What are the top tips for living off grid in Spain, also in particular relating to The Alpujarra. These are not just made up, these come from both my own personal experiences of living off-grid but also from many others who have contributed to these tips with their many years of experience. Living off-grid in […]
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Last week the markets were overshadowed by the events unfolding in Kabul and across Afghanistan. With chaos seemingly engulfing the country, investors turned tail from riskier assets and sought the safe haven of the dollar. This change in sentiment pushed sterling down almost 1.5% whilst the euro to its lowest level for nearly a year. […]
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Why is electricity in Spain more expensive than ever? The recent hike in electricity prices in Spain now make it one of the most expensive in the EU. What is causing the recent increases and how can you save money on your electric bill? How it happened? Over the year or so, electricity prices in […]
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Cortijo Milagro – Success Story – The one without a pool! This week’s success story is about a beautiful property that one agent said would not sell for this price because it “did not have a pool” and did not want to help !! This left the sellers very upset as they had a very […]
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Sterling enjoyed a solid week last week, touching its highest levels against the euro for 18 months in quiet trading before retreating on Friday as speculators took their profits. It was helped higher by a solid rebound in Gross Domestic Product which encouraged thoughts of the economy returning to pre-pandemic levels before the year is […]
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As expected, two events dominated the market’s last week, the monthly meeting of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee and the employment reports from the US. The Bank was moderately hawkish and is now firmly in the camp of central banks looking to tighten sooner rather than later. As expected, sterling gained against the […]
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What has been happening in the property market locally across Orgiva, Lanjaron, The Alpujarra and Lecrin Valley. First, let’s have a look at the facts and figures across the local markets and then we can look at some interesting numbers affecting this. Then we can take a look forward to what the rest of the […]
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Last week, the dollar put in its worst performance this year after the Federal Reserve meeting was perceived as less hawkish than analysts predicted. In actual fact, the Fed did say that “progress” was being made towards normalisation, but in a relatively quiet market, traders ignored the subtleties of language and decided to sell dollars. […]
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