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The house is getting so impossible in Madrid that people are returning to an unexpected place: seseña

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Real estate markets have their own symbols. For years Seseña was from Lick, The real estate bubble which exploded in 2008. Today is something very different: the housing crisis which faces Madrid (and Spain), which has allowed that ancient ghost city associated with Francisco Hernando‘El Pozero’, being reborn strongly. With prices in climbing And a serious housing deficit In the capital, more and more people look out of Madrid when they have to look for a house, to localities such as ValladolidSegovia … or seseña, where It has resumed construction and arise New promotions residential AND It is not the only “Ghost city” that is gaining impulse thanks to the families expelled from Madrid for a market that increasingly tightens Your pockets. Of brick bubble icon … For years Seseña, especially THE PAU THE QUIÑÓN (The city projected by ‘Paco el Pocero’) was an icon of the years of brick excess and The real estate bubble. Also of his hangover. Those who bought in the middle of the urban maelstrom found a kind of “Ghost Barrio”homes in the hands of banks and a fractured market in which prices did not stop falling. If in 2007 a two bedroom floor cost almost 200,000 euros, seven years later, with the banks desperate to get rid of the properties, it could be bought by less than half: about 60,000 euros. … to enjoy a golden age. Today things are different in Seseña. After years with half -building works and worried For the Okupas, the town is living a new golden age. Families arrive. They open business and services. Projects such as PARQUIJOTE. And they raise New promotions. In 2023 The newspaper He spoke of two major projects: an urbanization of 156 houses that moved between 110,500 and just over 200,000 euros and another of chalets. The change has been cooking for some time. Almost a decade ago The countryHe dedicated him A wide report in which he explained how the residential city the Quiñón was gaining impulse little by little, with families, businesses and services. At that time the newspaper spoke of 6,411 inhabitants. Last year Antena3 again analyzed the situation of the Macro Urbanization Toledana and He found An increase in the number of residents, in addition to a growing demand for housing. “Three years ago you could find a house easily here. Now it is almost impossible,” explained At that time Vanesa, a woman who had installed time before in the Toledo urbanization after buying a four -room house with storage room, garage and pool for about 150,000 euros. Waiting list to buy. The last clue on the rebirth of the urbanization of Seseña gave it A few days ago Reuters, who has found The growing interest by the town. Although it is about 40 kilometers south of the capital and does not have the best connections and public transport, more and more families seem interested in settling in their apartments. Reuters speak With an agency that had a waiting list of 70 people for each home. Seseña (and something else). The area has also seen how the new work was also activated. Promotora Impact Homes, for example, is promoting a promotion of 156 homes which started in 2023. Its goal is to have it ready throughout this year. In the sector there is even talk of presale levels of almost 50% In new buildings. “Seseña is 100%,” celebrates the mayor, Jaime de Hita. His is not the only town in Madrid that has seen how his brick was activated. Something similar It has happened in Valdeluzurbanization located 75 km from Madrid that It was halfway after the outbreak of the real estate bubble. Its mayor wait that the population triggers over the next few years. Reuters appointment even a third example: an urbanization located on the outskirts of Bernuy de Porrerosapproximately 100 kilometers north of Madrid, which has also recovered the activity after remaining almost abandoned. And what is the reason? All these populations have something in common: their relative proximity to Madrid, which makes them an attractive destination for families that end up being expelled from the capital for the high cost of their home. Is The case For example, from Nestor, an employee of the construction sector who four years ago left Carabanchel to move with his family to Seseña. Living in Seseña requires you to get up every day at dawn and take the 6.30 h bus that takes it to the capital, but the price gap makes that discomfort more than assumable. In his day Nestor moved to Seseña because the rentals were there 20% lower than those of Madrid, Explainand a few months ago he decided to take another step and become an owner: together with his wife, he bought an apartment in the Toledo town for 240,000 euros. “We chose this close site because we can pay it. Madrid is very expensive right now,” The man tells. Is it a unique case? No. It comes rapidly to the newspaper library to meet Testimonies of families who have decided to settle in Seseña or professionals in the sector who attend the rebirth of urbanization and its buildings. “They seemed monsters that were going to stand for the future, but the need for housing has caused them to reactivate,” confesses A real estate to Tele5. “We move in prices below 200,000 euros. That is impossible in Madrid.” Money issue (and km). Seseña is not the only town to which the families expelled by the Madrid real estate marketthat only in the last year has seen how housing became more expensive, According to idealist. The improvement (and cheaper) of communications, especially the train, has caused Segovia or even Valladolid being hosting people who work for companies in the capital. In those municipalities they find homes at prices that, such as I recently recognized A family installed in Valladolid, “Nor would they smell” in Madrid. Images | Seseña City Council, Wikipedia and Seseña is more (Flickr) In … Read more

