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Those of you with young families will testify that holidays take on a whole new dynamic when you have children. Bohemian spirits are all well and good but when travelling involves military precision type planning you soon realise that the “Hassle Free Holiday” has its advantages.

Just 5 examples of why “Hassle Free” has become synonymous with the name Polaris World.

1) Security: With access to residential areas being exclusive for residents and all resorts equipped with access gates controlled by security staff your children can play in a safe environment.

2) Baby sitting service: Polaris World has created an environment for all the Family. Why not avail of the Baby Sitting service at your resort to allow both you and your partner enjoy a nice meal at a variety of restaurants within the resort.

3) Location and Accessibility: There are not many places than can offer the accessibility of the province of Murcia. By 2010 there will be no fewer than three airports servicing the province. With flight times well under three hours from the Ireland and the UK you could be sitting in lunchtime traffic at home and popping open a bottle of cava on under Mediterranean sky’s by evening.

4) Facilities: Some holiday resorts cater for children, others don’t. In every Polaris World Resort you will find a child friendly atmosphere with play grounds and supervised pools and paddling pools within a short distance of your accommodation.

5) Golf: Nine Nicklaus designed courses in a 25-kilometre radius, two of which are Bears Best. Choose a resort to live or stay in and play on any of the courses that make up the Nicklaus Golf trail.

Find out more about Golf properties: Golf Resorts Murcia

The mayor of Mazarrón Francisco Blaya last week presided over the official start of the works to extend and improve the health centre in Mazarrón.  The whole project has a budget of 2.3 million euros and is expected to take around 18 months to complete.   The work will involved a complete remodelling of the centre and will see the constructed area increase from the current 1500m2 to around 2700m2 a significant gain in available space. The newly renovated centre will have 32 consulting rooms, 17 more than the current number and will also have available space for dental treatment, extractions and emergency treatment areas, paediatric treatment areas and physiotherapy rooms. The waiting areas will also be extended and improved along with the personnel and administration areas for the centres workforce. Consulting rooms for the same medical specialism will be linked by and interior door and each one will have its own special waiting area.  In addition each of the public area will have specially adapted toilet facilities for disabled users. As well as serving to increase the size of the medical centre, the work will also make the health centre a more comfortable and functional space for the residents to use and improve the environment for staff.   

As the Mayor said as he officially opened the works, “the reform and extension of Mazarrón health centre is part of the total works that we are involved in including the constriction of the health centre in Puerto de Mazarrón and the building of a third proposed centre on Camposol. 

In the next two years this means that our area will have at its disposal three modern health centres ready to meet the demands of the residents of the area and the moment has arrived to begin to think about the other project so important for Mazarrón, that of the hospital”

This article is provided by Maura from Murcia property

A new study has revealed that he price per square meter of homes in the Murcia region has increased by 12.7% for the first half of 2007, against an 8.2% rise for 2006. The study by Caja España shows that this figure continues to rise in Murcia gaining momentum in the last three months and bucking the national trend.

The most recent data for the last three months shows a rise of 9.5% and the slight drop is due to a fall in the price of older homes, whose prices rose by 8.2% in the first quarter of the year, but by only 4.8% in the second quarter.

Urban land has risen in value by 36.8% in the same period, against the 11.4% growth demonstrated in 2006.

An analysis of the regions labour market and inflation for the first quarter of the year, also made by Caja España shows that the Murcia region has one of the lowest labour costs amongst the autonomous communities.

Inflation in the region rose slightly over the first quarter from 2.4% to 2.7%. The survey also shows that there has been steady job creation in this period, over and above the national average, and as a result there has been a drop in the unemployment statistics for Murcia.

Summarising Caja España stated that the region would have an active working population and although growth would slow there would still be a noticeable trend above the national average.

The study also shows important levels of growth in the construction and service sectors; however employment trends especially in the construction sector can be a bit erratic.

The number registered as unemployed with INEM has increased 2.9% for the year on year comparison and whilst this is considered a significant increase, there is a tendency for the figures to fall during the last two trimesters.

This article is provided by Maura Dunne: Murcia Property