Eye on Spain Newsletter - 08 July 2011                40,085 Readers Buenos dias Well I'm glad to see so many people are enjoying The Expat Files book which we have been helping to launch this week. It's currently available on Amazon Kindle or as a PDF download on the website. It's a great compilation of different experiences of a life on the Spanish coasts! Find our more about The Expat Files Now, next Tuesday is Eye on Spain's SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY! I cannot believe we've made it this long! So to mark the event we are doing a mega special sale...so keep your eyes peeled for that one. (Wow, seven years!!) Anyway, enjoy this week's articles and remember to keep sending us your stories to publish too. Tell us about where you live or plan to live, etc. We and all our readers want to hear from you. Have a great week. Un saludo Justin (Facebook, Twitter) Expats Hit Hard By Property Tax Probe Several expat property owners have been hit with huge bills as the regional tax office probe into back-dated property tax hots up - as warned by CBNews two weeks ago. One owner has informed that the regional government in Valencia via the economy, tax and occupation council has revalued the property he purchased and slapped a hefty unpaid tax bill on him. Read the article...   Moneycorp: Save Transferring Your Mortgage Or Pension Payments To Spain Sponsored Message: Moneycorp's Regular Payment Plan can save you money if you have regular payments to make. Such payments might include mortgage payments, pension transfers or any other regular currency transactions. It's is a highly cost effective and simple way to send money to Spain on a regular basis. Recommended by Eye on Spain! Find out more about the Regular Payment Plan...   Euro Currency Update July 2011 Over the last couple of months or so the market has been preoccupied with Greece, unusually for this time of the year its not holiday bookings or resorts they have been talking about but how is Greece going to repay its debt. But with all this going on, why is the Euro still so strong? Read the article...   My Moving To Spain Story Anthony Randall writes: "Our story is about getting things right at the start of the moving-house process. It involvs all expats, unsurprisingly, but fortunately only resulting in the loss of a fairly large (to us in 2005) sum of money." Read Anthony's story...   Sell Your Spanish Property SPONSORED MESSAGE: Eye on Spain offers a cost-effective way to help you sell your Spanish property. It allows you to sell your property privately so you have no commissions to pay and therefore you can market it at a lower price. In May 2011 we generated over 325 enquiries for our properties! Find out more...   A Guilty Pleasure After my article last week about the 7 top mistakes new expats make, Stephen Reid, our regular story teller, was inspired to put together this funny story incorporating quite a few of the points from my article. Enjoy! Read the story...   Contesting A Spanish Will During the past few years we have received several enquiries in relation to the possibility of revoking a Spanish Will due to the lack of capacity of the testator or testatrix. This can occur when the testator is an elderly person living alone who can be conditioned or influenced by third parties. Read the article...   Cante De Las Minas International Festival, La Union, Murcia Held August 3rd-13th 2011 in the Market Building, La Union, Murcia. Every August the small Murcian town La Union in the south-east of Spain plays host to the Cante de Las Minas Festival (Song of the Mines Festival), one of Spain's premier flamenco festivals. Read the article...   Maria's Top Legal Advice From Last 7 Days Every week we bring you the top legal blog posts made by Maria de Castro of Costa Luz Lawyers (www.costaluzlawyers.es). Hope you find this useful and of interest. Legal tip 555. Insurances for mortgages Legal tip 556. Supreme Court for Consumers again. Management tip 42. Not just growth but... Legal tip 557. Decree for Breath for mortgage debtors Legal tip 558. New decree on auctions Legal tip 559. Banks in America pioneering again Guide To Schools & Education In Spain EYE ON SPAIN EBOOK: Educating your child can be a minefield wherever you live in the world and in a foreign country with a foreign system even more so. For parents moving to Spain with their children, one of their biggest concerns is education. This guide helps you understand the Spanish system and how to make your child prosper in a school in Spain. Find out more...   Popular Forum Discussions From Last 7 Days Hard times for Brit expats and visitors... 185 Million Euros in off plan deposits lost on just five developments. Want to add yours? Dog barking all day when its locked out on balcony Unpaid Community Fees A RESTAURATEUR’S EYE ON FORUMS. New speed Limits Top 10 Strategies To Boost Your Rental Enquiries Eye on Spain eBook: If you have a property in Spain and you need to generate more rental income from it, then you need to read this new ebook from Eye on Spain detailing the top 10 tactics, most never discussed, to generate a flood of rental enquiries for your property. 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