Madrid has become his new favorite real estate destination

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Madrid has become one of the favorite destinations For great fortuneswhat they are looking for Invest in luxury properties Out of your country. The arrival of new millionaires, especially from the United StatesUnited Kingdom and France, has caused An unprecedented boom in the high -standing real estate market of the Spanish capital. This trend is promoting Luxury real estate market prices and changing the profile of the buyers, placing Madrid at the international sight. As I pointed Humphrey White, CEO of Knight Frank Spain to Expansion“55% of luxury housing buyers in Madrid are Spanish”, compared to 70% in 2018. Hunting luxury According to the report ‘The Wealth Report 2025‘ Of the Knight Frank consultant, the reduction of interest rates in 2024 has been key to reactivating investment in luxury homes worldwide. The prices of these properties grew 3.6% in 2024 globally, with especially notable increases in Asian markets, the Middle East and in certain European cities. Seoul led the growth with a price increase of 18.4%, followed by Manila (17.9%), Dubai (16.9%), Riad (16%) and Yeda (9.6%). In Europe, the average increase was 2.5%, but Madrid far exceeded this figure until it reached an increase of 5.5% in the price of luxury homes. To put in context the price increase in this type of properties, in 2014, a investment of one million euros allowed to buy a luxury floor of 136 meters in the capital. Today barely reaches for a 89 square meters. “The luxury is now more luxurious,” says the report, underlining how the sophistication of the offer has been increasing along with prices. Operations in this type of housing, with prices that can range between 11,000 and 15,000 euros per square meter. However, they can also reach exceed 25,000 euros per square meter, although these prices remain exceptional and reserved for extraordinary qualities properties. This sustained growth places Madrid among the most competitive European cities in the segment, above other capitals such as London, Paris or Milan. The trend reflects the city’s appeal for international investors and, especially, for Americans who seek to diversify their assets in markets with revaluation potential. Madrid, meeting point for ultra -up He Real estate interest in Madrid 60% shot in March 2025 compared to the previous month, consolidating the city in the 26th position of the Global Prime Markets ranking, while Barcelona occupies position 37. According to Knight Frank’s study on large assets, Madrid is already the main destination of foreign investment in Spain, chosen by 67.5% of investors. In addition, ultra -ups already represent 43% of luxury real estate purchases in the capital, and their number is expected to grow 17.4% to 2028. He buyer profile is changing quickly. In 2018, American investors had barely presence. However, in 2023 they already represented 4% of the operations, and in 2024 they have doubled their weight until they are 8% of the purchases of luxury properties. As the authors point out of the report“Many great heritage are leaving the country and investing in Europe Through Spain. “ However, one of the factors that has most conditioned the price increase in luxury properties in Madrid has been The shortage of supply Faced with a growing demand. The Urban regulations limits the Construction of new homes high -end, which maintains pressure on prices. According The published by The SpanishKnight Frank counts only 13 new high -end project developments, adding a total of 78 homes. All of them concentrated in the Salamanca neighborhood, The most demanded neighborhood For this client profile. Money calls money Madrid’s appeal is not limited to the residential sector. The report ‘The Glittering Power of Cities for Luxury Growth‘From the consultant McKinsey, he places the Spanish capital among the cities with the largest Concentration of the luxury sector. According to the report ‘European Luxury Retail 2024‘ From Cushman & Wakefield, of the eight new open luxury stores in Spain in 2024, six chose the ‘gold mile’ Madrid as location. This phenomenon reinforces the position of Madrid as Epicenter of luxury in Europe and consolidates its attraction for both real estate investors and for large international firms. In Xataka | The new luxury is that the mansions go unnoticed and sustainable: that’s why they cost 10 million euros Image | Pexels (Gotta Be Worth It, Alex Moliski)

It seemed that LaLiga could not be further blocking domains. Until it touched the festivities of the City of Madrid

