Anyone in the hunt for an authentic Italian village home or farmhouse should head to Umbria, where there is a growing trend for bringing old properties and communities across the region back into the 21st-Century. The area around Umbertide, a medieval town 30 kilometres north of Perugia (served by Ryanair) is especially popular with Brits [...]
You might easily be led to believe that certain parts of America have not seen the recession, as property prices begin to regain strength. Prices in the area of Manhattan have almost reached their ‘pre-recession’ average, showing that investors are still investing, and confidence is continuing to grow. There was also good news for both [...]
Ranked seventh in the UN’s most-visited global destinations list, Turkey’s appeal to holiday homeowners is proven, but the country’s bullish economy is increasingly attracting a different kind of buyer – the buy-to-let investor. Recently released figures reveal why property investors have developed a hunger for Turkey – figures from the Turkish Government show that foreigners [...]
Spanish property prices continue to fall, despite much interest from investors, Spanish and foreign alike. The latest figures from Spain’s Ministry of Public Works shows that in the last couple of months the average property price in Spain has fallen by 5.5 per cent, compared to the same time last year. During the Spain’s property [...]
The property market in Portugal is looking more positive following analysis that shows investor sentiment is on the up. RICS (Royal Institute for Chartered Surveyors) recently conducted research that shows activity and attitudes toward Portuguese property has generally improved. The Algarve is in a fantastic position for growth over the next couple of years, says [...]
Anyone looking for a character homes in Italy should consider heading south to Puglia, where the current climate means there are great deals to be had on quirky stone properties. Puglia is famous for its trullos, or trulli, conical buildings built entirely with local stone and in a style found only in the [...]
Owners of second homes on the popular Greek Island of Crete will welcome the launch of a new air route there from Luton next year. For summer 2012 and kicking off on April 21, Easyjet will run a weekly service to city of Heraklion in the centre of Crete’s northern coastline. The low-cost carrier already [...]
A £350-million marina development is on course to put Cyprus firmly on the map of the global nautical community, as well as attract property-buyers looking for something in the Med that’s a bit special. Limassol Marina, backed by the Cyprus Government, will feature 273 luxury apartments, penthouses and villas, a state-of-the-art 650-berth marina, and [...]
More British people live in Bulgaria today than nationals from any other country in the European Union, which total 8,444. Statistics from the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute (NSI) show that as of February 2011, there are 36,723 foreigners living in Bulgaria, accounting for 0.5 per cent of the country’s population. Twenty-three per cent of these [...]
In recent months there has been a huge rise in the number of people opting to rent a property rather than get on the property ladder. Financial strain means that less people can afford to buy property in Australia outright and as such are joining the ranks of the renters. Why, you might ask, is [...]