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Finca Style Villa in Denia For Sale, 4 Bedrooms, 236 m2, 675.000 € : ultimatehomes-spain.com   Exterior View and 10 x 5 Pool Lush Gardens Kitchen Dining Area Lounge Finca Style Villa in Denia For Sale, 4 Bedrooms, 236 m2, 675.000 € : ultimatehomes-spain.com

Villa in Finestrat in Sale, 3 Bedrooms, 140 m2, 335.000 € Views Nice terraces A beautiful house

Semi-detached House in Denia La Sella Golf Resort For Sale, 3 Bedrooms, 114 m2, 185.000 € : ultimatehomes-spain.com Street View   Terrace and Views Kitchen Lounge   Master Bedroom

Villa in Finestrat For Sale, 3 Bedrooms, 275 m2, 650.000 € : ultimatehomes-spain.com Panoramic View Street View Provence Style Pool, jacuzzi and blue-sky views Terrace and pool

Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and King Juan Carlos last Saturday (December 18th) opened the country’s fourth high-speed rail line, making the country the European leader in the technology. The 438-kilometre (272-mile) route will slash travel time between the Spanish capital and the Mediterranean port of Valencia, Spain’s third-biggest city, from four hours to just 90 minutes. The project, built at a cost of 6.6 billion euros (8.8 billion dollars), brings cash-strapped Spain’s high-speed rail network to 2,056 kilometres. It places Spain ahead of the 1,896 kilometres of high speed rail in France and 1,285 kilometres in Germany, home to Siemens, the world’s largest manufacturer of high-speed trains. Zapatero says the new route, which started service to the public the next day (Sunday 19th December), “increases confidence and shows the world that Spain is a prosperous country.” The king said that it enabled Spaniards “to look beyond the crisis and economi...

It may be a couple of days before Christmas but still working and we have just listed a very nice villa in Sierra Cortina overlooking Benidorm. However I am still surprised that many clients (sellers in this case) who are accustomed to UK estate agents' commission of 1 to 3 % often express shock at the amounts charged by Spanish agents. Our own commission rates vary between 3 and 5% which may seem high: believe it or not, we're cheaper than many of our competitors. Commissions as high as 10% are still common. To understand the different environment of Spanish property, you need to understand the economic forces behind an estate agency. In essence, there are two: the drive to profit, pushing rates up; and the pressure of competition, pushing them down. The upward force While the basic job of the UK and Spanish estate agent is the same, in practice they are vastly different. First, the Spanish move house less frequently than the British. So the volume of transa...