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- November 9th, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: First Property Choice Blog
La Zagaleta Property - New Listing
We have been lucky enough to get a great villa in the La Zagaleta estate, that offers great value, considering its size and location. The house has five bedrooms and four bathrooms spread over 830m2…
- October 31st, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: First Property Choice Blog
Overseas Mortgage Lending Under The Spotlight
The Telegraph published an interesting article today regarding the RBS overseas property lending arm in Natwest (award winning lending 2007) and the alleged sharp practice by a couple of employees. T…
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Spanish Bank About to Sell Thousands of Repossessed Homes
The Spanish bank Banesto, a part of Spains largest banking organization, Santander commented on Wednesday that it would sell 1,200 homes that have been repossessed with discounts of up…
- October 18th, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: First Property Choice Blog
House Prices Head For 6% Rise at The End of The Year
Property prices look at though they will end this year at a higher level than in January, as mentioned in one of my previous posts, this is going totally against many industr…
- October 17th, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: First Property Choice Blog
Commercial Property Now Has Elevated Interest
Commercial property has not done well because of the credit crunch. Lending stalled and the ability to buy property was stopped, and with one swift move prices dropped between July 2007 and…
- October 15th, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: Calabria Property
Silvio Berlusconi Pledges That Work On The Messina Bridge Will Begin Soon
Silvio Berlusconi said that construction of the Messina bridge will begin between December this year and January 2010.He quoted, "In December-January we will begin that great and fundamental piece of…
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: First Property Choice Blog
Auction Properties Jump to Almost Record Levels Over Guide Price
Properties at auction are now fetching record breaking amounts that far exceed guide prices arrived at by valuers as bidding wars start between those lookin…
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: Calabria Property
Updated Progress Photos From Palm View Site
Hello everybody, firstly I am sorry there have been so few posts of late but I seem to be speading myself a little to thin lately. We will continue to try our best to get regular updates from the Palm…
- October 14th, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: First Property Choice Blog
Read This Before Buying a Cheap Property in Spain
There has been a large surge in people who are actively looking for a cheap property in Spain and other closely related keyphrases on the popular search engines ie.Google! Prospective buyers are savv…
- October 13th, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: First Property Choice Blog
What Lessons Have Spanish Estate Agents Learnt During The Downturn?
The old days of massive, flabby companies on the Costa Del Sol are long gone. The agencies who happily rented upmarket office space in high-end locations, sometimes several offices are now gone, the…
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First Time Buyers Help New Mortgage Figures
The return of homebuyers has continued to hold up mortgage lending figures in August, even though there is a fall in the total number of borrowers remortgaging their hom…
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Winkworths Looks For AIM Flotation
Winkworth, the estate agency, is looking to raise £1 million via a flotation on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) further bolstering the current confidence in the property…
- October 9th, 2009
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markgoodwin is celebrating his birthday today!
