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Good news to illegal property owners in Andalucía

SpainHouses.netSeptember 22, 2014March 31, 2020Leave a comment

The president of the Junta de Andalucía, Susana Díaz, stated in Wednesday’s state of the region debate that her government plans to apply changes to Andalucía’s planning laws, or LOUA, which could regularise up to 3,000 illegal properties in Malaga.

The proposed modification refers to Article 185 of the LOUA which states that subdivided plots of land are subject to urban planning and the necessary regulations. Changes to the existing article would allow buildings on these plots to be included in Decree 2/2012 - not previously permitted - which regularises illegal properties under something called ‘asimilado a fuera de ordenacíon’. This measure, while not permitting full legalisation and the granting of primary occupation licences, does permit property owners to access basic services such as electricity and water.

However the reform will only affect small subdivided plots of land - into two parcels or more - and not those on which whole residential estates have been built. Nor does it affect those plots built on protected land or flood plains.

In spite of this the measure could benefit, in terms of Malaga province, around 3,000 homes or six per cent of the total number (estimated at around 50,000) of illegal properties. The figure rises to 20,000 to 25,000 in the whole of Andalucía.
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Andalucía’s Anti-eviction Law Suspended by Court 1

SpainHouses.netJanuary 27, 2014January 27, 20141 Comment

Spain’s Constitutional Court has suspended - provisionally - the law passed by the Junta de Andalucía in October to prevent families with limited financial resources being evicted from their homes.

The law, described as a measure to ensure the social function of a property, allowed the authority to temporarily expropriate the use of a property repossessed by a bank so that its original owners could still live in it.

The Constitutional Court has admitted the central government appeal against the law designed by the Junta de Andalucía to ease home evictions by temporarily expropriating the use of houses seized by banks and allowing their owners to continue living in them.

The Andalusian law was passed on October 1st and revoked a previous decree on the same matter which had been passed in April and was also the subject of an appeal on grounds of it being unconstitutional.
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Architecture in Spain: The Cathedral-Mosque of Cordoba

SpainHouses.netJuly 10, 2013July 9, 2013Leave a comment

The Mezquita dates back to the 10th century when Córdoba reached its zenith under a new emir, Abd ar-Rahman 111 who was one of the great rulers of Islamic history. At this time Córdoba was the largest, most prosperous cities of Europe, outshining Byzantium and Baghdad in science, culture and the arts. The development of the Great Mosque paralleled these new heights of splendour.

Today the Mezquita as it is known can be visited throughout the year. The approach is via the Patio de los Naranjos, a classic Islamic ablutions courtyard which preserves both its orange trees and fountains. When the mosque was used for Moslem prayer, all nineteen naves were open to this courtyard allowing the rows of interior columns to appear like an extension of the tree with brilliant shafts of sunlight filtering through.

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New Andalucia Rules Attract Scandinavians

SpainHouses.netMarch 8, 2012Leave a comment

New Andalucian Property Legislation aims to legalize almost 300.000 buildings

Almost 300.000 illegal buildings in Andalucia are about to be regularized as the New Andalucian Property Legislation comes into effect this month.

The decree, which affects all of Andalucia, aims to legalise many of the buildings constructed on rural land. Nevertheless this still leaves a large number of properties that for one reason or another will not qualify for the legalisation process.

This has attracted the attention of potential clients from Scandinavian countries looking to buy property in the Axarquia area, especially around La Viñuela reservoir, according to a report in local Spanish daily La Opinión de Malaga.

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Andalucia to Change Property Legislation 2

SpainHouses.netNovember 17, 2011November 17, 20112 Comments

Home owners question advantages of new legalisation in Estepona, Andalucia

We're going local. Estepona, a Costa del Sol city in which many non-native Spanish live, faces a dramatic change in legislation that will alter property contracts in this location. As it is published in Sur (local newspaper):

"The decree, which affects all of Andalucía, aims to legalise many of the buildings constructed on rural land. Nevertheless this still leaves a large number of properties that for one reason or another will not qualify for the legalisation process.

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Doors Open on the Spanish Property Sales 1

SpainHouses.netSeptember 14, 2011October 7, 20191 Comment

If ever there was a time to snap up a bargain Spanish property is now

Never before has the chance been so affordable to own your own Spanish property, to live, retire, work or generate revenue by cashing in on the still increasing tourism market.

According to the real estate valuation firm Tasaciones Inmobiliarias (Tinsa), in Andalucia, the average price of housing fell by 6.8 per cent in August over the same month of 2010, which marks an incredible accumulated drop of 23.5 per cent since its peak in late 2007.

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Like it Pure and Simple

SpainHouses.netSeptember 2, 2011February 20, 2017Leave a comment

A rural resort in Andalucia, Spain

Andalucía: land of the whitest white and the purest simplicity. Here's a rural resort in Vejer de la Frontera.

“I’m very proud of it. It’s our house, but it’s quite special because it’s one of the few houses in the town which has retained the really traditional style.” - Christina.

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