As Martin pointed out areas such as Granada and even Jaen are benefiting from foreign buyers in a market that was solely Spanish and prices were and still in the majority of the villages still very cheap.

But you pay for what you get in Spain, how many other European and for that matter international countries – where you can start a new life, continue or start a new career without having to speak the language perfectly or not at all (not a good move, but people do), have all the services that you enjoyed back in the UK and still only be 2 hours from friends and family?

It is time for the UK press to publish good reviews from happy people (of which there are hundreds and thousands of them) whom have a great life in Spain and wouldn’t return back to the UK even if you paid them.

Spain is still number and always will be.