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32 FRIDAY 29TH NOVEMBER 2019<br />
www.weekender.news<br />
Property<br />
prices in<br />
steady<br />
increase<br />
THE average house price<br />
in Spain increased by<br />
just over 3% in the third<br />
quarter of the year compared<br />
to the same period<br />
in 2018.<br />
The average price per<br />
square meter is now<br />
€1,638.30, 3.1% more than<br />
the previous year but still<br />
22% less than the peak in<br />
by Simon Russell<br />
2008 when the figure was<br />
€2.101 per square metre.<br />
However, it is a healthy<br />
12.5% more than the low<br />
point of €1,456 recorded<br />
in 2014 at the peak of the<br />
Spanish property crisis.<br />
Market analyst Ferran<br />
Font said that the latest<br />
figures showed a steady upward<br />
trend with this being<br />
the eighteenth consecutive<br />
month when prices have<br />
increased.<br />
The Valencian Community<br />
performed above the market<br />
average with rises of 4.6%<br />
while the Balearics (4.8%)<br />
had the biggest rise across<br />
the country.<br />
Take care when<br />
heating your home<br />
AS winter draws in and<br />
people start heating their<br />
properties, the Valencian<br />
Fire Consortium have<br />
given some advice about<br />
safety at a time of year<br />
when their call outs always<br />
increase dramatically.<br />
Almost half the house fires<br />
they have attended this year<br />
were between January and<br />
April, with the numbers falling<br />
away dramatically when<br />
by Simon Russell<br />
the weather warmed up.<br />
The biggest cause is electrical<br />
heating appliances in<br />
poor condition, causing shirt<br />
circuits.<br />
Badly ventilated appliances<br />
such as stoves, radiators<br />
and fires also started a number<br />
of blazes and people need<br />
to be aware of the dangers of<br />
carbon monoxide build-up<br />
which can be fatal.<br />
They advise householders<br />
to check all devices, place<br />
smoke alarms around the<br />
property and never leave<br />
open flames such as candles<br />
burning overnight or if you<br />
are likely to doze off.<br />
Last year across Spain 123<br />
people died in house fires,<br />
16 of them in the Valencian<br />
Community, a mixture of<br />
burns and smoke inhalation.<br />
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