2011

Growing demand for property in Spain

With a wide range of cheap Spanish properties to choose from, following the recent market crash, there are growing signs that more Brits are looking at the possibility of buying a home in Spain.

5 July 2011

British Airways announce new flights from London City Airport

British Airways has expanded its programme of flights from London City Airport to include services to Faro and Malaga.

5 July 2011

New airport parking service will save overseas property owners time

Overseas property homeowners who find they have to board an early flight have one less thing to worry about thanks to Meteor's meet and greet service- which takes the stress out of airport parking.

4 July 2011

Osbourne family put Californian house up for sale

Celebrity couple Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne have put their luxury home in California, USA, the Hidden Hills Estate, up for sale for £8 million.

4 July 2011

Cuba to permit buying and selling of properties

Cuba's Communist government will allow people to start buying and selling homes in Cuba within the next few months.

3 July 2011

Our favourite destinations this series

With the latest series of A Place in the Sun: Home or Away? recently coming to an end, we asked Jonnie Irwin and Jasmine Harman which three places they visited filming did they love the most, and why?

1 July 2011

Pending sales reflects higher demand for homes in USA

Pending home sales in the USA, a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings, are 13.4 per cent above what they were a year ago, according to the latest figures released by the National Association of Realtors.

1 July 2011

Mallorca celebrates new UNESCO World Heritage Site

A new UNESCO heritage site has been established in the Spanish island of Mallorca. At a meeting of UNESCO's world heritage committee in Paris this week, it was announced that the Serra de Tramuntana in Majorca, the rugged mountain range that runs from the south west to north east of the island, is to be given UNESCO status.

1 July 2011

Glut of Spanish holiday homes is weighing the market down

A new report from Catalunya Caixa bank shows that Spanish homes in the holiday sector represent around 85 per cent of the overall glut of housing in the country, which is placing enormous downward pressure on the market.

1 July 2011