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The weekend has been starring two old known faces: LaLiga matches and blockages associated with them. Domains such as the Social Network X (T.com), Vercel Web addresses and even services related to the Madrid City Council were affected without an additional solution to navigate by VPN. The Madrid City Council is no longer fought. A direction that little suspicious seemed to be related to the illegal broadcast of football matches, Statics.sanisidromadrid.comwas blocked on Saturday, May 10. Reason? Blocking in compliance in the judgment of December 18, 2024 by the Commercial Court N6, a message that we know firsthand. The address belongs to the Madrid City Council, and is nothing more than the showcase for the San Isidro festivities held between May 9 and 15. The website of the City of Reus (Reus.es), was also inaccessible during that Saturday X and Redsys. The website of the San Isidro Festivities program was not the only Rocambolesco case. The social network itself X It was inaccessible during the game hoursas well as some domains related to Operations resolved by Redsys. The latter may end up affecting web payments (not receiving confirmation of an order, erroneous notifications related to payment, etc.) in which the operation does not finish registering correctly when the URL is blocked. The Vercel case. LaLiga found Vercel The best way to beat Cloudflare. A paradigmatic case in which Malte Ubl, Cto de Vercel, published an article on his blog criticizing IP blocks… to update it three days later ensuring that “we are working closely with LaLiga to quickly eliminate the illegal streaming contents.” 🇪🇸🚫 Update on LaLiga’s Blocks. We’ve Been Working with their team to get a interrupted access in Spain to the @sercel Global CDN. Vercel have set up a dedicated inbox for LaLiga to File Reports. Sadly, The Just Blocked Another Vercel CDN IP Without Using This Mechanism. To … https://t.co/31gy5b8u0k – Guillermo Rauch (@rauchg) May 11, 2025 Not even allying with LaLiga has been enough. During this weekend numerous Vercel web directions have been blocked, with its CEO making its position new public about what a football organization should and should not be able to do. Far from finishing. LaLiga blocks They are going to moreand there is no reasons to think that the situation can be reversed. He Domino effect is increasingand while Justice endorses The random blockages will continue to be produced. Cloudflare described them as “clumsy and ineffective”at open war with the organization. Despite the evidence that the affected domains are not related to illegal practices, this problem will continue to generalize by service providers. More than 15,000 affected domains. There are lists which already register more than 15,000 URLs affected by LaLiga domains in networks such as Digi. A look at it makes it clear that, in its vast majority, blockades are not related to websites that broadcast emissions illegally. Faced with a reality inevitablethe LaLiga blocks do Pay fair for sinnersaffecting Business Billingto The daily life on the weekend and with the use of VPN As the only temporary patch. In Xataka | LaLiga redouble her offensive against illegal football streaming: Twitch and other greats just joined her crusade

For decades Madrid was a demographic vacuum for Valladolid. Now it is Valladolid who takes away neighbors

