Spanish popularity unabated

Released on: January 31, 2008, 9:01 am

Press Release Author: Jim watson

Industry: Real Estate

Press Release Summary: With so many headlines about property companies failing,
rumours of price collapses and the bulldozing of illegally-built villas, Spain\'s
property market has taken not a little punishment is some sections of the media of
late. Yet still they keep on coming.

Press Release Body: With so many headlines about property companies failing, rumours
of price collapses and the bulldozing of illegally-built villas, Spain\'s property
market has taken not a little punishment is some sections of the media of late. Yet
still they keep on coming.

They, of course, are British investors. Figures from Kyero.com, the Spanish property
portal, have shown that long-term letting has emerged as one way for investors to be
able to acquire a property to rent out without actually needing to buy something
outright, homesworldwide.com reports. The last year has seen the number of enquiries
about such arrangements treble in number, perhaps suggesting that for many landlords
it has been judged the wise way to approach the overseas property market. As the
website noted, it offers the chance to assess the market before committing to any
purchases, while long-term letters can evict tenants more easily under new laws.

One might even add that if a property turns out to be among those deemed illegal and
subject to a crackdown, there will not be the loss experienced by those who have
bought such properties only to see their assets turned to rubble before their eyes.

Of course, the demolition of illegal properties has received plenty of attention,
not least this week when it was shown nobody is too famous to be affected. Actor
Antonio Banderas was told by a Marbella court to pull down part of his Costa Del Sol
villa, which was built by a previous owner without a licence.

Yet it has been emphasised recently that the scale of the problem is exaggerated.
Mark Stucklin, editor of buyers\' advice website Spanishpropertyinsight.com, said the
crackdown was mainly confined to Andalucia and Valencia, the scale of the problem
was \"tiny\" and with the right research and legal advice buying in Spain was still
safe.

Moreover, such considerations are not putting off the tourists, a major source of
buy-to-let income. New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have
shown that Spain has remained the most popular destination for British
holidaymakers.

The statistics reveal that in 2006, overall overseas travel was up 4.7 per cent to
69.5 million trips, of which Spain came top as the destination for 14.4 million.
France was second on 10.9 million.

Such trends indicate that, for all the negative comment of late, tourism in Spain
from UK residents continues to rise. As such, investors can be sure that there is a
healthy and growing market which offers potential for buy-to-let landlords to go on
doing well.

In today\'s world Property investment is an excellent investment option especially
investment in UK


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