Most of us would be happy spending up to £80,000 on a smart apartment somewhere sunny abroad but did you know the same money could buy you a desirable detached property in either Florida or Spain’s Murcia region? Article written by The Overseas Guides Company Today’s distressed market conditions have led to exceptional deals in [...]
Over the last few months, figures have begun to suggest that the US market has bottomed out and for the first time in almost five years, the nation has recorded their first annual increase in residential real estate prices. So, does this spell a recovery in the market? Article written Overseas Guides Company A survey [...]
Easy rental income is what attracts many UK property-buyers to Florida, where Disney and the other numerous theme parks, constant sunshine and world-class amenities ensure a year-round stream of tourists in need of accommodation. Securing sufficient income from an American holiday home isn’t as simple as it might initially seem though, with many new investors [...]
Is your idea of the perfect second home one with easy access to a beach with good surf – where you can impress your neighbour on the shore as you shoot through breaking “barrels”? If so, the USA is where you should begin your house-hunting after seven American locations made the National Geographic’s top [...]
A developer in Florida has shown that environmentally friendly doesn’t have to mean expensive with the launch of an affordable eco project in Orlando, geared towards investors and second home owners. Energy efficiency is becoming increasingly important to homeowners in the US, leading builders to install features such as solar panels, tankless water heaters and [...]
Could you find a three-bedroom detached home with garden in a European tourism hot spot for less than £45,000? Probably not, but here’s one in Central Florida! There’ll always be grey areas when comparing like for like, but trying to find a similar deal near world-class tourist attractions in France or Spain that matches this [...]
A switched on investor from Cambridgeshire has bagged a bargain in Florida after snapping up a property for nearly half what the previous owner paid for it. The British buyer paid $145,000, around £95,000, in May for his four-bedroom single storey home in the Lake Wilson Reserve area of Davenport. The property was last sold [...]
Mortgages in the USA continue to get cheaper, after average rates on 30-year and 15-year fixed deals last week fell to record lows for the sixth straight week. This is good news for the American property market as a whole and potentially for the economy there. Cheaper home loans should help to increase residential sales [...]
What do you think you would miss if you decided to set off for a new life overseas? Perhaps bangers and mash, fish and chips or maybe something as simple as a good old cup of English tea? A recent survey revealed that the answer is in fact none of the above. The thing that [...]
You've probably heard the whispers but in case they weren't quite loud enough, now is a great time to invest in buy to let property in the USA. Combine low home prices with rent increases and the chance to take advantage of bank-owned repossessed property being marketed as short sale and the reality is that [...]