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MARCH 2025
LOOKING for the ideal space for your classic car collection? With its 15-car garage, built like a showroom, this is the ideal home for every motoring enthusiast. Dream on petrolheads Nick Mason, Jamiroquai and Rowan Atkinson, Villa Enso, in La Zagaleta, Benahavis, is roaring for a new owner. For a cool €34 million you get indoor and outdoor pools, 21 bedrooms and a 12-seat indoor cinema. Even better, for an extra €3 million, the owner will include two Ferraris and a Lamborghini in the sale as well as his rare F1 memorabilia collection. This extraordinary cornucopia includes Michael Schumacher’s race suit, a Niki Lauda Ferrari wing and a Nigel Mansell front wing. Looking like a spaceship about to return to the mothership, the contemporary villa sits on a large hillside
ONE of Spain’s leading mortgage experts has just had his best month in 22 years. Tancrede de Pola at the Finance Bureau had a ‘record January’ with dozens of clients purchasing homes via his firm. And February was also in the ‘top 10’ best months his firm has ever had. “February was our best ever and the year has started incredibly well, probably the best in our history,” de Pola told the Olive Press. “And last year was already our best ever in terms of turnover, thanks to a steady growth in sales prices.” The British financier, from London, has been running his mortgage advisory service in Marbella for over two decades. His company has grown ‘organically’ and will employ seven brokers by Easter. The tennis-playing mortgage specialist puts his company’s growth down to ‘di-
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Petrohead palace plot inside Spain’s most exclusive enclave. Featuring views to Gibraltar and North Africa, at 3,500 metres squared it is believed to be one of the biggest and best properties ever built on the Costa del Sol. Distributed over three floors, all connected by a lift, Villa Enso has a palatial master bedroom and nine additional suites for guests. Naturally there is a spa, with two jacuzzis, sauna, steam and massage centre… but few will be expecting its own ice room and hair salon.
A wine cellar, games room, bar and lounge area are located downstairs. A number of the suites have their own private sitting rooms, while all have their own private terrace. The master suite has its own lounge area with fireplace, plus a huge walk-in wardrobe and its very own Japanese garden. And let’s not forget the gardens that have their own poolside gazebo featuring a bar, bathroom and entertainment area under a pergola. There is an office area, as well as solar-power installation and a complete security system with CCTV, in addition to 24-hour security provided by the urbanisation. The property is being sold exclusively by www.terrameridiana.com
RECORD GROWTH Diversification of nationalities has been key to 2025 client boom at leading mortgage broker By Jon Clarke
versification’. While the British market has dropped from 80% of its business to 40% over the last few years, it has been made up made up from dozens of other nationalities. In total, de Pola speaks to around ‘20 different nationalities’ a week, and now has the staff to help cater to them. “There have been lots of Americans
buying and I think Trump coming in has only added to the flight, with more people trying to leave to get away from him. “It started three or four years ago when the dollar and euro hit parity and that market has just not stopped growing. “It is also easy for Americans to simply relocate these days with the likes of the Digital Nomad visa. It is definitely making it favourable for them to come.” There has also been a big rise in clients coming from near the Ukraine, such as
Poland, Lithuania and Estonia. “We are certainly seeing a lot more Finns coming too, while the Swedish are by far the strongest Scandinavian market.” And he adds: “The uncertainty created by the Ukraine conflict has certainly driven a lot of people to Spain, not to mention the colder northern European client.” He also says small changes in local tax rules have seen some dramatic shifts. This includes a claim that ‘10,800 millionaires’ left the UK last year. “Quite a few came down to live in Spain,” he insists.
And in the Netherlands, a new tax levied on rental income last year led to dozens of new clients calling him each month. “I was getting about five calls from Dutch people a day the week after the new rule was introduced.” The financier - who is on ‘speed dial’ to dozens of bank managers - adds the socalled ‘Beckham law’ is a very popular option for buyers at the moment. The law allows expats to move to Spain and pay just 24% on global income up to €600,000. Visit www.thefinancebureau.com for more information