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Do you plan to make money from your Marbella home?

Gecko Towers: For some owners of a property in the Marbella region, be they long-term owners or recent buyers, there are often several drivers that prompt them to chose to invest in this market. Investor purchasers are drawn by different concerns to lifestyle purchasers. For instance, there is a practice that we used to refer […]

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This is Real Spain!

Gecko Towers So often the ill-informed scoff that the Costa del Sol – located to the left and right of Malaga (Andalucía’s second city) – as, in their limited view, it is not “Real Spain”. Let’s not forget that this is the Spain – part of then Hispania Ulterior – the birth place of Hadrian […]

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At the Notary’s Office

Gecko Towers If you come from the UK the role of a Notary Public may be a little alien to you. Indeed you may never have visited the office of one in the UK, where they are not very frequent but have a particular role in the legalization and authentication of documents to be used […]

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Spain’s new Start-Up Law

Gecko Towers Update 09.04.24: An announcement has been made by the leader of the Socialist Government in Spain, that his government plans to amend or repeal the “Golden Visa” legislation. Currently no timetable for these changes has been suggested and there is opposition to any revision. That said, this discourse, that started in May 2023, […]

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Malaga’s Mercado Central de Atarazanas

Gecko Towers As my regular readers will know I really like markets, street markets, indoor municipal markets, farmers market and flea markets! I like them all. Marbella’s Municipal Markets In the summer, with some of the family, we were in Barcelona and visited the stunning Mercat de Sant Josep de la Boqueria – often just […]

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Marbella: The Property Buying Process

Gecko Towers Once, in England and Wales, the monopolistic preserve of Solicitors, “Conveyancing” is defined as “the branch of law concerned with the preparation of documents for the conveyance (the process of transferring a property from one owner to another) of property.” You may have had some experience, in the British or Irish markets, of […]

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Digital Nomad Visas – An Update

Gecko Towers In January this year, the Spanish Government announced exciting plans for those who are interested in qualifying for a new Visa aimed at “Digital Nomads” – please see our earlier pieces here – New Spanish visa proposals aimed at attracting Digital Economy talent. It was originally thought that these new Visas would be […]

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Costa del Sol – Summer Sun!

Gecko Towers Conscious, as we all are, about the perils of Global Warming, the Costa del Sol – literally “The Sun Coast” – has lived up to its eponymous name! Some thought this Summer was pretty hot and now the scientists have confirmed what we at first suspected. It was a belter…. properly Scorchio!!! The […]

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More Good News From Andalucia

Gecko Towers Along with the awesome news that Andalucia is scrapping it’s pernicious Wealth Tax, by way of a 100% exemption, there is yet more good news this week. See our piece here Wealth Tax Abolished In Andalucia. As part of his historic announcement, the President of the Andalucia regional government, Juanma Moreno, also confirmed […]

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Wealth Tax Abolished In Andalucia.

Gecko Towers With effect from tomorrow (21.09.22), in accordance with the decree of Andalucia’s President, Juanma Moreno, the much despised “Wealth Tax” will be effectively abolished by being given a 100% exemption. The idea is simple. Many would be Andalusian residents, including those from the UK, who had previously toyed with the idea of moving […]

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