Europeans have a far different outlook on life recent studies have shown. People from many European countries now enjoy a higher standard of living and as such, they have moved away from traditional investments in stocks and shares and more into the emerging property markets of southern Europe, especially Spain. Properties constructed in Spain in 2006 outstripped Britain by 4 to one, a fact that further demonstrates the modern Europeans thinking that its better to spend your disposable income on assets on something you can enjoy and what better way to do it than buying a home in Spain.