Foreign investment in Spanish real estate increased by 8%, according to the publication A Place in the Sun . Despite the negative data on Spain, a leading developer of state of the country real estate market company Taylor Wimpey de Espana reported an increase in sales of property to foreigners. In the first half of 2011, the company said growth in the number of requests from foreigners by 70% - it's even prompted the company to start several new projects now under construction are 132 housing units. The company's specialists also argue that the rumors about the disappearance of interest in off-plan property is also greatly exaggerated: 39% of the objects in this year the company sold it on the off-plan stage. HomesOverseas.ru