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Rimontgó has been a leader in online marketing for some time now and it shows. Having been one of just 10% of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World’s members to receive the organisation’s coveted Website Quality Certification in 2009, the firm repeated the feat in 2010, when it became one of the few luxury real estate companies in Europe with this accreditation.

March 2010 saw Rimontgó’s principals José and Antonio Ribes Bas lead their team to winning the prestigious Most Effective SEO Strategy Award at the 2010 LeadingRE Annual Conference in Las Vegas. It was a very welcome affirmation of the investment and efforts made by this firm with bases in Jávea and Valencia, in developing a prominent web presence and the expertise that goes with it.

Rimontgó’s website nominated for Best Overall Website Award by leading Real Estate Companies of the World

It seems that the financial journalists at El País have noticed the same phenomenon that has kept the sales of our most prestigious properties buoyant: when it comes to the luxury market it is now really a case of, “Recession? What recession?”

Humorously observing that Newton was wrong when he stated that the laws of gravity affect all bodies equally, journalist Miguel Ángel García Vega confirmed that luxury products are attracting double-digit increases in sales.

Rimontgó features in El País

Rimontgó has, yet again, been featured in a leading English-language newspaper.

Siobhan Maguire of The Irish Sunday Times interviewed Rimontgó’s Cristina Martinez with the intention of discovering recent trends among purchasers of New York real estate.

Emphasising the previous popularity of the Big Apple with Irish professionals, especially during the period 2006 to 2007, Cristina noted that the downturn caused by the international credit crisis has now been succeeded by a cautious increase in activity over the past few months.

Rimontgó features in Irish Sunday Times Manhattan property feature

The latest international property purchaser tends to have extremely discerning tastes, be an aficionado of fine art and equally fine wines and…be Russian!

These facts are at the heart of Rimontgó’s latest website but we’re not the only ones to notice how a new breed of Russian émigré is changing the face of European real estate. The June 2010 issue of OPP (Overseas Property Professional) Magazine features a number of articles on the subject of this new wave of Russian investors.

Rimontgó features in OPP’s latest Russian edition

One of the great new trends of the past decade has been the enormous interest that Russian property purchasers have shown in the Spanish market.

Experts have identified two entirely separate trends; Russian investors who buy apartments in up-and-coming areas of Europe’s major cities, and lifestyle purchasers looking for a second or holiday home for their families to enjoy.

Rimontgó launches its Russian website

While Britain and other countries still feel the pinch of the economic crisis the US economy is showing itself to be pretty robust. In fact, growth towards the end of 2009 reached an annualised rate of six per cent, quite a reversal on a year ago. However, this is certainly not to say that the US is out of the woods just yet, and in a country as vast as America regional prospects can range from poor to excellent.

Rhode Island on the up

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.

Spanish property prospects for 2010 (Part 2)