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Despite being located in Granada, Spain, the hotel has remarkably British characteristics.

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On the golden mile that extends along the coastline between Estepona and Marbella there is still room for a 24 carat urban diamond. A place in which the terms ‘luxury’ and ‘exclusive’ do not go far enough, because of the great fortunes that are needed to reside there. In the 900 hectares of La Zagaleta residential development, in the municipality of Benahavís, not just any fortune is acceptable.

Villa in Benahavis2 300x211 - Total luxury: La Zagaleta, in Benahavís, MálagaThe 230 property owners have the right to veto prospective neighbours who might put at risk the anonymity of this happy Arcadia, which sits in the foothills of the Serranía de Ronda and has views of Gibraltar.

Even the simplest home costs ten million euros here and the most expensive costs three times as much. When somebody presents their credentials as a purchaser, the other owners do not ask how many times he or she has featured on the front pages of newspapers - they ask for a guarantee that they are worth ten times the price of the house they are going to buy.

With a philosophy like that, this residential development has become a place of refuge for the truly powerful who hold the reins of a substantial part of the world economy and who appreciate the worth of real privacy. People such as Oswald J. Grübel, for instance, who has exchanged handling the fortunes of UBS and Credit Suisse, Switzerland’s biggest financial institutions, for a much quieter golden retirement as CEO at La Zagaleta.
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3 bedrooms, Area Lot from 408m2, Built area from 180m2, Swimming-pool, 2nd Row from the Sea, Gardens, Storeroom, In Urban Area, Adapted for disabled, Cambrils

178 - Beautiful Brand New Villa for Sale in Cambrils, Tarragona
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Taking up nearly 4,000 square feet, this villa in Mallorca (Spain) offers plenty of room to get comfortable. On the open-concept lower level, there is a relaxed living area that easily accommodates an oversized couch. If the weather is nice you can open the sliding glass door to let in the sea breeze from the adjoining covered terrace. From the living area, the space naturally flows into a sleek kitchen, which offers all stainless appliances, a under-cabinet wine fridge, and a sizable island for extra preparation space. Serve your gourmet meals in the elongated dining area that purposely positioned along a row of windows overlooking the ocean. The space accommodates a table for six and undoubtedly provides the perfect spot to watch the sunset.

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From Human Rights Watch. The Spanish government has failed to take adequate measures to avoid and alleviate the impact of the housing and debt crisis amid economic down-turn Flat for sale in Santander 300x225 - Right to Adequate Housing in Spainin Spain. Since the economic crisis began in 2007, banks have foreclosed on over 500,000 properties under a procedure that leaves individuals and families saddled with significant debt and no realistic pathway towards discharging their debt. Immigrants, women heads of household, women victims of economic abuse, and children are among the vulnerable groups affected by the crisis.

Spain’s social crisis around evictions and debt arise in a context of decades of government policies aggressively promoting home ownership and borrowing and inadequate efforts to ensure an appropriate and affordable stock of rental housing and sufficient investment in public housing. Irresponsible lending, unfair terms in mortgage contracts (such as exorbitant default interest rates), unscrupulous behavior by intermediaries such as real estate agencies, and the lack of oversight during the boom economic years contributed to the current situation.
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