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Recently awarded the title of Best Property Portal Spain, Kyero.com has also been voted Best International Property Portal 2007.

Against all odds and facing fierce competition from industry heavyweights, Rightmove.co.uk and Daft.ie, plus two other country-specific portals, Kyero.com clinched the accolade at the International Property Awards Gala dinner hosted at the prestigious Bellagio hotel, Las Vegas.

Martin Dell, MD of Kyero.com commented "In all honesty, my greatest hope for Kyero.com was to be runner-up to Rightmove.co.uk or Daft.ie. Coming second or third to either of these portals would have been an honour. I was, quite literally, speechless when I heard that Kyero.com had won the category outright."

"It's a massive tribute to the Kyero.com team - from operations to sales and from programming to design - I'm delighted and honoured to have been part of this award-winning initiative."

Kyero.com will celebrate this outstanding world-class achievement with advertising estate agents and developers with a series of exciting promotions during the next few months.

Fuelled by this accolade, the Kyero.com will focus on the continued development and relentless improvement of the site and it's underlying technologies in the remainder of 2007 and beyond.

Visitors will enjoy never-seen-before search features, and more visitors speaking more languages in more countries will benefit from Kyero.com technology powering their favourite property portals.

The recent annual Spanish immigration study presented by the Etnia publishing group revealed that there are now 4.48 million foreign residents in Spain, representing almost 10% of the 14.12 million population. Of these foreign residents, nearly 17% (761,000, IPPR 2006) are British nationals the majority of whom are based in the traditional coastal resorts of the Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca.

It is not hard to see why, 40 years on, Spain remains an attractive destination for Britons looking to relocate; the combination of a sunny climate, low cost of living, accessibility and a stable economy drives its appeal. However with the latest independent data from the Kyero.com Spanish House Price Index (Nov 07) revealing that average property prices in the most popular provinces of Malaga and Alicante, home to the Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca, have reached €307,000 and €250,000 respectively, can affordable Spanish coastal living still be found?

The average property price in Spain according to the award winning property portal, Kyero.com, remains at €248,000 and when considering the 22 most sought after provinces by potential property purchasers in Spain, 64% display average property prices below the national average.

Average property prices in coastal provinces including Castellon (€245,000), Valencia (€230,000) and Tarragona (€229,000) in the east, Murcia (€215,000), Almeria (€199,000) and Granada (€170,000) in the south east and Asturias (€162,000) in the north demonstrate that living on the Spanish coast need not ‘costa’ fortune.

As Martin Dell, MD of Kyero.com, comments, “The majority of British buyers are still looking for coastal locations and with nearly 5000 km of varied coastline from spectacular cliff faces to white sandy beaches Spain does not disappoint. Prices for frontline real estate will always be at a premium but there are still plenty of bargains to be had up to 5km inland and especially in the lesser known costas such as the Costa Calida or Costa Daurada.”

Nominated for the title of Best International Property Portal at the International Property Awards 2007, Kyero.com will be competing directly with Rightmove.co.uk and Daft.ie, the leading property portals in the UK and Ireland.

Awarded the highest accolade of 5 stars and unanimously voted as Best Spanish Property Portal 2007 at the International Property Awards in London in September, Kyero.com was automatically entered for an even higher level of recognition, Best International Property Portal.

Nominated alongside Rightmove.co.uk, the largest property portal in England and Daft.ie in Ireland, Kyero.com faces formidable competition at the Gala Dinner held at the prestigious Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas on November 16th 2007.

Although only one company will be presented with the award of Best International Property Portal at the Gala Dinner, which will close the 2007 Realtors Conference and Expo in Las Vegas, all companies are considered to be world-class by virtue of their participation at this level.

Reflecting on the nomination, Martin Dell, MD of Kyero.com commented, “We faced stiff competition in this year’s award for Best Spanish Property Portal but this raises the level of competition to a new high. Rightmove and Daft are the established leaders in the UK and Ireland and we’re honoured to be competing with them as equals. Whether or not we win in Las Vegas, we’re very proud to have been nominated”.

