Both Mogán and San Bartolomé de Tirajana, the two main municipalities of south Gran Canaria, have announced property tax cuts for next year. The Ayuntamiento de Mogán is cutting its IBI tax rate by 6% from 0,68 a 0,64%. It is also offering a further IBI tax rebate of 15% for properties that install solar heating…
The Mogán Valley or Valle de Mogán is a hotspot for people looking for a rural house in south Gran Canaria. This isn’t surprising as it’s a beautiful area and one of the warmest and sunniest places in the world. Where is the Mogán Valley The Mogán Valley is in the sunny southwest of Gran Canaria….
Mogán Town Hall plans a new Arguineguín car park to help ease parking problems in the town centre. The announced plans are for a new underground car park designed to provide 486 parking places on two levels, plus a large public square on the roof. This will include commercial spaces, a food kiosk, children’s park, public…
Arguineguin’s La Lajilla beach and natural swimming pool closes next Wednesday and will remain off-limits for six months due to renovation work. The work is phase one of a larger project to refurbish the entire stretch of the coastal path that runs from Arguineguín to Anfi del Mar. It has taken over 20 years and…
If you’re looking for a place to buy in south Gran Canaria, but don’t want a typical resort property, look no further than Arguineguín. Why Arguineguín town is such a popular property hotspot If you look at a map of south Gran Canaria from before the 1960s when tourism took off, Arguineguín was the only…
The refurbishment of the 733-metre Arguineguín to Patalavaca walking path that runs parallel to the GC-500 road is due to start any day and will last for nine months. Work on the walkway, between the Sunwing Hotel and the Doñana Apartments, is scheduled to last for nine months. The project has a budget of 575,000…
Recent Canarian Supreme Court Judgements have proved that the 2015 law governing holiday lets in Gran Canaria and the rest of the Canary Islands needs to be rewritten from scratch. The Court recently declared several clauses of the law illegal, including the ban on private property owners offering their homes as holiday rentals in resort areas,…
Here’s part one of our Gran Canaria property glossary with all the most common and useful Spanish property words used by buyers and sellers. We hope it’s useful and please let us know if you come across a word you think we should include. Abogado: Lawyer or solicitor Administrador de fincas: property administrator Adosado: Terraced…
The Maspalomas dunes could disappear within 100 years unless the current loss of sand is reversed, according to experts. The dune and beach ecosystem has lost 45,000 cubic metres of sand per year for 50 years. It stopped being self-sustaining when tourist development in the Maspalomas and Playa del Inglés area hemmed in the dunes…
With 15 Blue Flag beaches, two Blue Flag marinas and one Blue Flag path, Gran Canaria now has a record number of awards from the FEE and more than any of the other Canary Islands. Sardina beach in Galdar, Arinaga beach in Agüimes and La Garita beach in Telde are the three new Gran Canaria…
