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The Changing Market For A One Bedroom Las Palmas Apartment

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OLder local couples looking to downsize are now the main buyers of one-bedroom Las Palmas apartments

The one-bedroom apartment is a good seller in Las Palmas. In recent years the mix of people viewing one-beds has been predictable. Lots of holiday rental investors, some non-residents, and a few first-time buyers and downsizers. Most were bought by the investors.

However, holiday rental investors have stepped back from one-bedroom apartments as there are plenty on the portals. Instead, they buy larger apartments and top floor properties with large terraces.

The people who now view and buy one-bedroom apartments are mainly older local couples looking to downsize. [Read more…]

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Las Palmas Property 2020: Local Market Insight

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Expert local insight into the Las Palmas property market in 2020; by top-selling Gran Canaria estate agent Laura Leyshon.

Every year, I write a guide to the current state of the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria property market and give my predictions for the next 12 months. Here’s the Las Palmas property 2020 report.

It’s a tricky job this year because there are so many factors that could affect property prices. Mostly, it has to be said, in a negative way.

On a local scale we have a deflating touristic bubble in Gran Canaria, the collapse of Thomas Cook, a decline in holiday rental investment and a big increase in new-build property. [Read more…]

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Las Palmas Property Market: The Future Is In Millennial Hands

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Laura Leyshon, Las Palmas estate agent, explains why the future of the market depends on the Millennial first-time buyer

While writing the 2020 guide to the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria property market, it occurred to me that there is a big unanswered question about the future.

If the Las Palmas property market keeps growing, who are the buyers?

[Read more…]

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Selling In Gran Canaria: Exclusivity Means You Only Get Pestered By One Agent

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You only get pestered by the estate agent you choose, rather than by lots of estate agents you've never spoken to before.

I’ve written before about the benefits of using one estate agent to handle the sale of your Gran Canaria property via an exclusive contract.

But somehow, I’ve never managed to explain it in a few words (until now).

Exclusivity means…

  • You only get pestered by the estate agent you choose, rather than by lots of people you don’t know.
  • All the island’s agents work to sell your property, but your agent is in charge of the whole process; marketing, viewings, paperwork, contracts, etc.
  • Your chosen agent is there to look after your interests.

An exclusive contract with a good Gran Canaria agent means that you have complete control over the selling process.

Working exclusively with a good agent gives you the best possible chance of selling promptly and at the best possible price.

I’m Laura Leyshon and I’m one of Gran Canaria’s top-selling estate agents. If you have a property to sell in Gran Canaria, please feel free to contact me for a free appraisal and valuation. 

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Las Palmas Recovers Large Waterfront Area For Public Use

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How the waterfront in Las Palmas will look once the project is finished

The next phase of an ambitious project to recover the Puerto de La Luz seafront in Las Palmas is going ahead with the relocation of the warehouses next to the Poema de Mar aquarium.

Currently occupied by the Red Cross and World Food Program, the warehouses will be removed and replaced by open public space. The charities will be relocated to custom-built warehouses, funded by the Las Palmas Town Hall, elsewhere in the port.

Eventually, the area around the Poema de Mar will be a large urban park stretching from the Mercado del Puerto all the way to the Naval Base at the east end of Mesa y Lopez. It will be linked to the Mercado and the Las Canteras beachfront by a pedestrian bridge.

Another phase of the redevelopment of the port seafront is also scheduled to start early in 2019; A  115m path that runs from the cruise dock next to Santa Catalina Park to the edge of the Naval Base. It includes a large waterfront platform suitable for sunbathing and events.

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria’s long-term plan is to recover the whole port waterfront for public use, including the large area currently taken up by the Spanish Navy.

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