Spain Real Estate News

Julie said:
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 @ 5:01 PM

What about the banks trying to be more helpful towards foreign investors by improving their services, lowering charges and making it easier to borrow when buying a property in Spain?

Louise said:
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 @ 10:57 PM

This is just typical of the Spanish Authorities. They have behaved discracefully towards foreign investors, in many cases over charging for loans, bank accounts and foreign exchanges. The Government and local authorites have no respect for the foreign investor/tourist and have had it their way for far too long in my view, it is now pay back time! I for one cannot wait to sell up and return to the UK where I know that I can get honest advice and help when needed via local town halls. I have stopped going into a lot of the spanish bars now because I feel there is a definate feelings from my local area that the British are not wanted anymore (now that we do not have a lot of disposable income to spend in their shops and bars!)
and I used to think England was racist!!! Don't even start me on knocking peoples homes down as and when they feel like it.
Let me get back to the UK asap......

gabriele said:
Saturday, October 25, 2008 @ 5:11 PM

Commenting to Julie and Louise above:

You can open a bank account with Banco de Santander where you don't have to pay bank charges. I recently, did just that in Tenerife.
Otherwise, banks are pretty much the same all over the world which means they are a business. Otherwise, don't forget if you don't ask for something you, generally, are not informed.

We can't even blame a bank manager who sold us something in good face (they usually didn't understand themselves what they were selling with hedge fonds, for instance. I we had doubts we should never have bought.

We also shouldn't blame governments too much when a man like Mr. Greenspan was prophesizing a flourishing economy in the highest academic and economic circles.
Error is human and what we should learn from it is to follow nobody's advice but, our own gut feeling.

I am sorry to hear about about a change of attitude towards the British where you stay in Spain. I have detected nothing of the sort in general on Tenerife Island. Although never having been a big spender locals still treat me with respect. Perhaps, it helps to speak their language and to show some interest in their problems.

I very much doubt that you will get best help by local councils in the UK either at this time of panic and uncertainty.

Don't forget that all which happened which is aggravated by some sensation hungry media circulated within the masses like an epidemic.

The grass is never greener on the other side. Its color is only in the eye of the beholder.

gabriele said:
Saturday, October 25, 2008 @ 5:13 PM

Commenting to Julie and Louise above:

You can open a bank account with Banco de Santander where you don't have to pay bank charges. I recently, did just that in Tenerife.
Otherwise, banks are pretty much the same all over the world which means they are a business. Otherwise, don't forget if you don't ask for something you, generally, are not informed.

We can't even blame a bank manager who sold us something in good face (they usually didn't understand themselves what they were selling with hedge fonds, for instance. I we had doubts we should never have bought.

We also shouldn't blame governments too much when a man like Mr. Greenspan was prophesizing a flourishing economy in the highest academic and economic circles.
Error is human and what we should learn from it is to follow nobody's advice but, our own gut feeling.

I am sorry to hear about about a change of attitude towards the British where you stay in Spain. I have detected nothing of the sort in general on Tenerife Island. Although never having been a big spender locals still treat me with respect. Perhaps, it helps to speak their language and to show some interest in their problems.

I very much doubt that you will get best help by local councils in the UK either at this time of panic and uncertainty.

Don't forget that all which happened which is aggravated by some sensation hungry media circulated within the masses like an epidemic.

The grass is never greener on the other side. Its color is only in the eye of the beholder.