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Dear Nigel
I would like to say thank you for finding me my home in Spain. Harvey Savage worked endlessly to find me just what I wanted he was so patient and nothing was too much trouble for him, he helped me every step of the way and I will always be grateful to him.
I would recommend Girasol Homes to anyone and Harvey is a great asset to your team out in Alicante
Thank you once Again
Kind Regards
Keith Stoner
Dear Nigel, I want to write a thank you note, we have bought an apartment in Entre Naranjos.
We have done this in response to an advertisement from you, directed by Sven, who knew of our desires and he has been searching for us. We therefore very much like to add our compliments on your site, especially to Sven.
He found and supported the decisive factor for our purchase, our thanks. It is the house of our dreams and we love it in Entre Naranjos,
Very briefly, our sincere compliments, and especially to Sven but also to the whole Girasol Homes who made this possible.
We would like to say to anyone who wants to buy a house in Spain go to Girasol Homes, you do not get disappointed.
Yours sincerely, Mr and Mrs Bos (Nehtherlands)
One of the many new websites under construction at Girasol Homes is now live, specialising in Spanish Property Sales the new site at Spanish Property Store is already receiving traffic and new visitors.
Developed by Graham Hunt and Nigel Salmon this family of sites is intended to demonstrate to the Spanish Property Buyer the One Stop Shop Element of buying a Spanish Property through Girasol Homes.
In contrast to the UK, where vendors are still in a state of denial, owners in Spain have finally began dropping their asking prices, according to new data from Idealista.com.
In total, 31% of vendors have dropped their prices with a disproportionate number coming from the cheaper end of the market.
According to Idealista, 134,107 sellers lowered their prices which is 69% more than last year and the sharpest change ever recorded by the portal.
The regions with the biggest number of falls were in Madrid (10.2pc), Zaragoza (9.7pc) and Barcelona (8.8pc).
Girasol has found that the most activity is happening in the Alicante and Murcia Regions.
By September Girasol Homes will have a whole host of Specialist sites that will form part of the Girasol Homes family. One of these is the Specialist Spanish Repossessions website spanish repossessions.
This site will focus on how to buy a Spanish Repossession Property and list some of the benefits of doing so. This could include a Low Deposit Property with a high percentage mortgage which would save thousands of Euros on a large deposit plus mortgage type property. More will follow on this site.
From the Wall Street Journal
MADRID—Spain will temporarily lower the rate of value-added tax levied on purchases of newly built housing as it looks to boost its moribund property market, part of a slew of new policies to help the economy and cut the government’s budget deficit.
At a press conference following an extraordinary cabinet meeting, Finance Minister Elena Salgado spelled out several measures, announced in recent days, to bring forward corporate-tax payments and reduce drug-procurement costs in the country’s state-run health service.
She also said the reduction in VAT on house buys—to 4% from 8%—will only be applied until the end of this year, and seeks to cut the large number of properties built in recent years that remain unsold. As Spanish property prices have tumbled since 2008, the number of transactions and employment in the sector have dropped significantly.
“This measure will help to generate economic activity,” Ms. Salgado said, adding that it should have a positive effect on government revenue, which she didn’t specify, through a significant increase in taxed transactions.
From Moodies Report
SPAIN. Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea (AENA), the country’s airport and air traffic control authority, posted a +6.4% year-on-year increase in passenger traffic in May to 17,883,637.
Madrid-Barajas Airport experienced a -1.7% decline to 4,213,488 but Barcelona El Prat Airport posted a +22.3% surge to 3,072,750.
All top ten airports, other than Madrid, posted year-on-year growth. Pallama de Mallorca was up +6.8%, Malaga +9.8% and Alicante +7.3%. Tenerife Sur was the fastest riser, up +22.1%.
For the first five months, passenger numbers across the AENA network rose by +8.5% to 75,001, 913.