- October 6th, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: First Property Choice Blog
La Zagaleta Property - New Listing
We have added another amazing home to our La Zagaleta property portfolio. This home would suit someone who is looking for an Andalucian flavour. This villa is spread over five bedrooms and also has a…
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BNP Paribas Looking For £150m to Buy UK Real Estate
The proposed fund will be looking from a wide range of property, across the office, retail and industrial sectors leading on from the previous James Caan fund this further…
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La Zagaleta Plot - Sea and Gibraltar Views For Sale
We have just listed a superb value plot in the north sector of La Zagaleta with a good south westerly aspect, ensuring your prospective villa will have afternoon and evening sun. This La Zagalet…
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James Caan From Dragons Den Starts Property Fund
Dragons’ Den judge, James Caan will launch a commercial property fund next month with ING, because of growing confidence within the market sector. Mr. Caan is the latest in a list of h…
- October 2nd, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: First Property Choice Blog
Another Month of Rising House Prices in the UK
Property prices have risen again for the fifth consecutive month in a row according to September figures, making average house prices the same as they were 12 months ago…
- October 1st, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: First Property Choice Blog
Developer Llanera Does Deal With Creditors
Reports indicate in the Spanish news that Llanera has come to an agreement with its creditors and will pay back 65% of its debts over a period of 8 years. After 2 years bouncing aroun…
- September 30th, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: First Property Choice Blog
Property Price Falls Grow in Spain
Spanish property prices fell at a accelerated rate for the second quarter and many economists think that prices are unlikely to have hit the bottom because of&…
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General Costs of Purchasing a Property in Spain
Estate Agency Fees or commission are always paid by the seller, unless you have an agreement that states otherwise. There are conversely, search agencies (property finding services) &nbs…
- September 28th, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: First Property Choice Blog
Spanish Property Purchase - IVA and Transfer Tax
Resale Property - Private Sale Transfer Tax (Impuesto sobre Transmisiones Patrimoniales – ITP) This tax is levied if the property is regarded as second hand. This Transfer Tax is…
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: First Property Choice Blog
Choosing a Spanish Property Lawyer
Ok, so have found a property you want to buy in Spain, you now need to prioritize finding a lawyer to help you conduct your purchase. You need to source an English speaking solicitor…
- September 24th, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: First Property Choice Blog
Buying a Brand New Home - Think Again
1 At the height of the bubble, you may have paid a premium of around 15% - 20% for a brand new home as it was seen as more energy-efficient and all the fittings where up…
- September 23rd, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: First Property Choice Blog
Alicate Playa Property - Marbella
The Alicate Playa development is a beachfront Marbella property , near to the upmarket areas of Los Monteros and Palm Beach. The famous Malaga actor Antonio Banderas has villa clo…
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Economic Recovery - Analysis by the International Monetary Fund
The chairman of the Fed, Ben Bernanke informed Washington earlier this month that “the recession should now technically be over”, he added that the US economy would stay weak for a p…
- September 22nd, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: First Property Choice Blog
La Zagaleta Plot - Villa Property Project Just Listed
Following on from our addtion of La Zagaleta plots we have managed to source piece of land with a size of 3316 m² for sale, with both mountain and golf views. A turnkey villa project can be boug…
- September 17th, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: First Property Choice Blog
La Zagaleta Plots Added to First Property Choice Portfolio
We have managed to source some fantastic La Zagaleta plots that will be being added to our site over the coming week. There are some great sea views from the majority of them and when planning is gra…
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: First Property Choice Blog
Sierra Blanca Property - New Porfolio of Luxury Villas
Our company is proud to announce the introduction of Sierra Blanca villas to our portfolio of luxury properties within the Costa Del Sol region of Spain. Sierra Blanca is well known as a high end are…
- September 15th, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: First Property Choice Blog
UK House Repossessions Fall By 9%
The amount of homes in the UK that are being repossessed fell 9% in the three months preceeding June in comparison to the previous quarter, the Financial Services Authority (…
- September 11th, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: First Property Choice Blog
Halifax House Figures Published
House prices have reached a level last seen at the close of 2008 after increasing in August, according to newly published figures. Halifax have disclosed that prices&n…
- September 10th, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: First Property Choice Blog
Property Pessimism
I was reading The Times Online property section the other day and in particular an article regarding estate agents views on the UK property market. I felt there was some honest, realistic insight giv…
