Sonja Meyne, Author at Porta Mallorquina Real Estate

19Jun By Sonja MeyneNo Comments

Porta Mallorquina

Porta Mallorquina opens real estate shop in Portals Nous

Around 160 guests came on Friday 15th June 2018 to the Carrer Andratx no. 30 to celebrate, in beautiful weather, the official opening of the Porta Mallorquina real estate shop in Portals Nous. Franchise partner Mirjana Antic and Timo Weibel were delighted by so much positive response: ''Unbelievable how many people came to see us, although Spain was playing agains Portugal!'' they enthused. Although the national team could only manage a draw, Porta Mallorquina was the winner of the evening as in great spirits the guests enjoyed the balmy summer evening entertained by hot DJ music. Central location in Portals Nous The stylish, all-white shop with the well-known green Porta Mallorquina logo is centrally situated on the main street of Portals Nous. Right opposite a street leads t...

5Jun By Sonja MeyneNo Comments

Mallorca, News, Real Estate

Portals Nous and its delightful surroundings

Exploring the coast of Calvia leads through very desirable places on the sea Hardly anywhere in Mallorca is more desirable as a second home, or even to live and work, than the area south-west of Palma or to be more precise, the coastline of Calvia. A large proportion of the international island residents are aware of the advantages of Cas Catala, Illetes, bendinat, Costa d'en Blanes, Portals Nous or Palmanova and have settled there. The excellent connections and access to Palma and the airport and the ample number of international and public schools in the vicinity offer a perfect living environment. Apart from the excellent infrastructure, the gentle hilly beauty of the region, the numerous diverse beaches and bathing coves with their crystal-clear water, as well as one of Europe's be...

1Jun By Sonja MeyneNo Comments

Taxes

Tax on real estate

Fiscal surprise package: the Spanish 'owner-occupation tax' on real estate. During introductory consultations with Germans who have owned property long term in Mallorca we experience a particular situation time and again: In reply to the question whether they have been paying income tax for the previous years of ownership they answer that they have no income from renting out the house as it is only for private use. Anyway, there has been no contact from the Spanish fiscal authorities and ''they will tell us if they want something from us''. Subsequently we have to inform the clients that they have a completely false understanding of various relevant tax issues. To begin with, in Spain self-assessment applies. This means that the fiscal authorities does not contact individuals t...

8Apr By Sonja MeyneNo Comments

Event, Mallorca, News

A colourful and sucessful spring festival

On Easter Monday Porta Holiday and Porta Mallorquina invited young and old to celebrate together in Lloseta. From the beginning of the festival at 11 am until its end, long after midnight, there was lots happening. Not only from Lloseta, but also from the surrounding villages people, particularly Mallorcans and their families, flocked to the centre of the island on Easter Monday together with numerous staff members from the 9 Porta Mallorquina and Porta Holiday offices. The spring festival was held on the grounds of Magatzem Es Coco – a kind of agricultural cooperative – and was intended for the residents and owners in the centre of the island and was enthusiastically received. A super event both for children and adults Particularly the children were enthusiastic and specially for...

21Dec By Sonja MeyneNo Comments

Event, Mallorca, Real Estate

With passion to record sales

Porta Mallorquina presented itself at the international partner meeting of the agency group with a new brand slogan and impressive turnover figures. In November the franchise partners and office managers from Mallorca, Teneriffa and Germany met at the international yearly conference of the Porta Mondial Group. In the finca hotel ''Sa Bassa Rotja'' CEO Joachim Semrau presented the around 40 participants the new company structure of the group. In the future under the new umbrella brand-name ''Homes and Holiday AG'', based in Munich, the business areas real estate brokerage and holiday renting will be managed together. The Mallorcan master-partner Porta Mallorquina impressed at the meeting with a record turnover. In the month of October real estate to the value of over 16 million eu...

20Oct By Sonja MeyneNo Comments

Mallorca, News

Moving to Mallorca – How to become a resident

Those who wish to live and work in Mallorca can not avoid a few bureaucratic steps. We will show you the way. A dream comes true: You have decided to enjoy the island the whole year round and want to make it the central part of your life, which means that you will spend over 183 days a year there. Taking the step of moving your life, and possibly also that of your family, to sunny Mallorca should be well thought out and carefully planned. What must I do? The first step is, if appropriate, to de-register from your country of residence assuming that you want to permanently move to Spain. In Germany there has been, since 2015, a statutory deregistration law if you give up your domicile and do not have another. It is, however, not important for the registration in Spain whether you h...

5Jun By Sonja MeyneNo Comments

Franchise

Successful opening in Puerto de Andratx

On Friday the 26th of May the new Porta Mallorquina team in Puerto de Andratx officially presented their new business premises on Calle Isaac Peral, 28 and invited customers, friends and neighbours to a glass of cava, Mallorcan wine and tapas as well as other typical island specialties. Art meets property in the pedestrian zone Around 100 invited guests turned up for the event, including Porta Mallorquina founder and CEO Joachim Semrau. At times there were so many people that it was quite crowded in front of the new office with its white facade and its large, welcoming windows. The new premises in the pedestrian zone are housed in a very modern duplex which even has a small roof terrace. With beautiful weather and tables laid in white the guests were entertained with live music acco...

1May By Sonja MeyneNo Comments

News, Porta Mallorquina

Real estate shop in Puerto de Andratx under new management and now in the pedestrian zone

In April, Markus Schreurs and Karl-Georg Hermann took over the Porta Mallorquina franchise license for the Andratx sales area. Porta Mallorquina Managing Director Joachim Semrau was very pleased to be able to win two experienced real estate experts for the highly coveted but also highly competitive property market in Andratx. The two entrepreneurs from Krefeld have already successfully established real estate companies in Germany and have many years of experience, particularly in the luxury segment. In addition, Markus Schreurs is a partner of the Porta Mondial Group in Germany with his two real estate offices in Krefeld and Mönchengladbach and is a co-founder of the company. "Puerto de Andratx has always been my favourite. There is no more exciting market segment i...

24Mar By Sonja MeyneNo Comments

News, Real Estate

Market study property market Mallorca – with price comparisons holiday properties 2017

Since 2015 the Freiburg STI Centre for Real Estate Studies (CRES) has been commissioned by Porta Mallorquina Real Estate S.L.U. to analyse the market for holiday homes on Mallorca. The data base for the 2017 evaluation consisted of 4,711 Mallorca properties from the online offers of the island's five largest brokers, examined in terms of price, location and equipment. The market study takes into account approximately 90% of the portfolio of Mallorca holiday properties available online and is thus representative. Market Offer Holiday Rentals Mallorca 2017 The real estate offers in Mallorca are concentrated mainly in the western region and the capital, almost two-thirds of the offered properties are located in the south-west, the north-west and in and ar...

3Jan By Sonja MeyneNo Comments

Event, Mallorca

Lots to celebrate on the Balearic Islands

The island is abundantly blessed with public holidays, particularly in January and the summer months. We have compiled a small overview for you so that you will know when you will be standing in front of closed shop doors, when it is time to be devout, and when it is time to celebrate. In January the New Year starts on the island with numerous festivals. It goes without saying that January 1st (New Year's day) is also an official holiday to enable, in Mallorca as elsewhere, recovery from the New Year's eve celebrations. The 6th of January is a particularly important holiday in Spain and is awaited especially by children as on this day the Three Kings come! Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar, beautifully costumed and accompanied by a magnificent escort, arrive on the 5th Ja...