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Guarantees and rental deposits are two issues that are sometimes confusing and generate many questions among tenants. Knowing what they are, their differences, and how to manage them is essential to avoid disagreements when the rental agreement ends.
...continue reading "Guarantee and Rental Deposit: What Can and Can’t Get Deducted"
In difficult times, the real estate market gets usually considered a safe-haven asset because it represents a less volatile investment than others. However, more and more people are considering buying a home to rent as an alternative to traditional forms of investing, seeking an attractive return both in the short and long term.
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The Spanish real estate market is experiencing a new boom, this time in the rental sector. The average rent for new leases has risen ...continue reading "A new real estate boom: the rental market"
The initiative draws from the tenant unions already in existence in other European countries. In Barcelona, ...continue reading "Faced with soaring rents, Barcelona tenants unite to create a “union”"
Property pundits have been concerned that sales of newly built Spanish homes appear to be low, contradicting the notion that a solid recovery is in full swing. In fact all the evidence shows the new 
developments from Madrid to Alicante, and from Marbella to Mallorca are selling very well.
So why isn’t this translating into official figures? The reason is that home sales won’t be entered into the property register until they are fully built and have habitation certificates, meaning we can take these seemingly low sales figures with a pinch of salt.
On to the wider sales market, which includes second-hand homes, and the latest figures from the National Institute of Statistics show strong growth across key regions including the Costa Blanca, Costa del Sol, Murcia, Balearic Islands, and the cosmopolitan centres of Madrid and Barcelona.
...continue reading "Sun Shining on Spanish Property Sales"
This summer the cost of holiday rentals in Marbella has remained the same as last year, in the luxury sector as well as for standard properties. The town has not been affected by the fierce price war which has affected other tourist areas of the province, where the cost of holiday rentals has dropped by up to 20 per cent compared with the summer of 2012.
Estate agents in the Marbella area confirm that prices have remained at the same level, although they point out that the demand differs according to the target market. The most fortunate property owners are those who attract clients from Eastern Europe. Travellers who come from Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and other countries from the former Soviet Union are the most popular this year because they rent the most attractive properties. In fact, they are able to pay an average of between 3,000 and 5,000 euros per week for a villa.
Spanish clients, on the other hand, are very cautious about the price they pay for a holiday rental. The average price a Spanish family is willing to pay, normally for a fortnight, is about 2,000 euros. This is a similar figure to that of last year.
...continue reading "Marbella’s summer rental prices remain unchanged"