Madrid-Barajas Airport experienced a +1.3% gain to 19,516,202, while Barcelona El Prat Airport posted a +20.0% increase to 12,639,500
All top ten airports posted year-on-year growth for the period.
The Spanish housing market has been predicted to “bottom out” in the next year, providing an ideal environment for international property investment.
JP Morgan Chase said Spanish property will be available at bargain prices in the next 12 months, before starting to recover.
New rules that banks must adhere to by September, set down by the Spanish government, is expected to see lenders selling off their property assets to try and increase their capital.
Banks are also easing back on their lending criteria for distressed property in a bid to encourage investors, meaning borrowers can get up to 100% mortgages.
In a statement, JP added: “There is still some way to go, given the large overhang of land, further write downs to come and further de-gearing by property companies and banks.”
Copyright © Press Association 2011
Some 37.5 per cent more searches for property in Spain took place in January compared to the previous year, it has been reported.
According to real estate portal Homesgofast.com, interest in the Balearics and Canary Islands could be replacing main land Spain for property purchases in the coming year.
Reports suggest that there are over a million unsold properties in Spain currently.
Indeed, overseas buyer interest in the Balearics and Canary Islands became even more pronounced in January, with one third of all enquiries into Spanish properties for those islands.
“It’s interesting to see how Spain despite the bad press is still very attractive to overseas buyers,” a spokesperson for the site said.
Girasol Homes’ searches have already increased by over 25% in 2011
MADRID
— Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang Wednesday reiterated Beijing’s pledge to support Spain in a meeting with the country’s prime minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, as the two countries began signing $7.3 billion in deals.
Mr. Li, widely expected to become China’s next premier within the next two years, told Mr. Zapatero that China wanted a united, strong and stable Europe, with Spain an important player in multilateral international relations.
“China is a long-term and responsible investor in the Spanish and European financial markets, and it has confidence and great interest in the Spanish market,” Mr. Li said on the second day of a nine-day tour of the European Union in a show of support for China’s largest export market.
Excerpt from the Wall Street Journal 06/01/2011
The volume of Spanish property sold increased by 13% year-on-year in the third quarter of this year according to figures out this week from The Spain Property Registry.
The statistics show that residential property transactions were up by 13% on July to September 2009 to a total volume of 124,593 properties sold, with new builds increasing by 9% and re-sales by 17%.
The Instituto Nacional de Estadística (the Spanish National Statistics Institute) also revealed this week that the average value of mortgages constituted in September increases 4.2%.
“During the month of September, the average amount per mortgage constituted stood at 135,132 euros,” says INE, “a rise of 4.2% on that recorded in the same month last year, and 8.7% more than that registered in August 2010.”
The average mortgage loan value was €119,527 … 2.1% more than September 2009.
According to Mark Stucklin of Spanish Property Insight “on a rolling 12-month basis, there were 454,283 sales over 12 months to the end of Q3, up an annualised 4% and a quarterly 3%. Even if a percentage of these sales were banks swapping debt for property, I think the market has found its floor at around 400,000 transactions per year."
GIRASOL HOMES LAUNCHES NEW LISTING SERVICE FOR PRIVATE CLIENTS
Girasol Homes now offers to provide an extra service to clients that want to sell their property in the quickest time possible. Having a good number of properties which sold in 2010 we are eager to repeat the success formula for new clients on the selling side.
When you decide that the time is right to sell your property there are many considerations you have to bear in mind.
Firstly, is the time right? Your property will not sell in a market where you are surrounded by other similar properties at a lower price. You would have to compromise on price.
Secondly, has your property got that wow factor?
Thirdly, do you have the edge over the competition so that you get a regular supply of clients coming through the door, after all if they don’t come through the door how can they buy from you?
Finally how are you going to promote it? That is where our new service can help you a lot. Don’t just throw yourself into the void of the housing market without having our advice and expertise on your side. We can get you the best deals from a constantly updating database of clients who are looking for properties just like yours.
