UK ex-pats face Spanish trouble
The hundreds of thousands of Britons who have moved to Spain in search of a better life have been hit by falling property prices, sometimes with devastating consequences.
When Maxine Crooknorth bought her home on Spain's south coast two years ago it seemed like the fresh start that she and her young son needed.
Following the death of her partner, she could not afford to get on the property ladder in Britain. And like hundreds of thousands of ex-pats she longed for a new life in the sun.
"I thought it was absolutely brilliant when I came here," she says sitting on the lush garden terrace of her flat overlooking a golf course and a view down to the sea.
But the dream has turned very sour.
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