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Eye on Spain Newsletter 01 May 2007

Dear EOS Member

"The Death of Spanish Property", am I going mad or something? It's what some newspapers would have you believe after all the bad publicity last week where Spanish property companies and developers started losing considerable value on the Spanish stock market.

As a result of this many were predicting a Spanish properyt market crash but in reality the two are unrelated. We did, however, receive a ton of emails from worried owners and buyers trying to understand what was going on.

Instead of just giving you our opinion I contacted a few people in the industry for their comments and put them all together in our lead article today.

Just DON'T PANIC, newspapers have a habit of making things look worse than they really are.

The Death of Spanish Property
Read a summary of the bad press from last week and comments from respected people within the industry. Death? I think things are still very live and kicking.
Read all the comments...

A Recipe for Disaster
Roy Martinez has not been at all impressed with what developers have been doing to all the wonderful areas of Spain. He says it's time for some action.
Read Roy's recommendations...

Buying Property in Spain - 10 Points to Consider
Moving on from all the doom and gloom, Cristina Sanchez from 1Casa offers some advice for those looking to buy in Spain. Read her 10 points to consider when buying.
Read Cristina's advice...

In Search of a Better Life
Many people still regard Spain as their ultimate relocation destination to improve the quality of thier lives, especially where kids are concerned. That's just what Alison and her family did.
Read Alison's story...

Website of the week
Map of Spain is a site dedicated to providing royalty free maps of Spain, maps of Spanish cities and links of maps to buy.
View the website of the week...

Guide to Buying, Living and Moving to Spain
If you missed our email about it a couple of weeks ago, Barclays have launched a guide packed full of information for anyone looking to buy in, live in or move to Spain. There is no charge for the guide, you just need to click the link below and fill in the form and they will post the guide to you.
Give me my guide now please...

That's all for today. Enjoy the rest of the week and see you soon.

Un saludo

Justin Aldridge
www.eyeonspain.com

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