Investing in Spain

The Costa del Sol is recognised as being the fastest growing region in Europe. For example, on the Costa del Sol alone there are approximately 2,500,000 people currently residing or owning property. These figures are estimated to almost triple during the next ten years. This means that more and more investors are turning to the one option that has historically proven to be a "sure thing", property.

The current housing market in the UK is extremely strong and many home owners are finding that they have a large amount of equity in their property, and are choosing to invest it in one of the most comfortable and profitable regions of Europe - southern Spain.

So, why not make the most of your equity and invest in a property in southern Spain? New Developments throughout southern Spain are being constructed constantly. The reason being that they sell quickly, in most cases through "off plan" investment schemes.

You can purchase them for 75% of the market value and then find that their value has gone up by 20% in the first year. If you are not planning to live in them all year round, you are unlikely to have a problem renting them out.