Plazuela de San Javier is a very small plaza and a real treasure that is hidden in the very centre of Madrid, and if you do not expressly look for it you will most probably not see it. This tiny plaza is considered to be the smallest one in Madrid. It is located in the …
Spain has more than 320.000 tourist flats throughout the country. The Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), specifically mentioned that there were 321.000 tourist flats or holiday rental apartments in our national territory. In all, they account for 1.3% of residential real estate in Spain as the report which was published last December by INE shows, …
A massive housing renovation is expected so that homes become energy efficient to the maximum. The European Union has marked the year 2050 when every building in Europe must have achieved decarbonization. But what does this mean? This means that fossil fuel consumption that releases polluting energy must have been eliminated from every building. Undoubtedly, …
As a result of the pandemic, detached houses are gaining prominence in the real estate market. The coronavirus has disrupted our lives and in addition to causing changes at a sanitary, economic and work level, it has also changed the profile of the homebuyer. Some weeks ago in this blog, we wrote an article about …
This year there is no alternative but to live a different kind of Christmas. However, this does not mean that we cannot enjoy this festive Christmas period. Actually, it is all about being aware of the difficult times we are living through, due to the pandemic, and to learn how to welcome Christmas in a …
In Spain, due to the coronavirus, the profile of the luxury housing buyer has changed; and the national client has gained importance. This could be a front page headline of what is currently happening in the high standing real estate sector in our country. As we have already seen in this blog, the pandemic has …
In spite of the difficulties we are going through due to the pandemic, the mortgage market is being more flexible by offering new products for the purchase of a house. It is true that the last term of the year is usually not the most favourable one to invest on property. Nonetheless, we are living …
Making a room bigger can be easier than it seems if we use some small tricks. Space is everybody´s eternal problem: as time passes, one gets the impression that the space has been reduced however large it seemed at first. What has happened with that room where previously everything fitted in without a problem? As …
The lack of new construction has become a concern to real estate developers. In addition, it can also lead to a hurdle to the recovering of building works in our country. This is an understandable concern as construction has been one of the sectors which has recovered best after the irruption of the coronavirus. Thus, …
The confinement caused by the coronavirus is responsible for a new housing model which did not exist before. In Spain, there has always been a great deal of interest in living in the centre of a great city where it is easy to have access to leisure activities as well as to all the services …
In Spain, the rental of housing gets cheaper after having gone through a steady rise that has lasted for months. This is the conclusion that different real estate portals have reached, after having confirmed that, during this last September, rental income in the main Spanish cities has dropped when compared to the previous year. It …
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