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For a simple matter of work, For decades Many Valladolid had no choice but to make their bags and move to Madrid. There are the companies. And good professional perspectives. Today things are different, how they reveal The latest data of the Castellanoleon City Council. The Telework expansion and the Communications improvement He has allowed not a few Pucelanos to return to his city without giving up his jobs in the capital and even turn the demographic tortilla: now it is Valladolid that grows at the expense of Madrid. The data are of course eloquent. What do the figures say? That for years the Castellanoleonese city endured a migratory balance with the clearly negative capital. Many more Pucelanos went to Madrid than Madrid arrived in Valladolid. If it follows The historical series From the municipal census it is proven that this favorable imbalance to Madrid dates back to at least 1997, with years in which the difference was brutal: in 2014, for example, Valladolid scored 736 casualties of Pucelans who made the bags to move to Madrid; The reverse tour (from Valladolid to Madrid) did only 305 people. And is it like that? No. And that is the novelty. We know the change thanks to An analysis of The confidentialwhich has had access to updated data from the Valladolid City Council. They show how between 2022 and 2023 the migratory balance between the cities of Valladolid and Madrid experienced a turning point: if in 2022 the Pucelana city registered 799 casualties of neighbors to Madrid destination in front of 617 high in the opposite direction, in 2023 the photo was the opposite: it computed 765 high and 566 casualties. From the red numbers he went to a positive balance of 199 people with Madrid. The trend was confirmed in 2024 with a new positive migratory balance. The Pucelano City Council scored 796 high from Madrid compared to 504 casualties from neighbors who moved to the state capital. Again a positive balance, of 292 people. In a matter of only two years Valladolid has therefore gone to drag a historical deficit in the exchange of population with Madrid to “win” 491 new registered at the expense of its southern neighbor. That trend has coincided with the general growth of the Valladolid register, which has been gaining population for several years and is now located in 303,843 inhabitants according to The municipal censusthat It does not always coincide with that of the INE. Is there more data? Yes. The general “picture” can be completed with more brushstrokes that help to understand the change. The turn in the migratory flow has also been found in the whole of the Madrid region, not only in its capital. After decades, moving in “Red Numbers” (in demographic terms), in 2023 Valladolid registered higher from new residents from the Madrid community than Low of Pucelanos who had moved to municipalities such as Móstoles, Alcalá de Henares, Leganés, Fuenlabrada, Getafe or Madrid itself. Between 2023 and 2024 in that sense a positive balance of 758 new registered. At the end of 2024 The North of Castile I already pointed the change of tendency citing the statistics of the INE, although in its article it managed data until 2023 and provincial level, not exclusively of the municipality of Valladolid. What did they show? Something similar to what the Pucelano City Council register reflects. In 2023 they arrived at the Valladolid set 1,785 from the Community of Madrid, while they left the province 1,270 person to settle at some point in Madrid. Result: a positive balance of 515 people for Valladolid. It is not bad if one takes into account that the previous year (2022) the province had lost 115 people in favor of the Community of Madrid. And what is the reason? Rather, we should talk about reasons, in the plural. When analyzing the change in trend there are those who speak of The expansion of teleworking After the pandemic or attractiveness of the Valladolid real estate market in front of the Madrid, which makes the purchase of housing much more assumed there than in Madrid. According to Idealista, the square meter costs in Valladolid 1,832 euros while in Madrid it is located in 5,467. Something similar occurs in the rental market: in the Pucelana city, the M2 regrets average to 8.9 euros in front of the 21.4that Madrid charges. But … why this abrupt change? While it is true that COVID-19 marked a before and after in the implementation of teleworking in Spain and that the real estate market He has not stopped tense In recent years, both trends have not explained why the population flow between Valladolid and Madrid has experienced such a sharp change in such a short time. Nor why it has been accentuated in 2023. Hence, when the analysis of the phenomenon adds another determining factor: the improvement of transport between Valladolid and the Community of Madrid. At the end of 2007 The line was released High speed Madrid-Segovia-Valladolid, which made it possible to arrive from Valladolid to Madrid in less than 60 minutes, instead of the more than two hours that it has the same route by car. Since then the service It has improved In medium distance services until, today, A wide grill of frequencies in birds Ave, Avant, MD, Alvia or Avlo capable of going from Valladolid to Chamartín in 54 minutes. The key in recent years has been nevertheless another: the price. What has changed? In 2019, take the train daily to go to Madrid from Valladolid demanded to disburse hundreds of euros Every month. Today the situation is different. Regular users have benefited from Free bonds MD and a 50% discount For recurring travelers of the Avant trains. In January The Council of Ministers agreed to maintain at least until June 30 the direct aid to the transport of travelers for frequent customers of nearby, rodalies and conventional MD, with “free fertilizers”. The Avant offers a 50% reduction … Read more

Latin millionaires set their residence in Madrid. Private bench has begun to open branches only for them

