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Foreign investor enthusiasm not limited to Spanish real estate
Foreign investors poured $ 238 million into iShares MSCI Spain Capped ETF during the first three months of this year. This is the most for any country since 2002 according to data compiled by Bloomberg. In our post of 2nd … Continue reading
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Real Estate in Spain gets a boost from foreigners, seeking residency
Foreigners from outside of the EU, who invest a minimum of €500.000,- in Spanish real estate, can get residency. Encouraged by very promissing results from a similar program in Portugal, the Spanish government recently enacted legislation that grants residency to … Continue reading
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Dutch consultants share interesting business information
Here you can find some really interesting blog posts of Dutch consultants connected to Multiraedt: Veranderen organisaties door socialmedia? De impact van socialmedia Vanzelfsprekend heeft u al wel eens gehoord van socialmedia. Die zoon/ dochter, die jonge medewerker, of wellicht … Continue reading
Spanish banks face an impossible dilemma
Bankrun in progress This graph shows one of the very worrying problems banks in the peripheral countries have to cope with. People don’t trust their banks like they used to and take their money out in an ever increasing pace. … Continue reading
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Tagged balance sheets of banks, bankfunding, bankrun, bankruptcy, mortgages, real estate
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America puts dying European banks on live support
For a brief moment this week it seemed as though the French bank Crédit Agricole would collapse because of lack of liquidity. Such an event had been a long time coming because European banks are having increasing difficulties in rolling … Continue reading
Posted in economy, politics
Tagged Ben Bernanke, credit bubble, ECB, Eurpean crisis, FED, insolvent banks, Marshall help, over leveraged banks
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Is the Spanish housing market a steal?
According to this article house prices have dropped 6.4% in October, compared with October 2010. The overall price-index, with 1000 as a base for 2005, now stands at 891. That would imply a price drop of only 11%. If you take … Continue reading
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Tagged construction industry, insolvent banks, location, Marbella, promotors, real estate, Spain, Spanish housing market
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IMF warns of a new banking crisis in Europe!
Just when financial markets calmed down a bit, the new boss of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, came with an almost dramatic appeal to urgently recapitalize banks. She even went as far to advise banks, which are unable to … Continue reading
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Tagged balance sheet of the ECB, banking crisis, central banks, debt problem, ECB, Europe, government bail out, IMF
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