45.5% more foreign tourists visited the Spanish region of Murcia in the first five months of 2014 compared to the same period last year. This is the highest official figure since 2009 and British visitors account for almost half.

Fittingly, in the year that Chris Mercer celebrated 30 years in Spanish property, his eponymous Murcia-based real estate agency notched up some incredible results. Total sales for 2013 outshone 2012 by a spectacular 60%.

Chris Mercer, Founder of eponymous Mercers, notches up three decades in Spanish property this autumn. Starting out in the Costa Blanca back in 1983, Chris now runs Murcia's most respected multi award-winning estate agency.

This week the Spanish Colegio de Registradores (Land Registry) released their Q1 statistics and, with house sales up 28.73% on Q4 2012, the wheels are certainly turning on the Spanish property market. Estate agent Mercers is delighted with the posit

Back in January, Murcia-based estate agent Mercers boldly announced a predicted 25% increase in house sales for 2013 over 2012. With Q1 showing exactly that, up 25% for the first three months of 2013 in comparison with 2012, the prediction is on tra

Murcia estate agent, Mercers, has taken five star "Best Real Estate Agency Spain" in the International Property Awards Europe in association with Yamaha. The news completes a fantastic September which has seen the highest sales volume since 2005

At a press conference on 23 December the Mayor of Alhama de Murcia, the setting for Murcia's Paramount-branded Theme Park and Lifestyle Centre, said "there is no going back for the Paramount Park" and "there are investors". Local estate ag

With the Paramount Pictures theme park a 'go', pressure is now on the Region of Murcia to guide its brand new International Airport to a swift and smooth completion. Taking shape in the small town of Corvera, just 20 minutes from the proposed Pa

According to Facilismo.com, Spain's number one property portal, Murcia has posted the highest house price rises of all the nation's autonomous regions at 0.24%. This makes it one of a select quartet of communities showing positive growth in Janu

At first glance it's tricky to work out how buying a villa in Spain in 2000 for €122,000 euros and selling in 2010 for €85,000 euros can be seen as anything but an unmitigated disaster. But actually the client's getting a bargain and the ven

Long-established award-winning real estate agent, Mercers, has just launched its newest concept which is ideally suited to today's Spanish property market - Rent2Buy. With purchasers hesitating and vendors despondent, a Rent2Buy arrangement bridge

September was Mercers' best sales month this year. Put simply the buying public are after bargains and that's exactly what they're getting on the Costa Cálida. Price two bedroom terraced villas on an established golf community from as little