Are There Any Thirty Somethings Left?
When we came out nearly five years ago it felt like everyone was a thirty something. For every retired couple, there was a thirty something family that had just landed and was ready to go for it all guns blazing. They were mainly people who had bought at the right time in the UK and then sold their houses and brought huge sums of equity out to Spain, enough for a deposit for a house and leftover for a rainy day or two. Nevertheless, not everyone was as well equipped, some only brought enough for a couple of months rent hoping to find some work along the way. Needless to say, they went back not long after they arrived once the funds ran dry and there wasn’t enough to keep them going for another couple of months of job hunting. However, even those that had the substantial rainy dash stash are feeling the strain as it continues to pour. This is predominantly due to the fact that many of them worked either directly or indirectly in the real estate field. Today, those zealous characters are
