Opinion
HÉCTOR BARBOTTA
...rules of the game to make sure that the competition among local councils is as fair as possible. And also to avoid the creation of giant bubbles that, as usual, end up being paid for by all of us.
Opinion
Héctor Barbotta
...tourism. As the real estate bubble was still inflating, that was a debate that tended to end in a question: Why do they call it tourism when what they’re doing is selling houses? Now, with the tourist apartment issue there is one thing that makes it ... also true that many of the properties now up for rent to tourists are a product of that real estate bubble, that tourism pressure is forcing some long-term residents out of their urban neighbourhoods and that the tourism model based on properties rented ... unrepentant fanatics can trust that the invisible hand of the market will find the answer by itself for a new and complex situation that could determine the future of our strategic industry. We mustn’t forget that the worst thing about bubbles is that they end
Opinion
Pilar Martínez
...record-breaking figures and unusual growth for such a well-established tourist area. The first decline in tourism on the Costa del Sol since the financial crisis confirms that the vigorous upturn over the last few years was just part of a bubble that is starting
Opinion
ANDREW J. LINN
For the first time since this incredibly successful star of the cheap and cheerful wine market arrived on the scene ten years ago, Prosecco sales have fallen. WINE OF THE WEEK Freixenet Cordon Negro Brut Reserva The long-running battle of the g
Opinion
Peter Edgerton
...preconceived world view at any cost. We buy newspapers which reinforce our perspectives; we mix with people who conform to our way of seeing things; we even block or 'unfriend' (nice term) anyone on Twitface that disturbs our hermetically-sealed bubble of
Local
NURIA TRIGUERO
Ten years after the property bubble burst, the Malaga economy is back on track. Construction, property development and sales have once again become the leading sectors in which to set up in business in the province, according to the report ... intensifying. In that month alone, 115 new estate agencies were set up, compared with 54 in the construction industry. An obvious question arises: is there a risk of another property bubble? To answer that, it is best to look at different sectors. In terms
Local
CHARO MÁRQUEZ
Half-built or empty housing developments are a blight on Manilva's landscape and a throwback to when the last real estate bubble burst some ten years ago. Last year the local town hall calculated that there were some 3,000 unused apartments or
LifeStyle
CHARLOTTE WAY
Malaga, unashamed to admit that the tapas promised to round up the trip will likely be the highlight for many. "We'll probably only come back with half the people," she winks, letting slip the secret party spirit which still bubbles up among the ranks. Fun
Local
Nieves Castro
Adisol (Costa del Sol diabetics association), Bubbles and Dreams (for undiagnosed rare illnesses), CADI (centre for child diversity), the Malaga cystic fybrosis association, Adahimar (an association for children with attention deficit hyperactivity
Local
JUAN SOTO
...some parts of Tarifa. Asked about the danger of a new real estate bubble, the specialist said that today's circumstances are different from those of 2007. Now mortgage providers are controlling credit much more and analyse the solvency of borrowers.