Reality is setting in after reading the property pages on the Spanish “Costas”. Although property sales are slightly up, prices are still static or lowering. We need to rethink our strategy. On Friday, we had our winter logs delivered by Jose Luis and he asked the price of our house and almost went white. Clearly selling to the Spanish would not be an option but they usually want something for nothing unless they are the vendors. Even our immediate Spanish neighbour balked at the price two months ago. He would really love to buy our place, particularly for the land with olive and almond trees but he has never even come back to me with an offer.

However, an announcement today (with more details tomorrow) by the Regional Government suggests that previous difficulties surrounding the opening of Corvera Airport have been resolved and the new airport could open in the first part of there new term of office. They came to power in May of this year. So, as the airport, if open, will affect the local economy hugely, in the medium term, house sales may pick up as we are within a 13 minute drive to the terminal and are not on the flight path. Watch this space!