2013 will be an explosive year for our business. The opening weeks have started with a bang with several expressions of interest for both viewing and bookings made on our subsidiary site scandicfeelrentals.com. In addition, we are also expanding rapidly internationally. Read about the Spanish housing market in 2014.

So our hard work has started to make a big splash. We are really glad we didn't give up when the headlines were at their darkest and most speculative, and no one dared to take a chance. The doomsday sceptics were wrong. Spain didn't sink into the Mediterranean. Things have stabilized in the world economy, and now people want to buy again.

Last week, Blocket.se presented figures showing that interest in buying a home abroad is growing rapidly, and Swedes are particularly interested in the Spanish housing market. The number of searches for Spanish homes on Blocket increased last year from 79,000 to 91,000 (our percentage increase was similar). The most popular areas are Gran Canaria, Torrevieja, Majorca, Barcelona and Nerja Nerja is the search that increases the most in the entire top ten list when it comes to searches in the "abroad" category.

In addition, according to our reports, the fair in Stockholm last week was a great success. Swedes will probably make more purchases this year than they have in the last five or six years.

But internationally, the appetite is even greater

At the end of the year, we received several inquiries from abroad, as people like our head realtor Anders Larsson's good reputation and quality portfolio of homes. We will soon be represented in seven countries - ten before the end of the year. We are currently establishing a contact in Russia and one person is translating our site into English. But already now there are brokers in, among other things, the Benelux countries, Germany and France who markets our homes.

The international interest is mainly in the upper segment. For example, there are many wealthy French people looking for homes in southern Spain due to the tax pressure in their home country, etc. (of course, this also has to do with the fact that you can make real cuts in the luxury segment right now). In Belgium, the interest in Spain is also huge at the moment. The Belgians mainly want, which we specialize in, homes that provide good income directly through rental.

This concept of rental housing is one that we have been able to offer extra services within since 2013, even for those who do not want a rental company to take care of all aspects. The services include cleaning companies and caretaker services, etc. In addition, you can quickly get your apartment rented out by purchasing a furniture package through us. We can even offer interior designers if you want to spruce up your new home with the help of a professional. In addition, we have also started working with an association of architects in Marbella.

News spanskafastigheter.se 2013

Now that we are exposed to markets that together consist of over 100 million people, there is further pressure on us to expand the database of listing . Our customer base has simply grown too large for the relatively small Swedish market. Therefore, we have appointed a new employee to work exclusively with contacting homeowners in Nerja and the surrounding area (an area that most investors consider to have the best future value). Write to spanienkontoret@spanskafastigheter.se and register your interest. We will continuously send you updates.

We have also gained access to basically ALL bank repossession on Costa Del Sol (and the rest of Spain) but will only market the real gems.

In 2013 we will also continue to expand our portfolio of apartments and houses for rent when our investment in Nerjawas such a success!

A collaboration for both rentals and sales has been initiated with a new partner in Marbella, Mijas Costa and the other popular areas along the Western Costa Del Sol.

We have finally found a really good partner at Costa Blanca! We will soon present more of their large selection of homes for sale and rent. In addition, we are currently negotiating with a Swedish broker which will be in place this autumn and will guide our investment on the Costa Blanca. This investment will not only be concentrated on classic Torrevieja, etc. We will also invest in the eastern, slightly lesser-known parts.

We are also negotiating with really good players in other Spanish regions. This autumn we will offer homes for rent in Mallorca and the Basque Country, among others. Not because the Basque Country will become a cash cow right away, but because we like the area! The restaurants alone, which are absolutely world class, around San Sebastian are worth the ticket!

The rental sector in Nerja has been a lifeline for several real estate agencies during the crisis years. The numbers fell sharply in some places, but in growing Nerja they remained stable. January 2013 started explosively and became an “all time high” month. All the numbers and all the signs, regardless of whether it concerns rentals or sales in Spain, point in one direction – upwards.

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