However bear one thing in mind; we will not just take on any old property. You will need to be keenly priced and have that little something extra, be it views, location, design, or whatever, in order to get onto our exclusive listings.
You will also need to accept our exclusivity contract which rewards us for the extreme advertising your property will receive through the major portals such as Kyero (for Spain), Prime Location, Right Move Overseas, ThinkSpain (for Spain), Spanish Living (for Spain), Daily Mail & Mail on Sunday and many more. The individual cost of these portals can run into the hundreds of Euros for advertising. We do it for you for free.
How many agents do you need? This is in addition to a highly sophisticated agency intranet brokerage that Girasol Homes offers where dozens of property agents also receive the details of your property to promote to their clients. This accounts for half of all of our sales.
What does the service cost? Well we charge a flat 5% fee on success. You will also need to be available and open for visits. There is no point advertising if people cannot get access to your property when required. Obviously you want the greatest possible exposure for your property. Your property will be shown on the Property Portals listed on the opening page and on many more too. We are constantly adding outlets to our advertising mix.
Obviously you want the greatest possible exposure for your property. Your property will be shown on the Property Portals listed on the opening page and on many more too. We are constantly adding outlets to our advertising mix.
Our Offer
1. Promotion through the property portals as above.
2. PDF Ads for your property distributed to enquirers
3. Preferential listings on our own websites in rotation
4. Guaranteed first page visibility and featured listings on many of the websites we host and run
5. Distribution to our Multi Listing Agent Network. We have a network of dozens of agents all around Spain, the UK and the rest of Europe who will receive your listing
6. Regular mail outs to our lists of buyers and the lists of buyers via Girasol’s agent networks.
7. Regular market updates and price comparisons with other similar properties.
8. Marketing MOT Review – what could be better, pictures, presentation etc.
9. (Optional) Your own highly targeted website to make your listing stand out even more from the crowd. At extra cost reimbursed if sale successful.
10. Promotion through social media outlets like Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and more to get your message out there to the greatest audience
12. For an additional fee we can get your property a Premium display on RightMove Overseas. Contact us for more details.
Why? As previously stated the more looking at your property the greater the chance of your property being sold. By using the huge leverage of the internet property portals and the advertising opportunities that we can offer you, your property is more likely to find the ideal client that will buy it. And that ideal client is much more likely to pay a fair price for your property than an untargeted client.
Our Guarantee
Nobody will work harder to promote your property making sure that it has the greatest chance of selling. Remember we do not accept all properties onto our exclusive list. They must be special and/or competitive. If your property matches our demanding criteria then we will give it all the support and promotion necessary to bring the sale to a successful conclusion.
WHAT WE NEED NEXT
Good Pictures -at least 6 high resolution pictures
Signed marketing agreement
Copy text for property/ Floor plans if available
Video if available – call/email us for delivery method
Access arrangements for the property(s)
In 2 weeks we will have our automated system up and running we will look to process new sellers this way for speed, service and efficiency.
Contact us here contact Girasol
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now 98,000 Euros
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Penthouse Apartments
Girasol have now got live on the website some of the best value properties across the Northern Costa Blanca and with the upturn in the market are urging clients who have been waiting for the right moment to start looking seriously now.
Many of these properties are in very sought after locations such as Monte Pego and Els Poblets (right by the sea) and are priced from a superb 170000 euros. We urge your fullest attention to benefit from these amazing bargains.
Example property
an attractive, completely renovated two bedroom, 2 shower-room villa with pool only 500 meters to the beach at Es Poblets for details Els Poblets Villa
Others (we have many) are here
3 bedroom 2 bathroom detached villas in popular La Marina location (close to San Fulgencio) now available from 159840 Euros, these are amazing value and are extremely sought after.
go to the link here to discover the full details Click here
We have the keys and there are only a few left so get in touch today!
WE ARE STRESSING THAT THESE PROPERTIES WILL ALL SELL WITHIN 6 WEEKS, PLEASE BE QUICK.
