When it comes to buying a property in Europe, Spain has been on the top of the list for a very long time, and a significant number of English, French or German have spent a lot of money on it during this time period.

As time moves forward, the Spanish real estate market has not been as hot as it was some five years ago. Nonetheless, the returns that most investors have realized through real estate holdings and property investments in Spain have remained high. In addition, the market itself has remained fairly stable overall which is a good news for people how want to buy a property in Spain.

Actually, a significant number of buyers from different countries around the world have invested rather heavily in real estate in Spain.

Spain shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal and is bordered to the north by the Pyrenees, which separate Spain from France. The Balearic Islands, 193km (120 miles) southeast of Barcelona, and the Canary Islands off the west coast of Africa are part of Spain, as are the tiny enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla on the North African mainland. With the exception of Switzerland, mainland Spain is the highest and most mountainous country in Europe, with an average height of 610m. All this make Spain a very popular destination for holidays and sun seekers.

In large cities, such as Madrid and the coastal resort towns, the apartment market has been booming for the past fifteen to twenty years. A significant number of people have turned to apartment ownership when it comes to the buy a flat in Spain or any other kind of property.

Overseas buyers have expanded into the apartment ownership market with a vengeance over the past decade. Some industry experts in Spain estimate that as many as twenty percent of all apartment purchases in Spain during this time period have involved foreign nationals buying apartments in Spain.