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All cities of a certain size have certain neighborhoods in which the Density of wealthy people exceeds the average. In the case of Madrid that neighborhood has traditionally been the Salamanca neighborhood, and the type of housing that, by surface and qualities, in it, in it, is witnessing it, in it It has been built. That real estate valuehe has turned the central Madrid neighborhood into the new destination for the Latin American millionairesto those who do not tremble their pulse for Pay up to 13,000 the square meter for a second residence on this side of the Atlantic. Before the rise of these new neighbors in the neighborhood, the response of the bank has not been waiting. BBVA has announced The opening of a new exclusive office on Goya Street in Madrid only for Latin Millionaires. The requirements for you to meet: a minimum capital of 500,000 euros and economic interests on both sides of the ocean. The Spain of the two benches While in the rest of Spain the banks close physical branches (only in 2024, the Santander announced the closure of 200 offices) and mails must take care of giving coverage of Effective to Spain emptiedin the Wealthy neighborhoods in Madrid The trend is just the opposite. Financial entities have identified the potential of this capital flow and have opted to open specialized offices, such as the new BBVA private bank branch in the heart of the Salamanca neighborhood. Where if not. This office, the first of its kind in Spain, is designed exclusively to serve Latin American clients with high assets. As I pointed out The Economic newspaper Fifodiesthe branch manages a base of 583 clients, whose joint assets amounts to 440 million euros. The objective of this new “luxury” branch is to offer a personalized service to those who have investments and assets On both sides of the Atlanticfacilitating the management of its wealth in a global and coordinated way by focusing on both European and Latin Americans. To access this private banking service, customers must have a minimum financial assets of 500,000 euros. In addition, there are differentiated services for those who have between 500,000 and two million euros, and for ultra -ups with more than 10 million. At the global level, the BBVA Private Banking Division manages assets valued at about 140,000 million euros. The best bankers: yes, those of Madrid At the Goya BBVA Private Banking Office, he serves a team of five bankers specialized in managing assets in Mexico, Colombia or Peru markets. Each of these bankers makes periodic trips to their assigned country to maintain direct contact with customers and understand their specific needs. That is to say, They are the ones who queue To talk to your customers. Karma. According to statements by Fernando Ruiz, director of private banking of the entity in Spain, published in InvertiaThe average international client profile that is attended from this branch has an average heritage of 800,000 euros. By nationalities, 50% are Colombians; 30% Mexicans and the remaining 20% ​​are Peruvians. Beyond traditional financial management, BBVA offers a range of extrafinancial services specifically designed for this high purchasing power client profile. Do not think about the latest generation televisions, televisions or mobiles. As confirmed by the bankers themselves Fifodieswe talk about exclusive experiences, such as entries for Real Madrid parties or the mutual Open Madrid, private visits to museums such as Prado and Thyssen, and training courses on the transmission of family heritage. Although this personalized attention model is anecdotal in Spain, it already works successfully in enclaves with High concentration of millionaire populationlike Zurich and Miami. If the Salamanca neighborhood office works, perhaps this model could extend to Other areas of Spain who also host great Latin American fortunes, such as Galicia, Barcelona or the Costa del Sol. In Xataka | If you have money, you have nationality: how the billionaires have fond of “gold passports” Image | BBVA, UNSPLASH (Jorge Fernández Salas)

Madrid wanted to make Bernabéu a new concerts. Aitana has given the tip to her plans

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Aitana announces that abandons its long caregified purpose of acting in the Santiago Bernabeu. His two performances, with tickets exhausted in just 72 hours, were scheduled on June 27 and 28 of this year, and carried delay since the initial December 28 and 29. In the end, the artist has decided to take her show to the Atlético de Madrid stadium, the Wanda Metropolitano. It is not the first, and it is the temporary lock and without a clear solution of solution for its purpose of becoming a concert center on European scale. Aitana says enough. Aitana’s concerts will end up being held, but on July 30 and 31 and at Wanda Metropolitano. He was the only artist who was left out of Santiago Bernabeu’s programming: before her, others such as Lola Indigo, Dellafuente or the veiled 5 of Ibai have relocated (in the case of the latter, for example, well far from Madrid: in the Cartuja of Seville). The reason has not become official, but with total security it is the same problem that forced to delay the dates of December: the lack of compliance with the enclosure with the municipal regulations on noise. An announced debacle. Aitana’s announcement coincides with the date on which, in theory, problems with sound were going to be solved: March this year. However, experts already anticipated that the purpose was complicated: Francesc Daumal I Domènech, acoustics expert Consulted by eldiario.eshe affirmed that “in six months the problem will not have been stopped, in fact it is most likely that they will continue to think how to solve it.” In the chiringuito, Josep Pedrerol ventured what would cost such a reform: Between 20 and 25 million euros. Expenses and more expenses. The pharaonic Real Madrid project has meant reforms by value of 1.1 billion eurosafter chaining up to three loans. But the promises of turning the stadium into a nerve center for concerts throughout Europe did not satisfy the neighbors, the first to They caught attention of media and Internet users on the noise in the area. And not only that: a thousand neighbors grouped under the Association of affected by the Bernabeu They are concerned about the agglomerations that the concerts generate, the dirt and the volume of noise in the streets that are out of the stadium control. Another tourism. That is, characteristics easily associated with the transformation of cities into immense Attractive parks for tourists. Santiago Bernabeu reforms have gone from being a Megalómano project of the football club to a point of interest for the City Council, which has facilitated the works of works for parking attached to the field, with Very advantageous concessions for the club. José Luis Almeida, mayor of the capital, is very interested in the works reaching good, especially considering The figures. Thanks to the stadium, which in 2024 He received artists like Taylor Swiftthe music industry billed 185 million euros in the city, compared to 94 raised in 2023. Taylor Peta. Taylor Swift, according to APM figures, added 126,393 spectators in two days, which undoubtedly affects the City Council very positively. The Consistory itself figure at 79 million euros the amount of money that moved this event, if we have prices of tickets, hotels, travel and hospitality. Bernabeu also has an advantage with respect to others: he does not need neither good time nor, thanks to his retractable grass, wait at the end of the football season. You can program, unlike the Olimpic Stadi or the Metropolitan Wanda, concerts all year. The largest enclosure in Spain. The Santiago Bernabeu plans to become the largest enclosure in Spain, which exceeds the Olimpic Stadi of Barcelona, ​​where 57,500 spectators fit. This is followed closely by the Wanda Metropolitano de Madrid (57,300) and the Cartuja of Seville (42,800). From there the figures already fall to, for example, the Miguel Ríos de Rivas Auditorium, with 29,700 of Acti. Currently, artists of great international presence sometimes jump the capital to go to Barcelona, ​​where they find more capacity with the Estadi Olimpic, as has happened with Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish or Guns N ‘Roses. An indefinite problem. However, it does not seem that at the moment the problem will be solved. In Europe there are still enclosures where European artists stop, such as the Défense Arena in Paris (40,000 spectators) or the London O2 (20,000) between the cutlery, and Croke Park in Dublin and the Stadio San Siro in Milan, both with more than 80,000 people of capacity, among those discovered. It is clear that Madrid would not be bad for an enclosure with the spectacular characteristics of the Bernabeu (extraordinary and covered capacity), but everything indicates that, with the sounding problems, it will take it even to arrive. Header | Netflix In Xataka | Music is lived differently, and why science has it