- September 5th, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: Calabria Property
Calabria - Cheap Flights
Air Malta is extending its €39.50 special Sicily fares by offering €99 return including tax to Rome, Milan and Reggio.This offer, the airline said, is valid for travel between November 5 and Dece…
- September 1st, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: First Property Choice Blog
Sam Zell - Massive Vulture Fund Targeting Commercial Real Estate
Sam Zell, the billionaire property mogul is about to exert his forces on delinquent commercial asset backed mortgage holders. Zell is looking to purchase bad loans secured on commercial real estate f…
- August 29th, 2009
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La Zagaleta Villa - Spacious Property For Sale
This La Zagaleta property has just been added to our portfolio and has already developed some interest. With 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms spread over almost 1000m2 and a plot size of 4,400m2 this prope…
- August 23rd, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: First Property Choice Blog
Lord Foster Awards Himself a Half Million Pound Bonus Despite Job Cuts
Lord Foster, Director at Foster and partners group has had a £500,000 increase in pay, according to companies house, even though the firm had laid off 300 employees. The company had t…
- August 20th, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: First Property Choice Blog
Cheap Los Arqueros Property
There has been a great addition to our Los Arqueros property portfolio, offering what I would describe as superb value. The apartment now on offer for €159,00 is close to the clubhouse with its…
- August 19th, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: First Property Choice Blog
Unemployment Will Slow Housing Market Recovery
With the awful unemployment figures being released globally, we really can´t expect to see what I would regard as a genuine, sustainable upward trend in the housing market. With repossessed…
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Buy Property Spain
For those of you looking for a Spanish property, recent figures suggest a definite slowdown in the decline in property prices. A report recently published by Tinsa shows that overall there has been a…
- August 6th, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: First Property Choice Blog
Amusa Mare - Calabria Property in Caulonia
We have managed to add some great, near completed apartments to our Calabria property portfolio. Amusa Mare is set in the beautiful town of Caulonia, with some of the most picturesque scenery this re…
- August 2nd, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: Calabria Property
Rocco Forte Opens 120m Euro Golf Resort in Sicily
Rocco Forte, the succesfull hotelier will finally open a golf resort in Sicily after an incredible 7 years of bureaucracy. Mr. Forte has a strong record in the hotel business and has since made huge s…
- August 1st, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: First Property Choice Blog
UK House Prices Rise...Again
For the third month in the row, against the expectations of both analysts and homeowners alike, house prices in the UK continue to rise. Mortgage lender Nationwide reported a 1.3% rise in av…
- July 28th, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: Calabria Property
Calabria Property Palm View Construction Pictures
For those of you who have purchased property in Palm View - Reggio Di Calabria here are some construction photos kindly supplied by the developer. These pictures were taken on 11th July.We will contin…
- July 27th, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: Calabria Property
Italy Tourism Minister Halts Rip-Offs
Michela Brambilla has made it clear she wants to stop the systematic fleecing of tourists in Italy. A recent incident regarding a Japanese couple being charged €700for a meal in Rome seems to be the…
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Another Distressed Property Fund - Ex Land Securities Director Looks for Funds
It looks like another distressed property fund is in the making with Mike Hussey, the ex-Land Securities director and Neil Jones who was head of the European division of Grosvenor estates. T…
- July 25th, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: First Property Choice Blog
Alan Sugar buys Spanish Hotel
Alan Sugar has bid €3m for the hotel Byblos and facilities, purchasing three plots which make up the Mijas hotel, from Aifos who acquired it in 2005. The hotel was auctio…
- July 23rd, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: First Property Choice Blog
Alcazaba Banus - Puerto Banus Property
There is a really great listing we have added to our Puerto Banus property portfolio in the exlusive La Alacazaba development close to both the beach and marina. This development has Trader Vics rest…
- July 16th, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: Calabria Property
Reggio Di Calabria Records Highest Increase in Consumer Price Index
The consumer price index in Italy decreases from 0.9% in May to 0.5% in June. This is its lowest level for the inflation index since September 1968! The highest increases in the index were recorded in…
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: First Property Choice Blog
La Zagaleta Villa - Massive Price Reduction
We have managed to add a fabulous villa in La Zagaleta to our portfolio of property within this exclusive country club. Originally on the market for €4.6m this vendor wants to sell this pro…
- July 15th, 2009
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markgoodwin has posted a new entry on: Calabria Property
Reggio Calabria Included in GO/Air Malta Collaboration
GO and Air Malta have teamed up to launch a great travel offer – Fly Two – exclusively for GO fixed phone post-paid customers. Fly Two gives these GO customers the chance to book the holiday of th…
