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After five years of on-off construction, the San Pedro underpass is to open in June. Traffic will flow fluidly between Marbella and western Costa del Sol and breathe new life into this section of the property market where bargains are to be had.

The crème de la crème of the Russian golf world get together to bring Golf Style Tournament to Costa del Sol for the fourth time in 2 consecutive years.

This morning Proyectos Emblematicos Murcianos SA (PREMURSA), the promoter behind Murcia’s Paramount Theme Park and LifeStyle Centre, signed the contract to complete the purchase of two-thirds of the land earmarked for the project.

When the Costa del Sol property market was at its peak developers building in prime golf locations added a hefty loading to their prices. In order to sell unsold inventory in today’s climate that premium has been dropped but the benefits remain.

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.

The Mallorca Marriott Son Antem has recently invested 1.7 million euros in a refurbishment of its Hotel Public Areas and Guest Rooms.

On the wild peninsula of Mallorca’s northeast tip lies the island’s original luxury hotel, Barceló Formentor (www.barceloformentor.com).

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.

The luxurious 5 star InterContinental La Torre Golf Resort at Polaris World is offering some fantastic deals this Easter holiday,

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.

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.

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

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.

The Balearic Islands offer year round flights and a temperate climate meaning that for those who want to stay active during the winter an action packed holiday is just a few hours away.

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.

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.

Residents of the Costa Del Sol help to raise money for Bjørn Heidenstrøm on his epic journey to cycle and hitch hike from Norway to South Africa. His project “The Shirt 2010” is in cooperation with The Refugee Council (www.nrc.no).

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.

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.

Polaris World have introduced a new annual golf membership covering the Nicklaus Golf Trail in Murcia Spain.

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.

You can get a better property deal today in Spain than any time in at least the last five years and that’s a fact. Well-located ready-to-move-in-to properties are selling for up to a massive 50% discount off list price and here’s why.

This Stunning Example of the Villa Arce, on La Torre Golf Resort in Murcia, Spain, is a superb three double bedroom detached villa.

In a private estate where even the lowest priced property will set you back 4mn euros you can imagine the profile of resident. Keeping this precious coterie protected demands the slickest security operation and that’s exactly what La Zagaleta has.

If you or your partner are keen golfers, wouldn't it be great to own a spacious, front line golf home in the sun? Better still if it only cost you 25 pounds? Here it is...

The Spanish property market isn’t conducive to moving right now but it is to improving. With tradesmen twiddling their thumbs you can drive a hard bargain. What better project to tackle than a 300-yr old bakery in the Andalucia's Medina Sidonia?

Seven years ago the pound bought a mighty 1.61 euros. Now it's at its weakest point since the euro’s inception exactly a decade ago. But Costa Calida-based Mercers have proved that a little creativity can go a long way to beat the currency crisis.

On Spain’s Costa Cálida real estate agent Mercers isn’t letting a pesky recession get in the way of selling houses. The secret is simple. Offer bargain property that’s hard to resist, like a two bedroom terraced golf villa for 55,000 euros

Welcome to a different world, Polaris World, where luxury lifestyle resorts are Europe's first choice for holiday homes in Spain. You can View Property at Polaris World on a VIP Discovery Tour, in association with Corrigan Bentley Overseas Property.

The role of a tourist board is quite simply to highlight the country’s finest aspects. Spain’s board is currently using the picture-postcard beach of El Rompido in Huelva in an international print advertising campaign. What better endorsement?

Poised over the 14th green of Monte Mayor Golf & Country Club’s picturesque course, Casa Colina is in one of the resort’s best locations for views. Golf, mountains and the Mediterranean make for a very pleasant outlook from the infinity pool.