Buy house in Spain, is now a good time

Buy house in Spain, is now a good time

Spain tops the wish-list for potential second home-owners living in Britain proving that  neither the economic crisis nor the planning corruption scandals of recent years have put them off.

House sales went up for the first time in 2014 since the construction bubble burst with foreign buyers accounting for almost one in every five houses sold in Spain last year, an increase of over 19 percent from the year before.

Official statistics from Spain published last month record that French purchasers made up 10.48 percent of the market, German buyers accounted for 6.45 percent of sales and Belgians 6.19 percent.

By far the biggest percentage of buyers were the Brits at 18.6 percent and it’s no wonder.

Spain has now overtaken France as the destination of choice for holiday homes for British buyers of a second home, a survey published by Rightmove Oversees in January revealed.  

Some 37 percent of Brits looking to buy abroad said they would choose Spain with only 23 percent opting for a property in France.

With the euro at an eight year low against the pound, estate agents in Spain are already seeing a rush from British buyers eager to snap up a bargain.

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