Spanish Bank Repossessions - Is It Time To Invest?

Due to the combination of a 3 year global recession, 20% unemployment and a risky building boom between 2002-2006 there are several estimates of between 700,000 to 1.4 million empty houses in Spain. Spanish banks have slowly started to unload large portfolios of bank repossessions and offer them to overseas and domestic speculators. One current example is Santander, the biggest bank in the eurozone which is rumored to be attempting to sell a portfolio worth 3 Billion Euros made up of houses and plots of land to tidy up its balance sheet. Two rumoured potential buyers are Morgan Stanley and Cerberus who both have large property funds.

The Art of Being a Real Estate Investor

Its hard enough just to talk to strangers, but when you add to the fact is stranger who is possibly under duress because they are in jeopardy of losing their home adds more pressure to an already uncomfortable situation.

Look To Your Own Resources When Purchasing Properties

The most popular way to pay for real estate is through a real estate agent, that will give you an better assessment about a variety of homes that are based on your specific criteria.

Debt Collectors Seize Bankrupt Boaz Yona’s Assets

The debt collection administrations have begun proceedings against former builder Boaz Yona, who hasn’t been paying compensation to home-buyers who were left without a roof over their heads or money in their pockets when his construction company Heftsiba collapsed. Yona was convicted in November 2008 on a numerous number of offenses, of that which included fraud, and theft, of that which left many apartment buyers without money and the home they paid for.