By ML Director of Alanda Properties As I cared to point out in all my blog posts last year, 2021 was shaping to become an exceptional year for the real estate industry. 2021 saw 565,523 house sales. We need to go back in time 14 years to witness such a good year. This is almost […]

By ML Director of Alanda Properties If you are selling property in Spain, you can greatly mitigate your seller’s Capital Gains Tax liability with all the below-listed VAT invoices and taxes: 1) On buying •    Lawyer’s fees  •    Notary fees  •    Land Registry fees  •    Taxes 2) On selling •   […]

By ML Director of Alanda Properties In a recent survey carried out by InterNations, Malaga was voted as the second best city overall to live in as a foreign resident. Madrid was ranked number 10, and Barcelona a distant 29. Malaga has become a very attractive place for foreign residents over the last decade for […]

From the team at Alanda Properties, we wish all our clients and friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Alanda will reopen for business on Friday 7th of January 2022. Martha

By ML Director of Alanda Properties Andalusia approved a new law in October ’21 which has made the transitory tax breaks on buying property permanent. This means Andalusia has now become the region of Spain with the lowest taxes (along with liberal Madrid). The point being is that if you are thinking of buying a […]

By ML Director of Alanda Properties As we have been pointing out over the last year, a series of factors have built up to create excellent buying opportunities. Real estate experts share a general consensus that now is the right time to buy property, specifically in Andalusia. Ultra-low taxation. As we’ve covered in previous articles […]

By ML Director of Alanda Properties As Spain’s leading property portal IDEALISTA reports in its article of August 2021, property sales over the last six months are at levels unseen since 2008. Spain’s National Bureau of Statistics (INE) reports 267,700 properties sold during the first 6 months of this year. We need to look back […]

By ML Director of Alanda Properties I often get comments that buyers cannot possibly afford a villa in Marbella because they are all in excess of 1mn euros. This is of course untrue. Marbella is surrounded by all sorts of gated developments (urbanizaciones, in Spanish). Granted, some of them are on prime location and will […]

By ML Director of Alanda Properties 3rd of August 2021 With the first six months of 2021 coming to a close, we can now look back and do a balance of what it’s been like, and what a ride it’s been! As we had been repeatedly pointing out, the drastic tax cut in property taxes […]