Currency Exchange News November 2021. Market sentiment got hit for six last Friday as worries over the Omicron variant of Covid surfaced. As London is a major world travel hub, the UK is particularly vulnerable to this new variant, and traders fear that the economy would also suffer from further disruptions. The UK Government was […]
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Built to fail – How Spain is dealing with built in obsolescence? With Germany becoming the first European country to deal with “built in obsolescence” head on, other European countries are starting to make some progress, Spain has already dipped it’s “toe in the water” What does “built in obsolescence” mean, well basically, it is […]
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October 2021 Property Market Report for Orgiva Property, Lanjaron Property and Lecrin Valley Property Hello and welcome to this month’s property market report for Órgiva, Lanjarón, The Lecrin Valley and the Alpujarra. Last month in Orgiva, there were a total of 103 properties advertised for sale however there are only actually 90 properties available because […]
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Currency exchange rates and news for 25th October The Bank of England has been unusually verbose recently, with both Andrew Bailey and Huw Pill talking openly about their fears over rising inflation’s levels over the winter months. The markets have taken them at the word, and a move upwards in the UK’s Base rate is […]
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Why your property in Orgiva, Lanjaron and Lecrin Valley needs to be mobile…. Yes a strange title, but bear with me. In today’s modern world there has been a big shift in the way that people search for property and this can have a significant impact on your chances of success when it comes to […]
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Last week was, to borrow a phrase from football, a game of two halves. The first half was dominated by the price movements in the gas and oil markets and the Conservative Party conference, the second half by speculation over the latest US employment data. The volatility in the gas markets has been extraordinary and […]
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Last week was dominated by the strength of the US dollar, which took sterling down to nearly three cents off September’s highest level, with the euro also giving up a similar amount. Flows into the dollar were encouraged by the rise in yields on US treasuries and its safe-haven appeal as equity markets came under […]
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cadastral value vs market value Why do you need to know the Cadastral Value when buying a home in ….. What is the Catastro? Firstly you may hear this called both the “Cadastral” and the “ Cadastro” basically these refer to the same thing, this is a record of the fiscal value, for tax purposes, […]
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What is black money when you are buying a house in Spain? If you are looking at buying Orgiva properties or Lanjaron Property or Lecrin Valley Property this is very important information. The thorny issue of black money in Spain is one you should be aware of when buying Spanish property. Black money is when […]
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Casa Francia – Real Life success stories – The one from along way away Statistics On the market with 1 agent and trying to sell privately also Time on Market before Lanjaron Property – almost 2 years Time on Market with Lanjaron Property – 2 days Time from offer to completion – 9 days What […]
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