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Beachside Spanish property has always commanded a premium, you still can expect to pay in excess of 1mn € for a prime beachfront apartment in Marbella. In Murcia it's different, 99,000 euros for a two bed within five mins walk of Blue Flag bliss.

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.

According to Murcia’s regional government, construction of the Paramount-branded Theme Park in Murcia could begin as early as February 2012. Promoters pledge that works will be fast and may well complete in 2014 - a year ahead of schedule.

Taking shape in the small town of Corvera, just 20 mins from the proposed Paramount Pictures site, Murcia's new Airport hopes to ‘steal’ no less than 3mn passengers from El Altet Airport across the border in the neighbouring province of Alicante.

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.

With Spain’s PM declaring the Spanish property crash to be over, the window of opportunity with bargain house prices could be about to close. He expects prices to begin to rise which can only mean one thing–buy now or you’ll pay later.

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.

After literally months of unsubstantiated gossip, Paramount Pictures made a formal announcement on Friday 10 September to say that it will be opening its first theme park in Europe with Spain, specifically Murcia, as the chosen location.

Maybe it’s the pound’s 18-month high against the euro or maybe it’s a belief that Spanish house prices cannot fall much lower – whatever the motivation, property sales in Spain are on the up.

The perfect holiday home in Spain would be detached, have a clutch of palm trees and an inviting turquoise swimming pool – all against a blue-sky backdrop. Sounds expensive. Not on Costa Cálida, the reality can be yours for just 95,000 euros.

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.

Whilst there’s little doubt that life is returning to the Spanish property market, it still remains utterly price sensitive. For real estate agent Mercers, this means a conscious shift in its Jerez property portfolio to the best value options.

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.

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.

Thriving in a tricky marketplace, Spanish real estate agent Mercers has just seen a good year get even better with the announcement of a ‘Best Real Estate Agency Spain’ Award for the second year running.

September was Mercers’ best sales month this year. The buying public are after bargains and that’s exactly what they’re getting on the Costa Cálida. Price two bed golf villas from as little as 50,000 euros (46,000 pounds) and they will sell.

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

After 25yrs at the forefront of the Spanish property market, Mercers see their recent award win at the CNBC-sponsored European Property Awards as an endorsement of their business and a real pat on the back for a quarter of a century of hard work.

As months pass another set of dreary figures are posted by the Spanish Ministries. However, where there’s distress there’s opportunity and Costa Cálida-based Mercers is experiencing increased sales figures as bargain-hunters come out in force.