News: Property For Sale All Over Spain | Houses for Sale in Spain

Posted on November 3, 2011 by grahunt
Our new collaborations are in place to get you the same sort of excellent customer service and follow up we give you in Valencia around the rest of Spain. In the next few weeks you will be able to search the whole of Spain for properties that suit your budget and requirements. Read more at the link about properties for sale in Spain

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The Growth of the Black Economy in Spain | Entrepreneur Solo

Posted on November 1, 2011 by grahunt
One of my articles has been used in an academic study at Valencia University. (I found a pingback from the website set up for the project) it is all about the growth of the Black Economy in Spain.

“The proof. Well anecdotally there is a small town in Andalucia where everyone is officially unemployed now apparently yet spending in the local area has remained constant from 2008 to now. ie money is still there but it is just not as visible as it used to be.”

To read the rest of the article go here “The Growth of the Black Economy in Spain”

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New Statesman – The “Occupy” movement’s Spanish roots

Posted on October 28, 2011 by grahunt

On the sweltering Madrid streets back in May, there was a strong feeling that something very significant was happening. Tens of thousands were crammed into a makeshift encampment in the city’s Puerta del Sol square, unified by an acute sense of disillusionment with the political establishment. High unemployment, unaffordable housing and a feeling that politicians were not representing the people had resulted in the near spontaneous birth of a movement that would become known as the Indignados (the outraged), or 15-M (after 15 May, the date the protest began).

More here

http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2011/10/occupy-movement-madrid

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The Purple Gold of La Mancha – WSJ.com

Posted on October 28, 2011 by grahunt

La Mancha is the Spanish heartland. Sprawling over a high plateau between Madrid and the Mediterranean, it is the birthplace of Manchego cheese and Pedro Almodóvar, and the legendary stomping-ground of Don Quixote himself.

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Harvesting the saffron crocus in Minaya, Spain

Life has a harsh edge here. The weather is more extreme than elsewhere in Spain, and the villages have a parched, roughened look. But there is gold in La Mancha’s fields—or rather, purple gold—in the form of a plant called Crocus sativus, the saffron crocus. If handled correctly, this humble plant, after surviving La Mancha’s icy winters and broiling summers, is responsible for what many believe is the very best example of saffron, the world’s most expensive, most elusive spice.

Read the rest of this article here

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204644504576650522717252178.html?mod=topix

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High-End Market in Madrid Aims to Ride Out Crisis – NYTimes.com

Posted on October 28, 2011 by grahunt
A lesson for our times in real estate, quality and location always sell. Here is the example of Madrid but similar is true in Valencia, Barcelona, the higher level coastal areas and sought after residential districts around the country.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/greathomesanddestinations/21iht-remadrid21.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

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