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How long will the pain in Spain reign?

by Ray Clancy on July 30, 2008

The Pain In Spain

Once the centre of the European property and holiday home market it seems as though Spain is going though a very difficult time at the moment. Rising debt, rising unemployment and a whole host of issues in the building industry have come together to kill the property market stone dead, but are things really as bad as they sound? [click to continue…]

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