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Valencia region
January 2010 saw average overall property prices in Spain rise for the first time in 24 months, albeit at a very modest 0.6 per cent. Within this trend, the Valencia region was among the better performers in the country, registering an increase of 2.2 per cent on the month before. It heralds the beginnings of a gradual recovery in a region whose property market is blessed with optimal diversity that includes important primary, secondary and commercial sectors.

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When the first signs of the international financial crisis emerged in the second half of 2007 the Spanish property market had already been in a steady decline for a while. Not surprising, if you consider that almost a decade of feverish growth had led to a textbook case of an overheated market in which builders, buyers, sellers, investors and banks alike became accustomed to the kind of volumes that had never been seen before – and which would prove to be wholly unsustainable.

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The fifth edition of Villae International, the elegant publication of the European Real Estate Network (EREN) is out now. With stylish design and quality editorial that reflects the nature of the EREN organisation itself, Villae offers an appealing focus on the good things in life that invites you to sit back and enjoy its beautifully laid out pages and engaging prose.

The current edition, as ever, features luxury properties from the most idyllic of spots, news on EREN initiatives and the successful annual conference held in Estoril, Portugal. Villae, however, also contains such non-vocational features as culture, fine dining, travel, motoring and similar pursuits of pleasure and refinement.

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The Palacio Hotel, Estoril’s famous classic venue, played host to the annual meeting of the European Real Estate Network (EREN) this September past. Just as autumn was setting in across Europe, the 20 member agents from nine countries arrived to the welcome sun and mild climate of the Estoril coast – still the original Portuguese Riviera.

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Success stories from 2009

Though the current period can generally be described as a recession that has touched most of us in some way or another, we are happy to report that it’s not all doom and gloom. For EREN and its members 2009 contained some notable highlights that marked a distinct improvement over 2008 and the early beginnings of a recovery…

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José Ribes Bas was recently interviewed by the prestigious international property magazine OPP after it learned of Rimontgó’s enviable end-of-year sales. This English language publication enjoys worldwide distribution and has developed a reputation as providing an incisive and intelligent picture of the international real estate market.

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UPDATE:

Now you can make an online visit to one of the properties in this amazing building. This apartment in Valencia’s iconic Pagoda building is offered for sale through Rimontgó.

ORIGINAL POST:

Secretly most architects aspire to create a new icon every time they design a grand modern building, yet only a handful of office towers, conference centres and public edifices ever achieve that status. The precise ingredients that make something a landmark and icon of a city or region remain as mysterious as the laws that govern perfect symmetry and aesthetics. Ask famous architects such as Santiago Calatrava (Valencia), Frank Gehry (Bilbao) or Richard Rodgers and Renzo Piano (Paris) exactly why their creations have been so enthusiastically embraced by the public and they will be the first to admit it’s a mysterious thing.
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