11 Jan 2009 9:44 PM:

tightening the belt this year so we are doing butlins for a week at easter then we have just 3 weeks booked in august in moraira on the costa blanca.if work goes ok we will book another one

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11 Jan 2009 11:59 AM:

the uk has seen this happen before and will again.your husband will not feel any better from a move to spain as the person you buy from will probably be in negative equity any way its just you will benafit from it and lessen his burden, but i'm sure you will feel sorry for him and make up the short fall just to ease your mind on other peoples suffering.people who dive into buying property often regret it,do your homework and stop worrying about others and take care of your own abit of support and encouragement and they might supprise you.

Thread: we're giving the UK the fingers up.Selling UK property before UK goes to the dogs

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30 Dec 2008 5:47 PM:

norman my prediction is based on the fact we are facing such bad ex rates because our government has lowered the intrest rate to help our companies be able to export better and to stop them going to the wall.i believe the rest of europe still has more to come.spain has only just admitted being in recession.how many of our major building companies had gone to the wall 6months before the recession? I may be out on the amount it will bounce back but i believe it will recover some ground as the true state of the european economy comes to light.

Thread: Currency dilemma

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30 Dec 2008 12:24 AM:

we have been looking to buy in spain for the last two years with prices dropping and the ex-rate being so bad have put all my cash in a fixed bond (done in august) at 5.75%.

have already booked my spainish holiday for next year and wouldnt go any where else.i am hoping that i can afford to get their in the end as its where i want to be,have just turned 41 already have my house paid for and a flat which returns £500 a month before x's.I think the pound will bounce back in the middle of next year to around 1.15 once the rest of the zone settles down.But the spainish market will take abit longer as its the reputation of the industry that has taken the biggest knock.

           Happy new year to all

                                               Tony

Thread: Currency dilemma

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11 Oct 2008 7:14 PM:

HI KAREN,
                   Had already thought of that and spent 3 weeks near you in the little hamlet of El Rincon.I think if i was lookin for a place to live yours would be the area i'd choose.
Am only looking for some where to holiday at the momment and as i have 4 kids i need to be somewhere a little more lively.(they are 17 15 8 and 6).i know i can buy exactley what i want and more near you for around 200000euros . a villa i looked at while i was there has just shown up on a website for sale and in august when i saw it they were asking 218,000 now its 195,000.with the current financial situation i dont think you can be sure what prices will do.i wouldn't believe the spin in the papers about  prices its about as reliable as the official figures.  thanks for you imput.

                                                                                                         TONY

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