With many estate agents in Spain observing a poor end to 2007 in terms of property sales, some are turning to the viila rental market to find liquidity in a difficult market.

Renting a villa in Spain is as popular as ever as millions take their holidays each year on the Spanish Costas. The proliferation of flights to Alicante and Malaga as well as new destinations such as Murcia mean that putting your holiday package together with a cheap flight has never been easier.

The leaders in the industry…Owners Direct may have some new competition in the market soon as AMLA, The Spanish Property MLS have thrown their hat into the ring, adding video facilities and production into a fiercly competitive market.

The villa rental website, AMLA Spanish Rentals has been launched on a sub-domain of the MLS site and is already, after only a week…..and no properties!….starting to show up in the search results for Google UK under the biggest search keywords in the market… villa rentals spain and spain rentals.

Once they get there inventory going…who knows…with several thousands of visitors already visiting the site through it high internet positions on Google and the recent launch of its community forum means that all the aspects are in place for AMLA to take it share of a lucrative market…

I think I just missed the whole gaming thing. When I was at an age….although these days it seems that any age is game playing age…. the industry had moved from Space Invaders to Galaxian and PacMan…I was really good at Galaxian! Anyway, this short-lived game-playing frenzy wasn’t really as cool as it is now and so for Playstation I substituted play….action……with girls!, real live ones!!

These days, Free online games are all the rage. You dont need the expensive equipment or have to pay for the actual games. The list of games that you can play is endless and although ‘doing it in your bedroom has never been so much fun’ had a much more intense meaning in ‘my day’, dont knock it until you’ve tried it!

Action games….the doble entendre’s are getting too much to handle… Retro Games…you can find them all at online-games-zone.com.

Its all absolutely free and with nothing better to do in your bedroom alone it will give you something to try your hand at….without the need for laundry services!!

I think I just missed the whole gaming thing. When I was at an age….although these days it seems that any age is game playing age…. the industry had moved from Space Invaders to Galaxian and PacMan…I was really good at Galaxian! Anyway, this short-lived game-playing frenzy wasn’t really as cool as it is now and so for Playstation I substituted play….action……with girls!, real live ones!!

These days, Free online games are all the rage. You dont need the expensive equipment or have to pay for the actual games. The list of games that you can play is endless and although ‘doing it in your bedroom has never been so much fun’ had a much more intense meaning in ‘my day’, dont knock it until you’ve tried it!

Action games….the doble entendre’s are getting too much to handle… Retro Games…you can find them all at online-games-zone.com.

Its all absolutely free and with nothing better to do in your bedroom alone it will give you something to try your hand at….without the need for laundry services!!

As mentioned previously in an article on this blog MLS listings are now starting to be offerred by agents on a flat fee basis effectively giving owners access to the MLS through the back door. One such service is operating in Georgia. Flat fee Georgia MLS listings mean that it you were thinking of selling your property as FSBO but want to list it on the MLS…now you can.

The Agent is basically selling a 1 point service giving you access to what used to be the bastion of the Real Estate Agent. Whether this is a case of hard times influencing the market or a move in trends due to a fluid expansion of the ever-changing market is yet to be seen.

If more MLS offers start to pop up then there could be a rush for market position.

As you probably have read, we like to keep you up-to-date with things in the Spanish Property market. 2007 was not a good year for a lot of agents and many have fallen by the wayside in the flat property sales market.

As we start 2008 there are signs for optimism as AMLA, The MLS dealing with Spanish property for sale has announced record visitors for the first two weeks of the year.

Costa Blanca Property and especially Moraira property and Javea property have shown double-digit increases in visitors.

The proff of the pudding though is whether these visitors or ‘browsers will turn into buyers. It was confidence in the global mortgage market that made purchasers wary in the second half of 2007. Many came to look but left without purchasing. With interest rates in both the USA and possibly UK on the decline there may now be confidence returning to investors looking to cash in on purchases at the perveived ‘bottom’ of the market cycle.