The author provides quality information for the growing number of UK investors in Spanish property. The text identifies the best areas in which to buy for specific needs and investment goals - whether retirement, worker, holiday or business investors.

Spain's property market has been bouncing back slowly, offering plenty of bargains compared with prices a decade ago. It is a buyers' market, but many legal and tax pitfalls may still await the unwary. It is important to work through this maze without putting savings at risk. Anthony I Foster is just the person to help you do that. In this 12th edition of his popular book, first published in 1994, he draws on 35 years' experience in Spain to provide unrivalled detail of how best to deal with lawyers, estate agents, builders, notaries, taxmen and others in the property selling and buying chain. He also explains what everything costs, helping readers to avoid unpleasant shocks that could bust their tight budgets. The guide is fully updated for main legal and tax changes since the previous edition. It is for property buyers who want to understand and keep track of what the professionals are doing in their name. The author, who has appeared on BBC and Channel 5 personal finance and property programmes as an independent expert on buying homes in Spain, even offers an 'after sales' service by providing his personal contact details for questions about information in the book.

After a long and successful career in marketing and PR, Tom Provan took the decision to leave England and move to Spain. In this book you'll learn from his experiences. Some are positive, some are frustrating and some are very funny. For anyone contemplating making the same move here is valuable information to help you make the decision that is right for you - and avoid pitfalls. CONTENTS: Taking the decision choosing a location finding a property legal matters the actual removal settling in Manana and Siesta the lifestyle the cost of living the hidden delights of Spain the Spanish garden healthcare in Spain are there negatives? the future.

Ian J. Comaskey´s company has sold 200 million euro of property to date. Yes, the numbers sound good, but it is impossible to sell that much property and not see patterns emerge in buyers. Ian Comaskey uses his knowledge to explain how many buyers end up with a property they did not intend to buy, and why they usually they pay too much. He believes that a penny saved is a penny earned, or "found money". Unfortunately a trait attached to the Spanish real estate sector is that it is open to abuse by those who are unethical, and the tips and tricks in this book tell you how to avoid the more obvious traps, together with those that are less so. Not only traps set by third parties, but how our own brains can trick us. We spend too much time on working on tasks that only give us 20% of positive results. His chapter on negotiation makes it worth buying this book for this section alone. It is an art form as we all know. He provides proven tips and strategies for buyers to use in conjunction with their purchase, plus valuable legal and tax information on all you need to know as a property owner, but furthermore, once a property is bought, how to make money from it. This book is an easy to read, straightforward, far from boring account of how to buy property in Spain using every tip that an experienced agent and property investor is aware of, and then some more.

This indispensable guide is packed with no-nonsense tips, money-saving hints and honest advice based on knowledge accumulated during the course of the author's 20 year career as 'The Spanish Property Doctor'. All of the key aspects of buying a property in Spain are covered, from choosing who to work with, common pitfalls to avoid and how to make the most of your property's money-making potential. This guide cuts through the jargon and myths of buying an overseas property, and should help to ensure that a reader's dream purchase doesn't turn into a nightmare.

Helps you discover some little-known facts about Spanish home-ownership.