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Costa del Sol 'Illegal' Homes Won't be Demolished
Thousands of Costa del Sol homeowners will be celebrating the long-awaited verdict on their homes which were built illegally and then sold, and will now not be demolished. The 18,000 homes were built after corrupt councillors took bribe money in exchange for ignoring planning laws and letting the properties be bulit without the proper licences. The owners of these properties had no idea their homes should never have been built until it all came out in 2006, and they have been hoping that the council will allow their homes to remain intact.
The regional government, the Junta de Andalucia, has said that it won’t be punishing buyers ‘who bought the properties in good faith’ and could stand to lose a lot if the homes were demolished as most insurance for holiday homes is unlikely to cover them in the event of such a situation. The local government will announce their final decision later this year but the most likely outcome is that the homes will not be demolished, with the possible exception of some flats that were built on green areas.
Though this is good news for those who have made investments in the properties, the long-lasting effect on the Spanish property market still remains to be seen. The huge numbers of new properties combined with the recession have caused prices to plummet so low that developers are being forced to offer discounts of as much as 55% for properties on the Costa del Sol, most of which are being snapped up by holidaymakers taking advantage of the cheap prices and great deals on home insurance in Spain. The problem is that with prices so low, only the very best properties are selling – no one wants to buy a cheap flat in an urban area when they could have a luxury apartment on the beach or a holiday cottage, insurance policies are cheap too and buyers are taking advantage of the discount, leaving thousands of properties in more built-up areas unsold.
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