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From the exotic splendours of the Amazon and the breathtaking views of the Andes to the incredible beaches of Rio de Janeiro, South America appeals to visitors from all over the world.  With a growing tourism industry in many of its countries and ever-expanding expatriate communities, this continent is capturing the interest of property investors from all over the world.

It may be a Spanish island. But Lanzarote lies just 60 miles off the coast of Africa. Offering year round sunshine and an idyllic outdoor lifestyle, property in Lanzarote may just be one of the hottest real estate investments, in every sense of the word.

Photo courtesy of David Swales 

The news relating to the property market in America is bleak at the moment as foreclosures rise, prices drop and building slows, but the reality is that all these factors add up to good news for foreign buyers – particularly investors buying in a currency other than the dollar and looking to hold for the medium to long term. 

The archipelago of Cape Verde is emerging as the “Caribbean” of the North Atlantic. As this tiny island group does so, interest and confidence in Cape Verde property investment is growing dramatically.

Of all the emerging real estate markets globally, Turkey’s property market is quite possibly the number one choice for investors seeking the best balance between risk and reward. While the nation continues to emerge politically and economically speaking, so there exists risk – but counterbalancing this ever decreasing risk is an ever increasing potential to profit from property in Turkey.

Slovakia’s star has been on the rise since it joined the European Union in 2004 and this former communist country has been giving investors plenty of reasons to take note of the potential that it has to offer ever since.

After a hearty meal of Slovak fare (vegetarians be warned this is meat and 2 veg territory), we make our way back to Brandon’s place, a 3-bed newly reformed atico apartment at the top of a stunning mansion house, located a side street or two away from the main centre. Brandon searched high and low for the right place to call home; he found it eventually and now rents this place for around 800 €/pcm. Whilst this of course is at the top end of the rental market, both property purchase and rental prices in ...

Let’s start off with a fact, Bratislava enjoys the unusual accolade of being the only national capital in the world that borders two other countries, 62km from Prague and being just 60 kilometres from Vienna, they are said to be the world’s two closest capital cities, it is no wonder therefore that our misconceptions of this former communist eastern bloc country were instantly shattered upon arrival in this self confessed ‘little big country’s’ capital city in Slovakia’s South West.