Ivanmax is back (Spanish housing bubble)
Feb 4th 2011, 6:11 pm
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Re: Ivanmax is back (Spanish housing bubble)
I have other homes too
Just happen to be here at the mo, I will be in my home in Spain in April
Like I said, I buy property and move about if it takes my fancy that is.
Just happen to be here at the mo, I will be in my home in Spain in April
Like I said, I buy property and move about if it takes my fancy that is.
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Feb 4th 2011, 7:48 pm
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Re: Ivanmax is back (Spanish housing bubble)
So if for instance you yourself have sold a property in Spain, another regular poster here and elsewhere has sold and moved this week, other members on another forum that you are on first name terms with say they have sold not 1 but 2 of their properties in recent months are we to believe that you say that the Spanish market is dead because quite clearly it is not.
http://www.houses-for-sale-in-spain....lls-in-4-hours
I suspect it's a lot harder for most though
Feb 4th 2011, 9:01 pm
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Re: Ivanmax is back (Spanish housing bubble)
I think we tend to forget the Lemming factor when discussing Spanish property prices as expats. I’ve got no doubt that they’re back.
While innocently enjoying the sunshine and ambience on the terrace of a Spanish bar this afternoon, I listened to a retired Brit couple discussing their recent purchase of a property nearby which they considered a bargain. I know from personal experience that they paid more than double of the house’s actual value.
I watched an elderly couple buying fake sun glasses from a lookie-lookie man that will probably ruin their eyesight.
What do you do? I’ll help anyone if I can, but how can you help lemmings? There are simply too many of them.
And in case anyone accuses me of being over-sarcastic, I came over as a lemming too, and learned the hard way.
While innocently enjoying the sunshine and ambience on the terrace of a Spanish bar this afternoon, I listened to a retired Brit couple discussing their recent purchase of a property nearby which they considered a bargain. I know from personal experience that they paid more than double of the house’s actual value.
I watched an elderly couple buying fake sun glasses from a lookie-lookie man that will probably ruin their eyesight.
What do you do? I’ll help anyone if I can, but how can you help lemmings? There are simply too many of them.
And in case anyone accuses me of being over-sarcastic, I came over as a lemming too, and learned the hard way.
Feb 5th 2011, 8:28 pm
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Feb 6th 2011, 5:06 pm
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Re: Ivanmax is back (Spanish housing bubble)
Please be gentle with me, I'm a newbie.
We've heard of the Great Spanish Property Crash but can't find any evidence in looking at the estate agents' websites. Properties still seem to be in the stratosphere and nothing we like that we can remotely afford. Comparing similar properties here in the UK to Spain, Spain still seems to be on a par with London.
Any pointers to where we can find these supposedly reduced-price properties? Even on recent trips to Spain and looking in estate agents' windows, the prices seem far from crashed.
We've heard of the Great Spanish Property Crash but can't find any evidence in looking at the estate agents' websites. Properties still seem to be in the stratosphere and nothing we like that we can remotely afford. Comparing similar properties here in the UK to Spain, Spain still seems to be on a par with London.
Any pointers to where we can find these supposedly reduced-price properties? Even on recent trips to Spain and looking in estate agents' windows, the prices seem far from crashed.
BTW forget the pool if the property has one (IMO) as I have meet a lot of buyers over the years who buy the villa for the pool with a, It Has a Pool To Die For
In fact I know a couple who bought a place for the pool that had no mains water/electricity
Still maybe they think that they would use it every day, of every month, and just sleep in the house ?
Feb 6th 2011, 5:30 pm
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Re: Ivanmax is back (Spanish housing bubble)
Keep looking as there are bargains as many have said, but if you want front line on the beach or indeed a real nice place near the beach that will cost.
BTW forget the pool if the property has one (IMO) as I have meet a lot of buyers over the years who buy the villa for the pool with a, It Has a Pool To Die For
In fact I know a couple who bought a place for the pool that had no mains water/electricity
Still maybe they think that they would use it every day, of every month, and just sleep in the house ?
BTW forget the pool if the property has one (IMO) as I have meet a lot of buyers over the years who buy the villa for the pool with a, It Has a Pool To Die For
In fact I know a couple who bought a place for the pool that had no mains water/electricity
Still maybe they think that they would use it every day, of every month, and just sleep in the house ?
Feb 6th 2011, 9:20 pm
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Re: Ivanmax is back (Spanish housing bubble)
Keeping a pool takes all of 3 minutes a day in the summer and about 3 minutes a week in the winter ,cant see what all the fuss is about.
Feb 7th 2011, 7:40 am
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Re: Ivanmax is back (Spanish housing bubble)
Look, you won't see any change until they are convinced that we all think there's no return, it's really as simple as that. they are having to really push it this time.
Don't be falling into the trap of thinking that this is something new and unrecoverable. It's all deliberately done every ten years or so to get the wealthy richer and to keep the poor relying on the wealthy.
Before recovery everyone will have to be convinced that this time there is no recovery in sight.
I don't want to get personal but I think you have been taken in Hook line and sinker. I would take a bet that you are poor? Don't worry you're not alone. Wake up.
Don't be falling into the trap of thinking that this is something new and unrecoverable. It's all deliberately done every ten years or so to get the wealthy richer and to keep the poor relying on the wealthy.
Before recovery everyone will have to be convinced that this time there is no recovery in sight.
I don't want to get personal but I think you have been taken in Hook line and sinker. I would take a bet that you are poor? Don't worry you're not alone. Wake up.
Feb 7th 2011, 7:44 am
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Feb 7th 2011, 7:57 am
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Feb 7th 2011, 8:20 am
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We reckon 10mins a week in winter and 1hr once a month. In summer as required but then we are down at the pool every day and I can't not do bits and pieces all the time not one for sunbathing.
Feb 7th 2011, 8:23 am
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Feb 7th 2011, 3:20 pm
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Feb 7th 2011, 3:21 pm
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Feb 7th 2011, 4:31 pm
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