Each year the Australasian Real Estate Institute’s Auctioneer of the Year award brings out the best of the real estate world in Australia and New Zealand. Known as the most prestigious award to be won throughout Oz and New Zealand, you can be sure only the great estate agents will apply; as contestants battle it [...]
For those of you thinking of purchasing a property in Italy, you may wish to consider a few things before you sign any contracts. Investors are being urged to visit their potential new town at various points in the year, and to be aware that many places, especially tourist destinations, are seasonal. This means that [...]
Property prices in France seem to be oblivious to the instabilities of the world’s stock market and the debt crisis which has hit Europe. French regions which are favourites with overseas investors have actually seen an increase in property prices. Paris, Cote D’Azur and Bordeaux have all seen large increases in property prices; Paris the [...]
Following experts claims that Barbados is the ideal place to invest, we can expect for many people looking to invest in property in the Caribbean to look into buying a second home there. The specialist described the reasons why people looking for property may want to consider Barbados; “Year-round warm temperatures and beautiful weather, beautiful, [...]
If it’s a bargain you’re looking for then you may think about heading to Bulgaria. Here, you will find a large selection of property for sale at low prices, especially within the biggest ski resort in the country. Apartment prices in the Bansko area have fallen by 50% in the last three years, making them [...]
In November last year the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) made the decision to increase interest rates. The shift to 4.75% ha now has a clear effect on the property market in Australia, with property prices falling dramatically. This is thought to have been a tactical move by the RBA in order to help steady [...]
Holidaymakers and second homeowners in Florida now have another fun-packed attraction to visit in the Sunshine State, with the opening of a new Legoland there on October 15. True to style, Florida’s Lego themed interactive park will be larger than all other existing Legolands around the world - in Windsor (UK), California, Denmark and Germany. [...]
More than 35,000 British people now own a home in Turkey, accounting for just under a third of the total 110,000 foreign owners in the country. Recent figures from Turkey’s Land Registry also showed that German and Greek people topped the country’s foreign ownership list with Brits, and that the Antalya region on the south [...]
Spain today is awash with homes advertised as “discounted” or “reduced”, so it’s easy to see why some buyers reach for their cheque book as soon as they find a home priced less than comparable ones in the same area. However, as a warning that not everything that is cheap is a bargain, a leading [...]
Owners of homes in the central Algarve can expect a hike in rental demand in coming weeks as the Portugal Golf Masters kicks off at the Victoria Golf Club in Vilamoura. The Masters runs from October 13-16 and will attract not only the world’s golfing elite but fans from around the world, many of whom [...]