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Tonight's going to be a good night! This Saturday at midnight Altea will become a Mediterranean cultural hub. Thousands of people will be coming together by the beach or on board a boat to enjoy El Castell de L’Olla , a fascinating musical pyrotechnical display. A unique occasion to enjoy this small paradise and lose yourself in the charming streets of its historic quarter, admire its eight kilometres of coastline with unique beaches and coves, or sample its delicious gastronomy based around the star ingredients of rice and fish. With a tradition that stretches back 24 years, this spectacle that combines different art forms has been becoming increasingly more famous among residents and visitors to the Region of Valencia. The incorporation of new elements such as dance has increased its aesthetic appeal, making the Playa del Castell de L’Olla beach an idyllic place where it is impossible not to be seduced by a perfect composition of music, dance and fireworks. See y...

The promenade located on Benidorm's Playa Poniente won it's ninth award when the prestigious Chicago Museum of Architecture and Design announced that the work of Spanish architect Carlos Ferrater would win the 2010 award for Best New Global Design. Check out more photos here: http://www.chi-athenaeum.org/intarch/2010/benidorm-241/index.html And the news as announced in the Spanish press Informacion:  http://www.diarioinformacion.com/benidorm/2010/08/03/museo-arquitectura-chicago-premia-diseno-paseo-poniente-benidorm/1032246.html

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Selling homes is much more than showing someone a website address (or catalogue, if you like) and letting a buyer "pick one out". We spend a couple of hours interviewing the prospective sellers or buyers, discovering their "pain" or whatever their motivation is. Then we use our experience to communicate with them the process based on what they have told you and what you have seen. To start with the initial listing, there is all the paperwork, advertising, marketing, and the various other methods we use to do our job properly. Once we have a viewing there is the time speaking with a bank to make sure the prospective buyer are pre-approved (yes, that's always the first step unless the buyer has a suitcase full of Euros), narrowing down the location, property types, distributions, styles, etc. As Real Estate agents, we you are paid for our time and effort on somewhat of a gamble. We may spend just two or three hours with the customers and they make an offer tha...

The National Institute of Statistics in Spain (Instituto Nacional de Estadística) has announced that the sale of Spainish homes increased by 17.6% during the month of April compared to the same month last year, a total of 34,326 operations, of which 49.7% were new-home transactions, and 50.3% on resale properties. This is the fourth consecutive month that we have seen a rebound in sales transactions, following the 9% increase in March. Following two years of declining homes-sales, the first ascent took place last January, up 2.1%. Of the 34,326 residential sales transactions recorded in April, 89.3% were on free housing and 10.7% of social housing. The sale of previously owned homes rose in April at 26.6% annual rate, up to 17 263 transactions, and new homes rose 9.8%, with 17 063 operations in the fourth month of the year.