The M-30 tunnels are an absolute nightmare for your mobile GPS. Madrid wants to fix it using bluetooth

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If you have ever crossed the tunnels of the M-30it is more than likely that you have run out of coverage at some point. It is a more serious problem than it might seem, since the direct translation of not being clear what the correct exit ends up generating less fluidity and traffic safety. The Madrid City Council is aware of the problemand has announced the installation of a system that will allow GPS navigation systems, such as Google or Waze, to work properly within these areas. The problem. The M30 tunnels are especially extensive and thick, a terrible combination for the signal of the GPS satellites I can end up going through them. It is more than usual to lose connection when we are inside and, taking into account the importance of real -time calculations for current GPS systems, this ends up translating into a insured malfunction. The solution. From this Monday, the Madrid City Council will begin the installation of a Bluetooth electronic beacon system in order to allow guided navigation while we circulate through these tunnels. “The initiative is based on the implementation of location beacons with the objective of resolving the lack of the inviability of GPS navigation inside the tunnels as a result of the lack of visibility of satellites that allow obtaining a precise and continuous positioning through triangulation techniques.” The City Council itself admits that it is unfeasible to use GPS systems inside the tunnel. So in the absence of GPS, Bluetooth. How will it work. Madrid will locate different Bluetooth beacons inside the tunnels, with distances of 20 to 40 meters between each of them. They will be located on the sides of the tunnel by specific supports. These beacons will issue an identification signal to their own position, something that browsers can use to determine where we are. Because yes, although we are accustomed to using GPS signal, navigation apps can use Bluetooth when there is no coverage. Does not work by default. The problem of this measure is that Google Maps, the most used maps app in Spain, does not allow the default Bluetooth to use. It is necessary to navigate to the Android settings, go to “navigation”, and activate the Bluetooth beacons. In iOS the option is not available, although it is enough to activate the location functions so that it can work. Image | Xataka and Madrid City Council In Xataka | GPS locator purchase guide: tips and recommendations to succeed and seven models from 30 euros

Before being from Spain, Madrid was the unlikely capital of another kingdom located thousands of kilometers: Armenia

