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Discover Busot!!

Busot is a small but charming village set 5km inland from the coastal town of El Campello with it’s fine, sandy beaches. It is an area which will feauture more and more on www.iberianproperties.eu in the coming months with Iberian Properties director and founder Timothy French who owns a house there and spends a lot of time in this area. Busot is only 10km away from the major city of Alicante which is...

Spanish Mortgage Approvals on the rise!!

Confidence has well and truly returned to the Spanish mortgage market with lenders relaxing their underwriting procedures slightly and lending higher LTVs. It is also not only possible to get low variable rates like Euribor + 0.9% but also low long term fixed rates like 2.75% fixed for 20 years!! In general maximum LTV is 70% although banks are prepared to lend more if it is one of their own repossessed...

Las Colinas Golf & Country Club recognised by World Travel Awards

Las Colinas Golf & Country Club has been named as Spain’s Leading Villa Resort at the World Travel Awards. Voted for by the public and announced at a glittering ceremony in Sardinia, the awards support, promote and develop the global travel and tourism industry by identifying and rewarding excellence. The ‘Leading Villa Resort’ category rewards those resorts that not only offer world-class...

Congratulations Iberian Properties

It has been a busy few months for Iberian Properties. We have welcomed three new important members of Iberian Properties onboard. Seedy Keita based in Saudi Arabia has accepted the role of Consultant - Middle East and Sofia Carrera has joined our team in Spain and brings with her a wealth of experience and professionalism. We have also been very busy with inspection trips up and down the coast helping...

Buy to Let: Bank offers 113% mortgages – on repossessed flats in Spain

(The Telegraph) Banco Popular is offering zero-deposit mortgages on Spanish holiday homes in a desperate bid to shift unwanted properties. The mortgage tracks European interbank rate “Euribor” plus 0.9pc for the first year, rising to 2.39pc plus Euribor afterwards. By comparison, most Spanish mortgages tend to require a minimum 30pc deposit and interest rates start from… By Kate Palmer –...

The Ultimate Pension Freedom: Retire in Portugal and Reduce you tax.

(The Telegraph) New freedoms mean you can move your pension abroad. We show you where you'll pay the least tax....... Britain has double tax treaties with most countries around the world that prevent you from having to pay tax in both of the jurisdictions. These treating stipulate that your personal pension, which includes employer schemes and personal accounts such as Sipps (self-invested personal...

‘Golden visas’ draw foreign buyers to Iberian real estate

Reuters) - When Edward Hu bought a holiday home in Portugal's most popular tourist spot in September, the Chinese agricultural entrepreneur got a Europe-wide family travel permit thrown in for as long as he owns it. "It's one of the biggest advantages of investing in Portugal," says Hu, 33, from Chengdu in southwest China, who paid 560,000 euros ($750,700) for a semi-detached property near the beach in...

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