Property prices in Marbella, Costa del Sol, are deemed to have bottomed out by some who work in property there, making now the ideal time to snap up a bargain. According to International Property Success, Marbella is being targeted by foreign-buyers from the UK, Russia and the Middle East, and with prices low, there is [...]
Until recently Cape Verde was virtually undiscovered by tourists. With its crystal clear, emerald green waters, this beautiful secluded island remains an untouched and idyllic haven for anyone looking to escape. Cape Verde is made even more attractive by its constant, year-round summer weather. The balmy, tropical climate is made more pleasant by the constant [...]
Completing on their Italian home in time for Christmas is only half the reason Michael and Caroline Di-Lella have such big smiles on their faces - thanks to using currency specialist Smart Currency Exchange to transfer their pounds into euros for the purchase, the couple have saved around £6,000. Not a bad little Christmas treat! [...]
Life in a small Italian hamlet wasn’t the plan Jonna Helin-Lembo had for her life when she grew up in Helsinki, Finland. So what happened? First she fell in love with the Italian food, then an Italian man and consequently Italian culture, language and people. Jonna and her husband Marco Lembo, moved back to Italy [...]
Tourism in Portugal is expected to become strong in the coming months and experts predict that this will have a positive effect on the property market in the country. For those looking to buy property in Portugal, tourism activities and popular destinations will be something they want to take into consideration, especially if they are [...]
An indicator of New Zealand’s depressed market, the number of properties sold in the area of Rororua last month fell to its lowest level since January. The average property price also fell to a meagre $215,000, which proved disappointing for the real estate sector. New figures from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand show [...]
Despite Lake Como and Lake Maggiore in Italy being popular with the jet set - the former primarily with celebrities and the latter with wealthy Milanese, prepare to be surprised at how affordable property has remained along some parts of the islands’ shoreline. The desirability of being beside a scenic lake combined with strict building [...]
The property market in France has fared well amid the global economic crisis and prices are now on their way to reaching levels seen before the crash in 2008, rising by 7.8 per cent on average. “With UK property values outside London still falling, it is easy to forget that other popular property markets are [...]
Getting to your holiday home on the Caribbean island of Antigua, and its sister island Barbuda, is to get easier following the announcement that a new $43million airport will be built there by the end of 2013. The Minister of Tourism in Antigua, John Maginley, said that the island’s current airport is outdated and wasn’t [...]
The prices of residential property in Bulgaria have fallen by over six per cent in the last year, the country’s National Statistics Institute reveals. Prices are highest in the city of Varna, costing 1,493 Bulgarian lev per square metre, whereas the average nationwide is 901.32 lev per square metre. In Sofia and Bourgas, the price [...]