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TO Leon v History played a bad pass. And that, by Carambolas of Historyended up turning Madrid into the capital of a kingdom located more than 3,000 kilometers away, south of what is today Türkiye. Sounds crazy, but if something is the story of León V (1342-1393), the king without the kingdom, stripped of his crown just a few months after ascending to the throne of The little ArmenianIt is precisely that: strange. After all, in just a few years he went from monarch to reo, from reo to “Mayor” of Madrid and finally lord of a French castle. To know its history we must go back to the Middle Ages and travel to the Anatolia Peninsula. There, in the region of CILICIA The XI and XIV centuries extended Little Armenianor Armenia Cilicia, a kingdom formed by refugees who had fled from the Selyuk invasion of Armenia. It was not particularly large, but a prominent role as an ally of the Crusaders and Christian bastion was played. León V (the brief and insistent) Or so it was at least until the time of his last sovereign, Leon V of Armeniawho barely had time to accommodate on the throne. The unfortunate was crowned in SIS in September 1374but just a few months later, in 1375he saw how the Egyptian Mamlucos took the capital. For him it was the end of his days (few) of glory. From the amenities of the court he became a prisoner in Cairo. There León spent a year, two, three, four … and so up to seven long springs deprived of liberty, during which lost his wife and daughterwaiting for some sovereign of Christianity to get close to their bad luck and pay their rescue. Little served. It did not matter to appeal to the charity of other kings or the church. The fate of León V only changed thanks to the mediation of the Franciscan Juan Dardel, who knew how to press the right rope with the kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula. It is said that the situation of León v moved enough to Juan I of Castilla as if to decide to intermediate in favor of the former sovereign of the little Armenian. The truth is that in 1382after seven years of captivity, León V regained his freedom and abandoned Cairo. What could a King do without the kingdom? What would time dedicate a monarch to whom he had given time to savor the throne of the throne? León had no doubt. He wanted to recover his crown. And for this purpose he undertook an international campaign in search of support. That long journey ended up taking him to the Iberian Peninsula. More specifically to Badajoz, where he met the hospitality of Juan I. upon his arrival León V met with Honors and gifts Gold, silks and jewelry, but not what I was looking for: help to recover the throne of SIS. Instead, the Castilian monarch offered him a curious (and generous) entertainment: he granted to the sovereign of Cilicia the manors of Madrid, Andújar and Villareal (Ciudad Real) “with all his breasts and rights and income.” As if that were not enough, he added an annual income of 150,000 maravedíes. So and against every forecast León became a tenant of the Real Alcázar de Madridconferring on the villa a new (and unlikely) range: The informal capital of the small Armenian. After all, the heart of a kingdom was where its cut settled. There was even more than a century and a half so that, in 1561Felipe II set his in Madrid, turning her into the capital of her domains. One thing was, however, the good harmony that Juan I and León could have and another very different than the Madrid were funny to be under the government of a foreign man who did not know and that nothing knew about his land. We know it because the anger of the town soon inspired some scathing and sharp coplillas On the Armenian sovereign, like the one he cried: “If the town was Silva, the lion would keep it, more is Castilian land, we do not want such a lord.” “They say that a Lord comes from Armenia, guide us God of such real favor,” he proclaimed Another of the topics that were singing on the banks of Manzanares. It was little for León to try to win the favor of the people down or send Real Alcázar. Juan I soon made it clear that the assignment of the villas was a timely gesture limited to the ancient Armenian sovereign, so that the title would not pass to his heirs. After the arrival on the throne of Juan I’s son, Enrique IIIthat link between Castilla and the Armenian It would blur even more. The reality is that León’s main interest seemed to be far from Manzanares, Castilla or the Iberian Peninsula. Although a few years had passed since his departure from SIS and despite his years of captivity in Cairo, there was an idea that was still obsessing León V: recover his kingdom. That was his great goal. From Madrid I had it difficult, so Leon soon packaging his things and going first to Navarra and later to France, where he received a not very different response to that of Juan I of Castilla. Carlos VI dedicated Good wordsostentatious gifts that included the assignment of the castle of Saint-Ouen … but nothing that allowed him to head an offensive that returned it to the court of SIS. The sovereign ended up dying some time later, in 1393, with about 51 years, without having reached his dream. In Paris he died. And in Paris he was buried. Before, yes, he wrote one of the most curious chapters in the history of Madrid, a city that over the centuries left him a peculiar and fortuitous? Tribute: His memory is linked mainly to the old Alcazar, where León lived several months Between 1383 and 1384. Armenia are far … Read more

Luxury floors are so expensive in Madrid that Millionaires already look at more “affordable” areas such as … the moral or farm

