Spain golf News

Provisional 2011 data shows air traffic for Palma at 22,726,459 passengers, a 7.6% increase on 2010. With Mallorca on a high, Palma this month launched a public-private “Palma 365” campaign to encourage year-round tourism to this Balearic city.

From 3 January the Spanish authorities have changed the rules on how foreign property buyers obtain their fiscal identification number or NIE. Every purchaser now has to attend in person. Chris Mercer of Mercers Ltd is unconcerned with the change.

At a press conference on 23 Dec the Mayor of Alhama de Murcia said “there is no going back for the Paramount-branded Park”, “there are investors”. Local estate agent Mercers believes these reassuring words will silence the Paramount doubters.

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A trio of key progressions in Murcia - the Paramount-branded Theme Park, a new international airport at Corvera and the imminent AVE train network extension – have kept the Region in the headlines and local estate agent Mercers in a selling groove.

Murcia estate agent, Mercers, has just experienced its best summer sales period for five years. Murcia is attracting an international audience lured by four key factors – the Paramount-branded Theme Park, golf, accessibility and, above all, price.

The third and the most anticipated in the series of Golf Style Cup tournaments between Russia and Spain is now confirmed.

Thanks to a combination of rock bottom prices and excited anticipation surrounding the Paramount-branded Theme Park, Murcia has been declared ‘top climber’ search term on the UK’s leading overseas property portal, rising 11 places in June 2011.

When the Hamiltons purchased their holiday home in Camposol Golf, Murcia, they had no aspirations for amassing a property portfolio. However news of a Paramount-branded Theme Park encouraged them to purchase an additional home.

Polaris World's main creditors have supported the golf-driven resorts and are focussing on clearing the inventory of unsold property. Good news for buyers as you can buy a home at Condado de Alhama for cost price of 85,000 euros – a 58% discount.

Palacio de la Llorea Hotel announced the launching of a new interactive 2.0 website.

In an official ceremony on Friday 25 March, the masterplan for the first Paramount Pictures-branded Theme Park in Europe was unveiled and 2015 was revealed as the expected opening date for the hugely significant project.

Golf Business Experts, Spain and Roger Jones Golf Design, Ireland and Greece announce the creation of a strategic alliance to broaden and strengthen their abilities to meet the current needs of golf courses.

At Camposol Golf, an established 18-hole course in Murcia, completed key-ready two bedroom homes are available for just 50,000 euros, that’s less than 43,000 pounds. Surely this is Europe’s cheapest golf resort?

Costa del Sol course, Estepona Golf, is leading the fight-back for affordable Spanish golf holidays. Now offering a 7-night play and stay with unlimited golf for just 299 euros per person, golfers can return to their favourite golfing destination.

In recent weeks, two Murcia-based property developers have announced grand plans for new build residential projects in 2011. Local real estate company, Mercers, wonders if this could be premature.

La Quinta Golf Academy directed by Manuel Pinero presents the New Programme designed especially for Ladies.

If there’s comfort to be drawn from the collapse of Spain’s property sector, it’s the disappearance of the ‘cowboy’ estate agent, but Mercers fear an influx of shady agents hoping to cash in on Alhama’s new Paramount Pictures theme park.

Chersun Properties the leading Spanish Golf Real Estate Agency tee off with Europes Largest Buying Group of Golf Professionals in promoting Spanish Golf Property .

This month Mercers collected Best Estate Agent (Bronze) in the OPP (Overseas Property Professional) Awards for Excellence 2010. Incredibly Mercers was the only Spanish Estate Agent to pick up an award – an amazing feat.

Paramount Pictures has opted to construct its first Europe-based theme park at Alhama de Murcia in Mazarron. Predicted to attract 3mn tourists a year, the October 13th landmark decision will have a significant impact on the prospects of the region.

Live streaming feed with online coverage of the PGA European tours match in Spain on the Costa Azahar at the Club de Campo del Mediterráneo golf course, featuring champions Sergio Garcia.

The location of the proposed Paramount theme park in Murcia, Spain has been released. What does this mean for the region's property market?

If you’ve been considering a golfing holiday on the Costa del Sol or have been itching to play in a pro style competitive golf tournament then the Costa del Golf Challenge will tick all the boxes.

The only Amateur Golf event to be held on the Costa del Sol is looking for a sponsor to help promote this Unique Tournament. Eileen knightPR has been exclusively appointed to maximize the marketing of this competition.