If I were to tell you that there's a region of southern Spain that remains undiscovered and under explored, where the climate's perfect, the beaches are pristine and pretty whitewashed villages overlook the sea, where a second home is affordable and merely a stone's throw from a major international airport - would you believe me?

The region is not only a hidden treasure, it's a national treasure; its delights stem from the fact that it is under explored and therefore underdeveloped and that it embodies the real Spain, the Spain of many years gone by where the pace of life is slow and people's values remain traditional and family focused, where the cuisine is fresh and delicious, the wines are straight to the table from the nearby vineyard, the fish is straight from the morning's catch and where you can live the idyllic life of your dreams.

The region I'm talking about is called the Costa del Sol Oriental, or Costa Oriental for short, and it's a land of eastern promise in a nation famous today for its high property prices, its highly polished sophistication and its dedication to a purely western standard of consumer based living. And what's especially striking about this region is that it runs for around 50km along the coast directly to the east of Malaga – the very Spanish city that best embodies and epitomises the fame and popularity of Spain today.

When you consider how popular, how polished, how developed and populated the Costa del Sol region directly to the west of Malaga is, it makes the discovery of the Costa Oriental to the east much more significant.

If you're looking for an ideal place in the sun, an affordable retirement haven, a highly accessible holiday home paradise - or just a place where you can kick back and enjoy the Mediterranean sunshine and you never thought you could conceivably consider Spain - think again...you can achieve all this and enjoy the delicious Spanish wines and local cuisine of the Andalusian region if you just care to take a closer look at the Costa del Sol Oriental.

To access the region you can fly into Malaga's airport favoured by cheap flight operators, and you can get on the E15 route or the N340 coastal road and set out east on your Spanish adventure.

Immediately outside the city limits you will find yourself winding your way around some of the most picturesque scenery in the Med. You'll look down on the perfect, still, crystal clean azure waters from cliff top roadways, and you'll look up to the pueblos blancos which visually define many people's lingering love affair with the Spanish countryside. These white washed villages speckle the landscape as you lazily stretch further away from the hustle and bustle of downtown Malaga and you leave behind the city lights and all your worldly cares.

Stop off anywhere en route and you will come across traditional Spanish communities where you will be made to feel welcome, where you will be treated as a guest rather than a stranger and where you can find yourself a home within the sun kissed Spanish landscape – a home you possibly never believed you could afford to achieve in Spain.

Some of the more populated centres within the Costa Oriental region include Nerja, Torrox, Torre Del Mar and Velez-Malaga, and in terms of the property prices in these centres they are more than favourable – Velez-Malaga could even be considered cheap for Spanish property.

According to the latest independent statistics available for Spanish property, prices in Nerja are 9% below the province average of €302,950 (Oct 07), those in Torrox are 27% below it, 25% below in Torre Del Mar and a staggering 33% below in Velez-Malaga.

You are within reach of an incredibly busy international airport famous for its cheap flights, you are within 50km of the Costa del Sol where prices are notoriously high for real estate, you are in the second most popular nation in the world for tourism and yet you can escape the hype, hide from the madding crowds, you can discover the delights of traditional Spain and you can find yourself an affordable retreat right in the heart of the Costa del Sol Oriental – which is quite possibly the final undiscovered gem of Spain.

If you're seeking a rural retreat or are in search of the real Spain, if you want to get away from it all, soak up the sunshine and enjoy the Mediterranean beaches, if you'd like to explore the La Axarquia region and it's Islamic white villages or explore the sierras along the Andalusian border with Granada, if the Cueva de Nerja caves appeal to you or the prospect of standing atop the peak of El Lucero and looking out across to both Granada and Morocco entices you...the Costa del Sol Oriental will present all of this to you and much, much more. Discover hidden Spain, discover a land of eastern promise!