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Most buyers of property in Spain have a habit of treating and viewing the entire Spanish property market in very general terms – at the moment, the widespread view is that the market is on its knees, prices are falling dramatically, and that vendors are desperate to sell.

This is wishful thinking on the part of prospective buyers.

Just as in any property market, there are areas that are still attracting high demand, just as there are undoubtedly areas with problems of over-supply and falling prices.

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I´ve just moved into a new villa in Marbella, and was initially nervous about the heating arrangements.

Let me explain.

I have been in Spain for 8 years, and although I´ve moved about a fair bit during that time, I have always lived in Spanish properties with air conditioning installed for both warm and cool air. To be honest, I´ve never been a great fan of air con. The air is very dry and can irritate the skin and the eyes after a while, but I doubted there could be a viable alternative.

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One of the great things about living here on the Costa del Sol is the mild year-round climate. However, although we have clear blue skies and plenty of sunshine today, I have to tell you that the temperature sank to just 2 degrees this morning – that´s the coldest I´ve ever known it since I´ve lived in my Marbella villa.

Things have improved a little – it´s now midday and it´s 8 degress, but that´s still VERY cold for Marbella.

I have a friend who lives in the mountain village of Ojen, and he told me that he was scraping ice from his car windscreen this morning before leaving for work!
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