Buying a villa in Spain? Now is the time!

[update 2014, January, read more about the situation on the housing market in Spain.]

The Spanish villa market has long been very popular with investors. However, the financial turmoil of 2008 onwards, the crash of the Spanish housing market, and competition from other countries, such as Thailand, resulted in the previously red-hot Spanish housing market cooling down considerably. But then prices fell, and then the Euro fell.

Since August 2012, interest expressions and sales to Swedes have increased. 2013 was a very strong year and set the tone for 2014, which began with hysterical interest (300 percent increase compared to the same period last year).

Prices are no longer being pushed down on the market and in line with the increased interest the price will soon increase (especially if the world economy stabilizes further during the coming autumn and winter). At least for the attractive properties.

Even bank repossession prices will not drop further. However, many listing on the Spanish market will probably drop further during the year, but these will be listing that are located in, for Swedes, not so attractive areas (and they are more apartment complexes than villas).

The reason for the generally low prices is simply that when so many homes are empty, Spanish developers and homeowners have to offer better prices to attract customers. We at Spanska Fastigheter are continuously entering into partnerships with major British estate agents, major Spanish banks and brokers. We also have a couple of our own projects underway in collaboration with, among others, our Spanish lawyer.

We can therefore offer thousands of homes in the popular parts of Andalusia and the Costa Blanca at very good prices. We also have exclusive rights to most villas, which means that we also have brokers representing us in the Benelux countries, France (the French interest in Spain is at a record high due to new tax regulations), etc., since the number of Swedish buyers is not large enough.

When the housing market was at its most desperate, various bonuses were offered on several listing . For example, you could be offered buy a villa, or apartment, and get a car included in the purchase, or a fully equipped kitchen, or a garage. These bonuses, and other lures are still used by some players but we would be wary of these offers though. If the house or villa is not attractive enough without the lure, it may be time to suspect that something is not right.

We are continuously updating our various info pages with more information about what we offer through our partners, so keep your eyes open for more really great offers from us! We will continue to post picks in our category for listing. However, we would like to emphasize that we have access to the large database with thousands of homes. Please contact us info@spanskafastigheter.se for more info about what you are looking for, and where.

Some other articles that may be relevant to read are our article about our range of housingOr our advice regarding the process of buy a house in Spain. Don't miss our little introduction to the wonderful Andalusia,

For those who want To rent a villa in Spain, we recommend that you read this article.

And this article about the possibilities of getting a nice passive income through rentals 

Read also about Costa del Sol.