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Why is the luxury property market booming in Malaga province and is a bubble forming? Property expert Adam Neale gives his verdict

I HAVE noticed a strong trend in recent years, accelerating since the pandemic, for Marbella to become a destination of choice for luxury home...

20.04.2024 20

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Adam Neale

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Paraiso sauna in Madrid (Google Maps)

11.04.2024 8

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Laurence Dollimore

Back to the future: What must be done to give the Spanish property market a bright future

THIS year’s return to pre-pandemic levels of tourism has most expats in Spain breathing a sigh of relief.  Tourism is, after all, the economic...

11.04.2024 3

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Adam Neale

Why is the luxury property market booming in Marbella and will the industry continue to grow? Property expert Adam Neale gives his verdict

I HAVE noticed a strong trend in recent years, accelerating since the pandemic, for Marbella to become a destination of choice for luxury home...

11.04.2024 8

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Adam Neale

Spain’s mammoth, unregulated real estate sector is ‘crying out for better standards’, writes Adam Neale

A LOT has been written about the new housing law that was introduced at the beginning of 2023. I have offered my own take on this law elsewhere....

11.04.2024 4

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Adam Neale

EXC: Why Spain’s Marbella desperately needs a new urban plan to help the town thrive – and deal with the mess left by the infamous Jesus Gil era

EIGHT years on and there is seemingly no end in sight for Marbella’s attempts to update its urban planning scheme. In an effort to bring clarity...

11.04.2024 3

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Adam Neale

MENTAL HEALTH: Take a step back and be kind to yourselves

SOMETHING so simple as the stories, the beliefs and the narratives that we tell ourselves, have a crucial part to play in affecting our moods on a...

11.04.2024 4

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Staff Reporter

AND BREATHE: Relax, you’ve passed Blue Monday! In the second of his insightful columns, Fijaz Mughal gives some excellent tips on how to create a positive outlook for the year ahead

WE are now powering into the New Year and 2024.  Last year may have brought trials and tribulations, a sense of economic worries and concern about...

11.04.2024 4

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Staff Reporter

PLANET AID: Time to slow down on the meat after your festive indulgence

HAVE you heard of Veganuary?  An amalgam of two words Vegan and January, it’s an initiative of supermarkets and influencers to convince people to...

11.04.2024 3

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Staff Reporter

‘I’m a mental health expert and these are the warning signs of mobile phone addiciton – which can be more harmful than you think’

By Fiyaz Mughal Addiction used to be a word associated with drugs, alcohol, sex or eating. At a very basic level, an addiction is something that...

11.04.2024 8

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Staff Reporter

Time for a cut?: Investors expect European rate reductions in spring despite cautious OECD economic forecast

MIXED messages are being sent out about the direction of interest rates next year. Money managers seem to think that rates have already been raised...

11.04.2024 10

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Tancrede De Pola

EXPANDING HORIZONS : Do you know your Spanish onions?  

WE are in full calçot season. These giant spring onions are cultivated in Valls, near Tarragona and are enjoyed from Figuerès to Fuengirola.  At...

11.04.2024 6

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Susannah Grant

Marbella’s luxury market grows

COLUMIST and property expert Adam Neale dives into Marbella’s flourishing luxury property market. I have noticed a strong trend in recent years,...

20.03.2024 4

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