Another positive article

July's issue of the 'A Place in the Sun' has a good article about inspection trips but focusses on some Polaris World developments viewed during the visit. Polaris dont come out of it badly and neither do the Polaris World resorts. Lots of prices for various properties are quoted and positive comments about there being no hard sell by the agents.

In one paragraph in particular the author is very upbeat:-

" Polaris world is a revelation. I found the adverts with Jack Nicklaus a bit cheesy but the resort is five star, with each 'village' beautifully landscaped around a silky smooth golf course. It also feels very Spanish'

He also says

"And this is the value of an inspection trip.  If Polaris world was horrible I'd have spotted it, just as I could see that some other developments we pass are a bit rough.'

The author enjoyed the Mar Menor resort and Hotel, talks about visiting the 'sophisticted' HQ and the Polaris world beach club and the photo's look like La Torre.

Not sure they have all their facts right about the individual resorts because 1 photo is identified as Corijos De Alhama which isnt built yet! But it looks good in the photo!! I expect they meant Condado.

Also wanted to add that there's a short piece in the article about buying now in Spain some properties being offered at a 30% discount because 'buyers can't complete' and British owners benefiting from the strong euro "'so I can offer a much lower price and they are still making a profit on what they paid. Who says now is a bad time to buy in Spain" Whether thats good news for people who have bought on Condado purely to sell on quickly is debateable but it may encourage continued interest..

This message was last edited by JHMurcia on 6/6/2008.

This message was last edited by JHMurcia on 6/6/2008.

Sounds very positive and instills confidence that we have bought into a good resort and can only get better over the coming years! All we need now is for the Ryder Cup to be at Condado! Woulddn't that just be wonderful - think of all the rental potential then!!!

This article was by someone going 'undercover' so there was a real opportunity for him to pull every thing to pieces and he hasnt- far from it. Plus it keep our resort(s) up in public eye in a positive way. Many people thinking of buying use these magazines- we did and I stil do- so reading these comments can only be good because people often like to try before they buy and this sort of article reinforces how good Polaris can be. I though the fact that he had dismissed Polaris as cheesy from the tv adverts but found them to be a revelation on a visit was also a real plus and therefore means other people may become interested in visiting and using a Polaris resort- after all .'Place in the Sun' on tv and via magazine is very poplular.

Whilst looking for something else I found another article about Murcia developers and Polaris from the Times in mid May. There was a slightly less positive air to this one. Not that the resorts aren't well built and do exactly what they say on the box- more along the lines of 'is it right to take over great swathes of land in this way'.?  It was also saying that there has been a great drop off in purchasers and that buyers about to complete are trying to sell, often at a 40% loss. I have seen that there are key ready properties at a discount but not so much about purchasers trying to off load properties in huge numbers. Can anyone add to this- I'm curious more from the resorts point of view as opposed to indiviudual buyers : could it mean the resort or parts of the resort dont get completed in the way we might have expected? Lots of empty properties for a long time wouldnt be attractive- but it would be a buyers market.