One of Spain’s leading tour operators Simply Golf Holidays set to host the second “Costa del Golf Challenge” in Marbella.

Marbellas number one 4 day golf event “The Costa del Golf Challenge” is to be played on four of the most prestigious courses on the coast.

There are certain regions in the Spanish property market vastly outperforming others. Take June in Murcia for example. According to the National Institute of Statistics 1,308 homes changed hands in Murcia compared with a national average of just 99.

Spain’s National Statistics Institute reported on 13 April 2010 that house sales have risen at their fastest rate since records began in 2007. Is this the first real sign of recovery? Costa Cálida based estate agents Mercers certainly think so.

Once again crime and weather are to blame for the record number of over 55s wanting to leave the UK. New research from the Foreign Office divulges that more than four in ten Brits nearing retirement age are considering doing it abroad.

According to Facilismo.com, Spain’s no1 property portal, Murcia has posted the highest house price rises of all the nation’s autonomous regions at 0.24%. This makes it one of a select quartet of communities showing positive growth in Jan 2010.

Kicking off on 8 April this year’s Gibraltar International Boat Show has a Government-backed ‘Experience Zone’. Lying adjacent to the Ocean Village and Marina Bay complex, this Arena will offer visitors a range of water and land based pursuits.

It's tricky to work out how buying a villa in Spain in 2000 for €122,000 euros and selling in 2010 for €85,000 euros is anything but a disaster. But the client’s getting a bargain and the vendor’s making a profit. How? The vendor’s British.

The Anfi Group is proud to have won yet another top award, this time from RCI (Resorts Condominiums International).

If you’ve been considering a Costa del Sol golf holiday or have been itching to play in a pro style 4 day competitive golf tournament, here’s as good an excuse as you need to play in the spring sunshine in southern Spain.

The Premier Amateur Golf Tournament for the Costa del Sol 2010 is seeking a sponsor to help promote this major amateur tournament. DSP Corporate Event Management based in Marbella has been appointed as the exclusive marketing company for the event.

What brings together cycling, football & the important cause of refugees? Bjorn Heidenstrom, & his epic journey to cycle & hitch-hike from Norway to South Africa. He is using the force of football to raise funds & awareness of the plight of refugees

Unique Golf event to be held in Spring, by one of the leading tour operators on the Costa Del Sol, brings a welcome boost to the Golfing Tourism Industry

Real estate agent, Mercers, has just launched its newest concept which is ideally suited to today’s Spanish property market - Rent2Buy. With purchasers hesitating and vendors despondent, a Rent2Buy arrangement bridges a win-win gap between the two.

The fourth generation of the iconic Alcazaba brand is launched at Alcazaba Hills Resort in Estepona by award winning property developers the Leria Group

Solutions Overseas has positioned itself at the forefront of the travel industry and has created a social owners forum through the social network site, Facebook.

Rental Solutions Overseas, accommodation – only providers are fighting back against the economic climate by offering excellent rates on their European 5 star accommodation this coming winter season.

When Suzannah (47) and Terry (47) Jordan first got wind of the Costa de la Luz it was on a Channel 4 TV programme and they had to get the encyclopedia out to locate it.

The Costa del Sol's Premier Amateur Golf Tournament 2010

International Golf & Resort Management – the UK golf and hotel operator offering services to golf clubs, integrated resorts and residential developments around the world, opens new office in Marbella.

A developer on Spain’s Costa de la Luz is tabling its best offer in order to stimulate sales of key-ready townhouses ‘Hoyo 14’. With prices from 205,500 euros and a 100% mortgage up for grabs this ‘no money down’ deal is investment gold.

The number of global billionaires has risen sharply over recent years creating an unlikely problem for the real estate industry–houses just aren’t good or expensive enough. Mercifully Spain’s Bolt Property Group has a 30 million euro solution.

Already firmly on the map thanks to an eastern Algarve riverfront location, low density homes and Seve Ballesteros-designed golf course – Quinta do Vale has its image boosted higher with news that Sol Meliá will manage the resort’s 5-star hotel.

Even with the magic formula of ‘sun+beach+golf’ many holiday resorts come a cropper. Over-built, over-crowded and over-hyped. But not Costa Ballena. This development in southern Spain constitutes a blueprint for holiday resorts of the future.