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Americans Are Buying Homes in Spain More Than Ever Before

August 1, 2023

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Ron Hale ushered in 2023 by relocating from landlocked Orlando, Fla., to a primary residence in Marbella, on southern Spain’s Mediterranean coast.  In January, the 59-year-old founder and CEO of Natural Tone Organic Skincare, a Florida-based beauty-supply company, closed on a 3,000-square-foot, three-story townhouse, with four bedrooms, spacious balconies, sea views and a sale price of $1.1 million.   Click here for more...

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The free concerts that will take place at the Fiestas de San Lorenzo de El Escorial

August 1, 2023

One of the best plans during the Madrid summer is to escape to a town where your Patron Saint Festivities are held. From August 9 to 15 San Lorenzo de El Escorial celebrates its own and the City Council has prepared a program for all tastes and ages: parades, children's activities, sports tournaments, discounts and acts of honor to the boss. In addition, the large plate of the celebrations will be the free concerts of Los Secretos and Dani Ferná...

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Dubai Leads the World in Luxury Home Price Growth

July 20, 2023

Luxury home values increased by 1.1%, on average, across the 30 cities analyzed in the Savills World Cities Prime Residential Index during the first six months of the year, according to a report Tuesday.  Growth picked up pace from the second half of 2022, when prices increased by 0.8%, but average capital values only rose 1.9% year over year in June, marking the slowest annual growth since December 2020, according to Savills.  “The slowdown in ...

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El 12% de las viviendas vendidas en junio llevaba menos de una semana en el mercado

July 20, 2023

El 12% de las viviendas que se vendieron a través de idealista durante el mes de junio no llevaba ni una semana en el mercado, según un estudio publicado por el marketplace inmobiliario del sur de Europa. Otro 10% tardó en venderse entre una semana y un mes; el 22% de las casas, entre uno y tres meses; otro 34% llevaba entre tres meses y un año, y el 21% más de un año. En el caso de las capitales, los casos de ‘ventas exprés’ son más fre...

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The great medieval fair with market, theater and combats that is held near Madrid

June 29, 2023

The town of Hita, in Guadalajara, is an ideal destination for bucolic get away less than 100 kilometers from Madrid at any time of the year. However, with the advent of summer A visit to this town becomes practically essential due to the great medieval fair that transforms it into an authentic town of the time with a market, theatre, combats and an extensive program of activities . This year the medieval fair – the oldest in Spain on this them...

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Museum of Ice Cream returns to Miami with a permanent home in Downtown

June 27, 2023

It feels like a lifetime ago—2017—when the Museum of Ice Cream first melted into the collective consciousness of Miami. Back then, our writer described it as “a playground for the social media generation.” Words like “immersive” and “experiential” were only just beginning to trickle into the mainstream, and the concept of a “pop-up” in Miami didn’t instantly trigger pandemic PTSD, with maybe a twinge of nostalgia.   ...

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Barcelona, Madrid and Malaga have the most ‘golden visas’ for buying a property

June 27, 2023

Barcelona, Madrid and Malaga were the provinces with the most visas for foreigners who, in 2022, purchased a property worth €500,000 or more, also known as 'golden visas', according to the Government in a parliamentary response obtained by Europa Press. Although the government has not provided a breakdown of the figures by province, it does point out – in its response to questions posed by Ciudadanos – that 476 visas of this type were granted...

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A first look at the ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ Van Gogh exhibit at The Met

June 27, 2023

Nearly every artist has their fixation, and for two years, Vincent Van Gogh was possessed with the challenge of capturing the cypress trees that surrounded him in France toward the end of his life. You’ll be able to see this glorious obsession firsthand at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s major summer exhibit, “Van Gogh’s Cypresses,” opening May 22 and running through August 27.   And it is history in the making as it is the first ex...

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Flatiron Building Sold At Second Auction For $161M

May 31, 2023

The Flatiron Building, one of New York City’s most iconic skyscrapers, has once again sold at auction — for nearly $30M less than the winning bid at a failed auction in March. Bisnow/Ciara Long GFP's Jeff Gural bids outside the New York County Courthouse at the Tuesday afternoon auction for the Flatiron Building. The auction appears to bring years of drama — and months of heightened tensions among co-owners and would-be buyers — to a...

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Miami International Airport is getting its first private, luxury terminal

May 31, 2023

If you've been feeling a little underwhelmed by MIA lately, you'll soon have a bougie new option for jetting to and from the Magic City—for a price, of course. Miami International Airport, our conveniently connected yet chronically delayed transit hub, has been tapped by the exclusive private terminal service PS for expansion from its original location at LAX. Slated to open in 2025, the airport’s first private, luxury terminal for commercia...

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