Spain still number 1

According to research by analysts for `A Place in the Sun´ Spain remains with no change, the Number 1 destination to buy a property overseas...

Our favourite property-buying destination continues to tick the boxes for those seeking a new life in the sun as well as an easily reached holiday home hotspot. At 2018’s property exhibitions it was clear that Brexit had not put off permanent moves to Spain and there’s very much a “do it now or never” mentality.

With the average property search up a little from £117,131 in 2017, this perhaps shows how the property prices in the Spanish Costas have begun to rise in the past year, but it’s still a relatively low figure compared with Portugal, for one.

The top five locations in Spain for buyers are headed up by Torrevieja on the southern Costa Blanca; Camposol in Murcia; Estepona on the Costa del Sol; Villamartin on the southern Costa Blanca; and Murcia's Condado de Alhama, another golfing resort.

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