooms placed one above the other. Though similar in layout, they offer a marked contrast in volume: while the ground- floor space is of double height, thus conveying the impression of a large entrance hall, the upper floor has a more private feeling, its height being compressed to force a horizontal view of the garden.
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Home sales in Spain increased again on an annual basis in September after dipping in August, according to the latest figures from the National Institute of Statistics.
Sales went up 13% in September and excluding social housing, there were 24,096 sales registered, the highest level in four years and 14% up on a monthly basis.
In the 12 months to the end of September there were 216,682 sales inscribed in the register, almost identical to the same period last year.
This year is clearly an improvement on last year, excluding the first two months of the year when figures were artificially distorted by tax changes.
The data also shows that the difference between resales and newly built properties continues to widen, though sales of both types increased in September, with resales up 17% and new builds up 10.5%.
A breakdown of the figures on a regional basis show that the province of Malaga, which includes the Costa del Sol, along with the Balearic islands have seen sales rise close to 15% this year.
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4 bedroom, 2 bathroom, Built area 220m2, Area useful 180m2, Swimming-pool, 500m away from the Beach, In Urban Area
Spectacular duplex of 180 square metres, located on Costa del Maresme, just 300 metres away from Malgrat beach (Barcelona province), offers magnificent views to the sea and mountains from its large terrace, plus communal swimming pool, and a parking place.
The rooms of this wooden house in a forest near Madrid by local architects FRPO branch off in different directions to slot into gaps between the trees.
Residential tourism on the Costa del Sol is recovering from the crisis which hit after the real estate bubble burst in 2008. The increase in sales of properties to foreign buyers is now a fact. Figures for the first six months of this year show that the number of transactions carried out by non residents has exceeded those in 2007, the year before the property market went 
into depression. The president of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, Elías Bendodo, and José Prado of the Association of Constructors and Developers of Malaga, report that between January and June 4,739 properties in the province were bought by foreigners. This is considerably higher than the 3,506 in the first half of 2007 and is even 45 per cent higher than in the same period of last year.
One result of the positive news is that the Tourist Board and Constructors’ Association are continuing with their ‘Living Costa del Sol’ project which aims to reduce the stock of unsold housing in the area, as it is believed to have contributed to the positive figures.
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Historic Old Town In Salobreña (Granada), 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom, Seaside Resort, Second Hand, In Urban Area
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This tiny 388 sq ft apartment located in Barcelona, Spain was recently completed by Colombo and Serboli Architecture (CaSA).
Description by the architect: The renovation of this 36 square meters apartment came with a defined brief. The client came to us with very clear ideas for his small property. The apartment, located in the city centre of the coast town of Sitges (a few steps from the beach) is completely introverted, facing only an interior courtyard. The lack of views is compensated by silence and light.
