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Sell, Pack and Drive: Your Guide to Becoming a Mobile Digital Nomad

Posted on 16/09/2025 Leave a comment

The allure of the digital nomad lifestyle has grown in recent years, with more people seeking the freedom to work from anywhere while exploring new destinations.
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African Abuse of Visa Free Travel Force Ireland & UK To Implement Visa Requirement

Posted on 09/07/2024 Leave a comment

South African and Botswana passport holders will be required to obtain a visa before travelling to Ireland from Wednesday 9th July, the Irish Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee, has announced. She said a transit visa will also be required if passport holders of either country intend to transit through Ireland en-route to another destination.
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Sell, Pack & Drive: Your Guide to Becoming a Thriving Digital Nomad in a Motorhome

Posted on 17/11/2023 Leave a comment

The allure of the digital nomad lifestyle has grown in recent years, with more people seeking the freedom to work from anywhere while exploring new destinations.
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Costa Blanca Flies the Blue Flag Awards High Once Again as Spain Keeps its Top Spot!

Posted on 12/05/2022 Leave a comment

Nowhere else in Spain do so many Blue Flags fly on the beaches as in the Valencia region. Keeping up its reputation of excellent beaches, the Costa Blanca once again reaps in a host of Blue Flag Beach awards
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Residential Property Investment Rises To 4.5% Of Spain’s GDP

Posted on 23/10/2017 Leave a comment

According to the Bank of Spain, residential property investment is set to top 4.5% of Spain’s GDP by the end of the year. “This is similar to the average in neighbouring countries, but far below the 12% registered in 2007,” writes the bank in a recently published report. The report reveals that house prices, which..
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Landlords in Spain to get Better Protection from Squatters and Tenants who don’t Pay Rent

Posted on 23/10/2017 Leave a comment

Proposals have been approved to tighten up on trespassing and the illegal occupation of property in Spain. Until now, home there have been mechanisms in place for owners and landlords to deal with squatters and those who have outstayed their welcome, but none of them have worked efficiently. However, the proposal, approved now in Congress..
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Why Brexit Shouldn’t Deter British Homebuyers in Spain

Posted on 23/10/2017 Leave a comment

Although the Brexit process is shrouded in mystery for the most part, it doesn’t seem to have dampened British taste for Spanish property; in fact transaction volumes have increased almost 15% so far this year. The issue seems to be that not many British buyers were aware that there is no problem buying property in..
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Report reveals more than 1.36 Million Empty Properties Still for Sale in Spain

Posted on 06/10/2017 Leave a comment

Home sales, mortgage approvals, and consumer confidence are all recovering but there’s still the problem of the glut concentrated in areas with low demand, says the real estate consultancy Acuña y Asociados in a new report. Including bank repossessions, the Spanish property market still has 1.36 million empty properties looking for a buyer, down from..
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What you should know about ‘New’ Municipal Added Value Tax

Posted on 06/10/2017 Leave a comment

At the end of last July, the Spanish government approved a bill modifying the law on property transfers that annulled the payment of municipal surplus value on houses registering a loss at the time of transfer. The cornerstone of the new law is how to determine whether or not there has been an increase in..
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Crackdown on Unregistered Holiday Rentals Continues

Posted on 06/10/2017 1 Comment

New laws are being created to ensure that owners of holiday accommodation have civil liability insurance and guest registration in attempts to regulate Spain’s incredibly competitive short term rental market. This comes on the back of the 5th consecutive year of record-breaking tourism numbers in the country that is the most popular tourist destination in..
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