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Throughout a whole year a half -won (or won at least in 2022, last data of the INE) a salary of around 27,000 euros. It is a considerable sum. But soon it will not even pay an M2 in the Madrid residential luxury market. This is estimated by the consultant Colliers, who in A report Published this same week on the most exclusive properties of the capital, letting a striking idea: prices of the city real estate They are warming up In all segments, also the Prime. In fact, this price increase in the central almond of Madrid is forcing which part of the demand It moves to other parts of the city, such as the moral or farm. Probing luxury. In Your reportColliers is dedicated to putting the thermometer to the most exclusive segment of the Madrid real estate market, which is associated with labels such as Ultra High-end, High-end, premium either Branded reside. Basically these are homes that cost at least two million euros (much passes from the five) and in certain cases they are associated with a hotel brand that offers services, which gives them a plus of exclusivity. It may seem a very limited segment, but Colliers reveals that it has some weight in the most exclusive neighborhoods of the capital. In the report its technicians claim to have identified in the Barrio de Salamanca, Chamberí, El Viso and Centro 153 homes For sale that two requirements meet: they are new construction and go from two million euros. There are more 52 that belong to the most exclusive group, the Ultra high-endwith a price per m2 that reaches 27,400 euros. A figure: € 1,550. One of the first conclusions that the report leaves is that the residential luxury market has not remained oblivious to generalized increase of the house in Madrid. The other way around. Colliers estimates that throughout the last decade the price of M2 in the market High-end The capital has grown at a rate of € 1,550/year, which the consultant interprets as “constant and sustained growth.” In practice that means that the M2 in the most exclusive properties and floors is today much more expensive than in 2005. And you don’t have to look so far back. Surprises. When analyzing the luxury housing stock for sale in Madrid, the consultant has encountered two surprises: first, the number of promotions and homes has increased considerably with respect to 2023; Second, the maximum prices are today quite higher than those that were handled just two years ago. If in 2023 the maximum was in € 24,800/m2now it goes from 27,400. On the contrary, the minimum values ​​have softened around 12%. 27,400 for an M2. What is the result of this “constant and sustained” price increase? That right now the residential square meter in the most exclusive homes for sale in neighborhoods such as Salamanca, Chamberí or Viso Ronda, on average, 18,300, with some cases in which this value has shot above € 27,400/m2. This is just that, means that can vary depending on the characteristics of the property or the concrete area of ​​Madrid in which they are located, but still interesting. In the Salamanca neighborhood for example Colliers analyzed 112 properties in which the average square meter cost ranged between 12,000 and 18,600 euros, which translates into homes that cost by total between 2.75 and 8.6 million. In Chamberí the photo already changes and the consultant did not register properties in which the € 17,800/m2 was exceeded. Spraying records. They may seem high prices, but if Colliers technicians give in the nail it is likely that in a few years they will not seem so. Especially if we take into account that the market has maintained a trend over the last years that seems to direct it towards new record values. “If this evolution is maintained, we estimate that by 2030 the average price in the areas Prime of the luxury residential market could exceed the barrier of € 30,000/m2, which would represent a key milestone for this segment, “he collects The report. “Now we are seeing projects that will probably come out at the end of the year around 25,000 euros per m2,” Luis Valdés recognizesmanaging director of the Colliers luxury housing area to the newspaper Five dayswhich remembers that there is probably some property associated with Branded reside Restored for more than € 30,000/m2. If the consultant’s forecast is finally met in a matter of only a five years, it will no longer be the exception, but “the average price in the primary areas of the residential market High-end“ What is the reason? The study is not limited to talking about prices and draws medium -term forecasts. Part of its analysis is also dedicated to probe the market, which otherwise goes online with the whole of the Madrid real estate sector. In general, idealist calculates that the residential M2 in the capital He has shot In the last decade: € 2,700/m2 in February 2015 to the more than 5,200 charged now. In the specific market case Prime However, certain trends with a key weight. Foreigners. In Your report Colliers dedicates special attention to foreign capital, highlighting the capacity of Madrid “to attract investment, tourism and wealth.” “It has climbed positions until consolidating as the second most attractive European city for real estate investment, only surpassed by London,” The analysis stands out. “This fact shows the strength of the Madrid real estate market, driven by both international and individual investors looking for higher levels of profitability.” Among other factors, the consultant recalls the opening of new five -star hotelsthe rise of business schools, security and a climate that can be attractive to investors from other latitudes. According to the data handled by Colliers, in 2024 about half of the homes acquired in the community were concentrated in the capital and 7% corresponds to foreign investors, especially of Latam and the US, which places Madrid, in their opinion, among the “most profitable” markets … Read more

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