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The voice is a bit hoarse today having cheered on the mighty Hercules last night against the not-so mighty Spurs to a 1-1 draw. A good game and lets hope the Alicantinos can push for promotion to the Primera this season as they only finished a few points off promotion in fifth place last season. Vive Hercules!

Big night tonight for Tottenham as they play there cup final against the mighty Hercules de Alicante. Joking aside, a glamour friendly in town - no need to guess who we will be cheering on (respectively)! Vamos Hercules

In recent months we have without doubt seen some decent price reductions. We carefully select those which we feel offer noy only the very best value for money, but also a high quality build, and location is still the magic word. Some recent examples include a penthouse apartment located in a front line development close to Villajoyosa, 170 m2 constructed, communal swimming pool, totally furnished, 2 beds, 2 baths, (1 ensuite), priced at 230.000 euros (35% discount). Another very high quality property is an apartment located close to Playa Poniente in Benidorm, with sea and golf course views, marble floors, spacious terrace, and ready to live in now, prices from 121.000 Euros (almost a 40% discount). More photos here .

During the month of April the number of property transfers across Spain rose by 2.5% y-o-y and 19.3% on March’s recorded figures pushing the total number of transfers up to 214,795, according to figures released by the Spanish National Statistics Office (NSI). Of the nearly 215,000 transfers in April, 120,971 were for properties sold, 6,675 were donated, 2,751 were swapped, 32,901 were inherited and 51,497 were listed as ‘other titles’. Some 88% of all property sold in Spain across April was classified as urban and 12% rustic. Sales of urban property rose for the first time in several months by 18.3% on March’s figures, but still recorded a decline, although slowing, of 5.8% y-o-y. The gap between resale and new build purchases is as close as it has been since the start of 2007, with 27,484 transfers for new build and 28,318 for used. The sale of new build property rose 22% m-o-m and 12.3% y-o-y. Transactions for used housing also rose 20.3% in March, however still recorded a decline o...

What a week for sport in Spain!! Rafa Nadal finally overcame his good friend Roger Federer to land the Wimbledon crown at his third time of trying. Well done Rafa.