One hopeful thing for living in most cities of southern Spain is that winters are not as cold as you can expect. But in the rural zones this reality could be different from the coastal houses. Then you must be prepared for keep your rural house as warm as possible during winter season in Southern Spain. Let’s check your chances. Rural houses in winter seasons A rural house in southern Spain allows you to get in touch with nature. The summer sea…

Winter is a season that for a Southern Spain house doesn’t represent a significant problem. But with the help of the cold snap in Europe you probably will have a bit of trouble in the afternoons and nights. But with a little effort you can keep your southern Spain house warm, saving gas and feeling comfortable. Winter season and isolation In other cities of Spain (like Barcelona) many houses have suffered a lack of gas due to third party causes…

Ghost Towns’ Appear in Spain as Decade-Long Housing Boom Ends 2007-06-05 18:16 (New York) By Sharon Smyth and Ricard Alonso June 6 (Bloomberg) — Javier Usua and Ruth Graneda never got out of the car when they visited Sanchinarro and Las Tablas, two of Madrid’s biggest new suburban developments. The concrete-block buildings and empty streets were all they needed to see. “We came to look at apartments but found ghost towns,…

Los Muertos Beach in Almería Once again the weather can be our ally if you really think to buy a house in Southern Spain. As the temperature in all the cities get its lower value amongst the winter, you can take advantage of it. Let’s analyze your chances. Weather, our ally It is well known that most cities of southern Spain have the best weather all over Spain. This makes the cities of Andalusia, Murcia and even Alicante their favorite for man…

  This year, on May 1, Labour Day in Spain falls on Thursday, in what many people will choose to take the holiday to Friday from splicing together a long weekend and make some escape somewhere. There are numerous options to enjoy these days of vacation and one of them is to visit those places that are close to our house but never had a couple of days to visit them. If you live in Andalusia yno know Seville, Cordoba and Granada now might be a go…

If you think the British property market is in a mess, then a quick trip to Spain will put things in perspective (if you can still find a cheap flight). Property prices have fallen by a crushing 35% over the past 12 months, four times faster than in the UK, and haven’t stopped plunging yet. This spells disaster for an economy where investment in housing is worth 10% of GDP and employs 13% of people in the private sector. I had a small insi…