09 Aug 2007 11:07 PM:

How very mysterious Captain Beaky.

Come on if it's truly useful information then share it publicly and in the open.  What have you got to lose?

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03 Jul 2007 10:56 PM:

Has anybody managed to get their money back from Palmera Property or their builders?

Is progress being made though united action e.g Costa del Sol Action Group?

Is progress being made?

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19 May 2007 1:06 PM:

Fair play.

I was being a pedantic pain in the a**se in that last email. I'm getting old and turning into a grumpy old git. So I apologise. Plus it was obviously a case of 'the pit calling the kottle black'. My spelling isn't what it should be.

Thread: The Market - Bottomed Or still more to come???

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17 May 2007 11:02 PM:

For the record, the people in whose country you live are called 'Spaniards' not 'Spanish'.

I think you'll find that Spanish is the language they speak. You can refer to them as the Spanish but not simply as Spanish which apart from being wrong sounds vaguely insulting.

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16 May 2007 11:17 PM:

Point taken Georgia.

Nevertheless I would imagine that there are alot of expats in Spain (working class, middle class - makes no difference) who have, as you say, bought without the merest thought if investment in mind but still would find themselves compromised by a collapse in the market. Not just a dip, but the possibility of a collapse.

We all saw it happen in the UK in the early 90's. Now although that period probably broke some people it certainly affected a whole lot more in as much as their options dramatically shrunk. They were lumbered and couldn't move on until the market eventually started to rise again years later.

For every expat who make their dream come true in Spain, there is atleast one who fails. These people who fail will nearly always need the option to realise the value of the villa to the max if they have a chance of starting again in the UK.

It is this large group life-changers who would come a cropper in the event of a collapse.

That said there is probably a far greater chance of people in the UK going belly up courtesy of Gordon Brown. So ignore all of the above, I'm on my way to Malaga!

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