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Properties of the Month A Christmas Message Once again that time of year when we enjoy time with and give thanks to friends, family and those that we are yet to meet! Wishing you and yours a fabulous holiday season and the very best for 2025. And should you come up trumps in the Spanish Christmas lottery, scheduled for Sunday morning, maybe we can direct you to one of the following properties....  Detached Villa in Benissa Costa, €575.000 Bedrooms: 3 / Bathrooms: 3 / Private Swimming pool Located between Moraira and Calpe, we are delighted to offer this rustic chic style villa a short distance from Cala La Fustera. Situated in a quiet residential area, with ample parking, this three bedroom home was renovated in 2021 / 22 to create a functional yet elegant space to enjoy and relax in, and it's all on one level. VIEW PROPERTY Detached Villa in Golf Bahia, Finestrat, €750.000 Bedrooms: 4 / Bathrooms: 3/ Private Swimming pool A fabulous four bedroom three bathroom home in one of the m...

 July 2024 - Costa Blanca Properties of the month Ground Floor Apartment in Altea, €330.000 Bedrooms: 3 / Bathrooms: 2 / Private Parking and Storage Room This stunning apartment in the sought-after residential development "El Palasiet" offers an exceptional opportunity for luxurious living in Altea.  VIEW PROPERTY Detached Villa in Benissa Costa, €599.500 Bedrooms: 3/ Bathrooms: 2 / Private Swimming Pool and Garage Welcome to this stunning 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom villa located in the highly sought-after area of San Jaime, Benissa. This spacious villa, situated on an 899m² plot, offers a built size of 198m² and is just a 5-minute drive from the beach.  VIEW PROPERTY Rustic Home in Altea, €320.000 Bedrooms: 5 / Bathrooms: 2  One of the most typical demands we receive from clients is a rustic home within walking distance of shops, restaurants, bars ......... and this property ticks those boxes plus it is also an easy walk to the sea front. VIEW PROPERTY Frontline Apartmen...

Villajoyosa has recently been picked up by some of the major travel publications and highlighted as one of the places to be in 2024, in fact the number one place to be! I will share the links to the articles below so you can read for yourself, but it has spurred me on to write a few words too about this pretty little town located in between Alicante and Benidorm. What strikes you first is that Villajoyosa is a busy little town which has retained a lot of its character, with the colourful fisherman cottages that line the seafront being the perfect example - the different colours allowing the fishermen to navigate home quickly after long stretches, or perhaps when the weather wasn't so kind. Villajoyosa has several sandy beaches, with the Playa Centro and Playa Torres being very popular and personal favourites of mine, plus some stunning bays to explore, including Bol Nou, Paradis and Racó de Conill. Being a fishing village, the food as you would expect is superb, I have ate fish a n...

The presents have been opened, the waistlines expanded, the bells jingled. But there’s a long weekend yet before 2024 begins, and then we have the Three Kings celebration in Spain on January 6th which does mean we basically have a two week festive season… TINSA  The Spanish valuation company confirm today that prices are still ticking up across Spain with the average value being 1,767 €/m2, up 4.1% on the last quarter of 2022 and up by 1% on the third quarter of 2023. They also confirm the there is a general "slow down" across Spain. Hardly surprising when the number of mortgage being issued by banks is down and the number of transactions also down when compared with previous months. However on the Spanish coast, the slow down is still to be seen, suggesting there still exists a lot of demand for first and second residences despite the higher interst rates and inflation levels which are showing signs of coming back down again, Plan your trip ? If 2024 will be the year for you...

It's as if a piece of the Alicante coastal desert had broken off and, in its escape, had become stranded in the blue waters of the Mediterranean. Flat, parched, centuries-old, and bathed in dazzling light, Tabarca is the only inhabited island in the Valencian Community. A rarity frozen in time that becomes much more appealing and captivating in winter, without the thousands of daily visitors who saturate it in the summer. Despite its flat and open profile—the Romans called it Planaria—it was a refuge for Barbary pirates until the 18th century. Despite being just over 8 kms in a straight line from Santa Pola, it belongs to the City of Alicante (which is 22 kms away). It is the most atypical, distant, and unreal neighborhood in the capital of Alicante, a coveted destination for thousands of tourists every summer due to its proximity and easy access. The first thing that catches your attention upon arrival is the transparent blue-green waters surrounding the large island and its satel...

Altea 13 December 2023 - time for a swim Idealista, which is probably the largest of the real estate portals in Spain, have published its real estate market analysis for 2023 and forecasts for 2024. Some of the most significant data: 📌 The cost of buying a home in Spain has increased by 7% in the last year. 📌 The impact of interest rate increases has been less than expected. And as much as 50% of all property transactions are closed without a mortgage. 📌 In the best scenario, we could see a relaxation in the rise of the euribor during the second part of 2024. 📌 It is possible that in 2024 part of the pent-up demand will be activated, which could push prices upward with greater energy. If you'd like to study the report, here it is in its original format