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Published on 1 Comment on The Russians are coming! Russian Meeting Point in Marbella

The place and time to be in real estate: Russian Meeting Point Marbella, 14 -16 March 2012

padierna - The Russians are coming! Russian Meeting Point in MarbellaA month from now, the Russian Meeting Point will take place in Marbella. It is claimed to be "the" saving board for our Spanish Real Estate Market.

The “Russian Meeting Point” is organized by Barcelona Meeting Point in cooperation with the President of the Andalusian Federation of Urban Developers and Residential Tourism and the owner of the Hotel Villa Padierna Palace, Ricardo Arranz.

The event will thereby take place at Villa Padierna Hotel on the 14th – 16th March, as mentioned. It aims at getting together hundreds of Russian investors and real estate agents with the entrepreneurs of the “Golden Triangle”, for the purpose of releasing the stock of properties available in the areas of Marbella, Estepona and Benahavís.

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Published on 1 Comment on Spanish Real Estate Agents Demand Tax Incentives for Foreign Investors

They demand banks not to lower house pricing, instead, lower fiscal pression on foreign house buyers

rajoy - Spanish Real Estate Agents Demand Tax Incentives for Foreign InvestorsPresident of Spanish Real Estate Agents and Constructors Association (APCE), José Manuel Galindo, demands not to lower construction assets to "excessively low levels" due to consequences on Real Estate. Instead, he asks of banks to act according to interest rate or installment plans.

Looking abroad would only benefit Spain according to Mr. Galindo. For that reason, he propose "tax incentives not only to resisdents but also foreigners".

Turns out there are more factors than house pricing to persuade house hunters. Last Tuesday we read on El Mundo newspaper how mortgages would go down even more during 2012.

"No matter how much we lower prices when there's no financing available to buyers".- added Mr. Galindo.

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Published on 1 Comment on Open your windows to inspiration

Decorate your windows with style. Most windows fall into one of these categories: portrait (taller than wide), landscape (wider than high) or square. 

windows 240x300 - Open your windows to inspirationLight is the essence of every house. No matter how well you decorated your house if, when it comes to light, yours is a gloomy home.

When it comes to interior design ideas remember that in any home, a style that suits the people living there and their way of life is essential. Think first of your own style in order to decorate your home. Are you modern? Fancy dreamy colors as blue? Or vivid and powerful colors such as orange?

Take a look at space, Is it a small apartment? In any case, large windows will make the best out of your rooms. It will enhance your decoration and fill your living-room, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom with taste.

Most windows fall into one of these categories: portrait (taller than wide), landscape (wider than high) or square. There can, of course, be multiples of these and in some cases, two or more portrait windows that are side by side in a wall may become a landscape shape. Portrait windows are the most common shape and the most versatile in terms of how they can be dressed. They are often set high in the wall and can extend to the floor as with French windows. Portrait windows can take a pair of curtains in any style, most forms of blind or a single curtain, perhaps extended to the floor to accentuate the shape and held with a tieback on one side.

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Published on Leave a comment on Tune your floor

We introduce you to FLOR tiles. Amazing flooring design for your home.

Choosing flooring for your home is no easy task. you need to take into account many variables such as what room it will be used in, the size of the space, the climate in the room, who will use the room and what it will be used for, how long the flooring needs to last, what kind of wear and tear it will need to withstand and how much it will cost, to name but a few.

Nontheless, we'll introduce you here today to a new kind of flooring. FLOR tiles. No nails, padding or glue is required.  They're easy to replace should they get damaged and easy to take up and clean if necessary. Such a pity it's only available in the US and Canada!

Soft Touch Quartz FA11 - Tune your floor

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Published on Leave a comment on It’s time to decorate Christmas

 

It's Christmas time. It's about indeed about time to gather around the Christmas tree, taste some cava if you happen to live in Spain (the Spanish champaing) and decorate your home in a lovely warm colors. We have been searching for the perfect Christmas decoration in our tumblr community. We hope to give you some good ideas with these images.

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Published on Leave a comment on Housing Investment. It’s turn for India and Brazil

The BRIC's spectacular performance makes India and Brazil a perfect chance

BRICs - Housing Investment. It's turn for India and BrazilGlobal housing markets around the world are proof of the new economic forces such as India and Brazil.

India and Brazil’s housing markets have continued their spectacular outperformance, with Delhi house prices up 22.68 percent during the year to Q3 2011, according to National Housing Bank (NHB) figures. There were strong house price increases in almost all India’s major cities, reflecting the country’s current high rate of consumer price inflation, despite a drop in demand resulting from the repo rate hike in October (currently at 8.50 percent), the 13th since March 2010, making home loans costlier.

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Published on Leave a comment on The cloud of Knowledge MVDRV project: 9/11 Arquitecture

The cloud of Knowledge reminds to the nightmare of 9/11

soul - The cloud of Knowledge MVDRV project: 9/11 Arquitecture

MVDRV Arquitecture Studios have recently created a polemic building. The cloud of Knowledge. Two high-rises connected by a “pixelated cloud” structure that, tragically, calls to mind the kinds of images you don’t really want to call to mind when looking at a new set of twin towers: the 9/11.

Published on Leave a comment on Top 5 Housing Blogs

The Guardian publishes the top 5 blogs on Housing

guardian - Top 5 Housing Blogs

The Guardian, in its section of Housing Network, published an article which informed of the best media maelstrom over the housing strategy.

Here is The Guardian top 5:

1. 'Welfare reform – there is a choice', David Orr for the National Housing Federation blog.

2. 'From festival trash to housing stash', The Social Issue.

3. 'You can't defeat stereotypes by repeating stereotypes', Red Brick Blog.

4. 'The strange death of social housing', Patrick Butler's Cuts Blog.

5. 'You know you're an innovator when...', Social Housing Comms.

Published on Leave a comment on Ideas to Decorate your Home Terrace

Good ideas to decorate your home terrace 

We are planning to serve as a decoration guide to your home. We've covered staircases, bathrooms, bedrooms, kitchens and much more in our News Channel. Today, we bring you some good ideas for your home terrace.

Hope you enjoy them!

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Published on Leave a comment on Interest Rate Swap will make Things Harder for Homebuyers in Spain

 The IRS tax will substitute Euribor next April 2012 in Spain

irs - Interest Rate Swap will make Things Harder for Homebuyers in SpainAs it appears today in The Washington Post, central banks expand system of ‘swapping’ money to ease credit crunch. The Interest Rate Swap (IRS) tax will substitute Euribor next April 2012 in Spain.

The Washington Post explains it this way: "The swap lines are a global form of the central bankers’ “lender of last resort” role, backing the world banking system.

The way it works is the Fed lends dollars to, say, the ECB, in exchange for euros of comparable value. The ECB pays interest, and lends out the dollars to banks in the euro currency area that have obligations in dollars but are temporarily unable to borrow dollars to meet them.

The swap lines themselves are not new — they were first introduced in December 2007 in response to deepening difficulties of banks funding themselves. They were used in vast amounts during the financial crisis in the fall of 2008 and were reintroduced in May 2010 when Europe’s financial troubles worsened".

Substituting Euribor with the Interest Rate Swap tax, though, will make Spanish banks interest grow up to one point. Consequently, homebuyers will end up paying higher interests in their mortgages.

Not so sure this will make things easier for mere citizens.