101 Essential Overseas Property Resources

101 Essential Overseas Property Resources has been complied by Nubricks in response to the overwhelming amount of information dedicated to Overseas Property now available. With new books, guides, magazines and websites springing up every day, we decided to make life a little easier, seperate the wheat from the chaf and put the best resources into one place. If you think we’ve missed one, please drop us a line and let us know.

ONLINE PROPERTY GUIDES

Free general guides, resources and news on overseas property information.

1. GlobalPropertyGuide - A financial look at property investing overseas

2. Knowledge@Wharton - Real Estate think tank at the University of Pennsylvania

3. Amberlamb - Property reports from many real estate markets

INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY SITES

With the vast number of property sites out on the web today, we have handpicked the most comprehensive and useful ones.

1. Escapeartist - Expat site for living and working abroad. Extensive international real estate listings

2. Viviun - Diverse site of international property listings

3. TheMoveChannel - Information, news, listings and more on this comprehesive site

4. GloCon - Boasting 33,000+ listings and a new redesign, it is an easy way to find property

NEWS SITES

Online versions of the international property sections of popular national newspapers.

1. TimesOnline - Dedicated section to overseas property, with diverse set of articles

2. Telegraph - Good range of articles on Property abroad

3. Independent - A mixture of overseas and uk property articles

4. InternationalHeraldTribune - A international look at properties abroad

5. NYTimes - Real Estate with some articles on foreign properties

PUBLICATIONS

A number of established magazines have now translated their formats online, a selection of the best are listed below.

1. Moneyweek - Property articles on investing in property

2. APlaceintheSun - Property Guides and exhibition information

3. HomesOverseas - Magazine, Exhibition and award specialist

4. HomesWorldwide - An extension of the magazine publication soon to be online only

5. WorldofProperty - Connecting buyers with agents and developers

6. InternationalLiving - A US focused site highlighting new countries and areas for living, retiring and buying property in

7. BusinessWeek - Hot Property section, the real story on real estate

8. InternationalHomes - Exploring interesting international property and lifestyles

9. LivingAbroad - Choosing a new life abroad

10. ResidenceMagazine - A property investment guide

BOOKS

If you’d prefer to learn about Overseas Property the traditional way.

1. SurvivalBooks - A series of books on living, moving and buying property abroad

2. RedGuides - Guides to buying in different countries

3. FlytoletGuide - Peter Conradi property editor of the Sunday Times guide to fly to let

4. CadoganGuides - Published in association with the Sunday Times, guide to buying overseas properties

5. WhichGuide - Part of the popular independent consumer brands guide series

BLOGS

Having taken off in the states, international property blogging is playing catch up, apart from our very own Nubricks, here is the work of a few bloggers worth reading.

1. OverseasPropertyMall - Cataloguing international real estate news stories

2. RodThomas - In the property industry for over 20 years, he offers property investment advice and tips

3. Renthusiast.org - The Business of Real Estate

4. HolidayHomeExpert - Tips on buying selling and marketing your properties abroad

PODCASTS

Podcasting or audio information guides are a great way to listen to information about property overseas. Nubricks is proud to have released the very first Overseas Property Podcast Series but there are others who’ve had a go.

1. BuyAssociation - Podcast guides and advice from many different countries

WEB 2.0 SITES

Combining property listings and mapping technology to make searching easier

1. Properazzi - Probably the worlds largest database of international property on a google map mashup

DIRECTORIES

Lists of companies and service related to the overseas property industry

1. OverseasList - An Irish approach to overseas property

2. IRED - International Real Estate Digest, a directory with websites worldwide

3. JustRealEstate - A directory with 35,000+ companies listed

EMBASSY AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Often missed, embassies and chambers of commerce can be a great source of contacts and legal information.

1. FCO-GOV - A list of foreign embassies in the United Kingdom

2. ChamberOnline - International Chambers of Commerce

PROFESSIONAL PROPERTY ASSOCIATIONS

A handful of industry bodies whose code of conduct establishes good practices for its members and assists consumers with guidelines related to buying property overseas.

1. FOPDAC - Federation of Overseas Property Developers, Agents and Consultants

2. AIPP - Association of Property Professionals

3. EEAU -European Estate Agents Union

FORUMS

Healthy discussion and debate on hot topics surrounding buying property abroad.

1. Channel4 - The 4 homes buying abroad forum

2. HomesOnSale - Buying property forums, with a property abroad section

3. HousePriceCrash - Doom, gloom and realistic debate over at the overseas section

4. SingingPigOverseas - Investment in property overseas, many countries covered

5. SkyScraperCity - Architects and property enthusiasts discuss new building designs

6. TotallyProperty - A forum covering many overseas property destinations

Once you’ve purchased your place in the sun or investment overseas, there are still a great number of aspects to consider.

BANKING

Where to stash your cash abroad, familar UK Banks operating in foreign countries.

1. HSBC

2. Barclays

3. Natwest

4. LloydsTSB

5. Halifax

FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE

Make the most of your money when sending abroad.

1. Moneycorp - Commercial Foreign Currency Exchange

2. HIFX - Personal and Commercial foreign Exchange Services

3. FXAworld - DIY foreign currency exchange online offering reduced transaction costs

4. ForeignCurrencyDirect - No fees and commission-free foreign currency

MORTGAGES

Need to raise finance to purchase abroad?

1.Conti - A long established financial group

2. FidentiaGroup - Overseas mortgages and finance

INSURANCE

Buildings and Content insurance is just as important whichever home your in.

1. Intasure - Holiday home insurance in 25 different countries

2. Schofields - Holiday Home insurance for overseas property

3. HISCOX - Overseas holiday homes insurance

LEGAL

Wherever you choose to buy, make sure you get good, independent legal advice before spending your nest egg.

1. LawOverseas - John Howell, a well known Overseas Property lawyer

2. InternationalPropertyLaw - Comprehensive law firm covering 41 countries

3. OverseasPropertyLaw - Currently offering legal advice in 17 countries

TAXES

One of two things certain in life.

1. TaxesonOverseasPropertylettings - UK government tax guide for overseas property lettings

2. TaxCafe - A selection of property investment tax guides for different scenarios

3. OffshoreBoffin - Eons of information about offshore investing and tax havens

FLIGHTS AND TRAVEL

Low-cost airline carriers offer the cheapest way to fly to your property abroad whilst the train network is probably the greenest mode of transport.

1. Easyjet - Come on lets fly

2. RyanAir - The popular cheap airline

3. WizzAir - largest low fare airline serving Central Europe

4. BA - British Airways, a long standing airline

5. BMI - Cheap flights to worldwide destinations

6. Monarch - Many flights into popular holiday hotspots

7. Skyscanner - A cheap flights search engine, find the cheapest time to go

8. RailEurope - Travel around Europe by Rail

9. Seat61 - Ways to travel and be environmentally friendly

RENTAL

Once you own a property abroad, you may want to rent it out…try marketing it online.

1. Ownersdirect - Holiday Villas and apartments for rental without the agent

2. Villarenters - Large list of properties for rental with online payment system

3. Holidaylettings - Over 13,000 holiday homes for rent

TV

Overseas Property is even on the box these days including a few satellite channels who’ve dedicated to 24 hours a day to it! Too much of a good thing?!?

1. RealEstateTV - The original property tv channel with a wide array of programmes

2. OPTV - Run by MRI Overseas Property, showcasing the company’s new developments inventory with some informative programmes

3. Channel4aplaceinthesun - the show, that got us hooked on second homes, Amanda Lamb plays holidayhomemother to starstruck UK househunters searching abroad.

4. Channel5PropertyDevelopingAbroad - Following brits buying abroad to make money

5. GrandDesignAbroad - A spin off of the popular show, if the challenge of building a home in the UK isn’t enough, there are those who try their hand at it overseas

Expat info

It’s a choice either you live like a local or assume the title of ‘expat’, resources for get started with a new life abroad

1. Expatica - Specific to Belgium, France, Germany, Holland and Spain

2. ExpatNetwork - A comprehensive resource to living and moving abroad

Healthcare

You get sick everywhere, some places enjoy a good standard of healthcare, for the others there’s health insurance!

1. BUPA - Health insurance plans specifically designed for expats

Exhibitions

Exhibitions are perfect if you fancy a day traipsing round stand after stand collecting a months supply of reading or you just need some free pens

1. SIMA - Held in Madrid

2. InvestinPropertyShow - Held in London, Birmingham, Dublin and Manchester

3. InternationalPropertyShow - Held in Dubai

4. MIPIM - Held in Cannes

5. MoscowInternationalPropertyShow - Held in Moscow

6. CityScape - Held in Dubai

7. CityScapeAsia - Held in Singapore

8. RealEstateWealthExpo - Held in the states

Miscellanous

A collection of handy and useful websites to make life easier.

1. TimeandDate - To know the time at your destination

2. XE - The world’s best known currency converter

3. CountryCallingCodes - Need to dial abroad, whats the prefix?

3. BBCWeather - For the british fascination of weather

4. RoughGuides - A what to do and where to go guide

5. LonelyPlanet - A wealth of information about places to visit

6. BabelFish - Online language translater

It’s impossible to keep track of everything so if you think you’ve stumbled upon a gem of an overseas property resources, don’t keep it a secret share it with us here. No country specific sites please, that’s for another rainy day.