If you are looking for a real getaway destination with a holiday home that offers style and luxury, the Bogaz Seaside Homes is a boutique development of just 14 detached 3 or 4 bedroom villas. This superb villa development offers a shared private pool set over spacious green areas. Standard interior features include an eco-friendly solar panels & hot water immersion tank system whilst villa upgrades on offer include white goods, air conditioning and/or central heating and for those looking to rent their property a complete furniture package.

Just 8 villas are left and the first properties will be completed later in the year whilst the remaining 8 are being sold off-plan and complete 18 months from contract. Continue reading ‘Luxury Bogaz Seaside Villas in North Cyprus’

Sponsored by The Mail on Sunday, The National Homebuilder Design Award Winners 2006 recently took place at London’s Hilton hotel. The awards acknowledge property companies who make design excellence a priority in their new home developments. The event is an opportunity for the short-listed entrants in each of the 14 sponsered categories, judged by leading figures in the UK housing industry, to showcase their property developments to the property media world. Continue reading ‘National Homebuilder Design Award Winners 2006′

The world over there are hundreds of property owners sat on real estate that has risen significantly in value as a result of the past property boom era. Many have re-financed and borrowed against their increased home equity to buy another ‘investment’ property, refurbish their home or buy high ticket consumer goods. There are those that have prospered, but many have fallen on stony ground as a result of rising mortgage interest rates. So what are your reasons for taking money out of your home?

Urbandigs, a New York Real Estate Blog, recently posted on the subject of ‘using your home as a cash machine‘ as related to the US market. A summary of his post details both the good and bad reasons to cashing in on the equity built up: Continue reading ‘The home equity debate take it out or leave it in’

Overseas property these days seems to be fixated on discovering the latest emerging hotspot and getting there before anyone else including the Irish knows about it! However independent research from HIFX, the currency experts,  shows that Spain remains Britain’s top get away destination with 46% of prospective buyers aiming to buy there. Two thirds (62%) would put sun and lifestyle before profit and cite these as the main advantages to owning a holiday home, so Spain it seems is the perfect fit. Continue reading ‘PropertyGuideSpain.com makes buying a property in Spain easier’

Central Equity’s Australian Property Info Sessions are back by popular demand from July 21st until July 30th in Knightsbridge, London.  If you are interested in property  investment in Australia then this is a great opportunity to hear “how to purchase, finance, lease & manage an Aussie property while living in the UK.” The info sessions will include tips on how to save tens of thousands of dollars in Stamp Duty, a tax charged by all Australian state governments on the purchase of real estate. Continue reading ‘Central Equity returns July 21st with Australian Property Info Sessions’

The Internet, the modern marvel of this century and an invention which it is fair to say has changed the way we live our lives, well, it’s changed mine for the better you might say… this property blog post comes to you, in live, full Technicolor dressing gown ! On a serious note, the WWW has changed the way we work, shop, research and keep in touch. Furthermore, it has sprawled a whole host of new ‘online’ jobs from daily bloggers (like my good self) to forum moderators as well as creating a plethora of new online industries offering services dedicated to improving your website’s Search Engine Optimization (SEO), web design & hosting to a new breed of online marketers aimed at imprinting your online experience on your memory. Over the last 10 years the Internet has been responsible for entirely changing for good, the dynamics of a number of traditional industries; consumers no longer search for and buy travel, insurance and property in quite the same way. Continue reading ‘Property4Media an online PR tool for property professionals’

The picturesque Bulgarian town of Balchik is to be found some 47 kms north of Varna, just a 35 minute drive from Varna International Airport to which you can fly to direct from 19 UK airports. This seaside town was once an ancient luxury resort frequented by Romanian aristocrats during the time it was part of Romania’s territories. Struck by the natural beauty of the small terrace-like bay, Queen Marie even requested an Italian palace be built, with a chapel, a villa complex of stone summer houses on columns facing the sea (yes they were invented then!) and a botanical garden named ” Tenha Yuva” (quiet nest), the biggest and most diverse in the Balkans, in which she included a throne under an old tree she loved to sit and watch the sunset. Continue reading ‘Buy off plan in the Lighthouse Golf Resort Balchik’

We haven’t featured any Bulgarian off-plan projects for a while so a return to this current favourite property hotspot is in order. A recent announcement stated that the expected ROI in the Bulgarian property market had increased 21%, in the four months from the start of 2006. This can be attributed in part to low interest rates which have dropped to some 5.95% down from 7% and reduced initial deposits. Bulgaria’s appeal as a whole continues to receive positive media with the current Assetz quarterly Property Investment Tracker placing Bulgaria at the top of its hotspots chart.

Bulgaria should offer strong long term prospects with sustained growth in tourism, over 4.8m tourists are expected in 2006 and tourism now accounts for 16% of Bulgaria’s GDP. In addition, improved business prospects created by Bulgaria’s expected EU entry in January 2007 or 2008 will offer future economic growth potential. The Bulgarian News Network has further reiterated this by reporting that both Bulgaria and Romania expect to adopt the Euro ahead of Hungary despite it having joined the EU back in 2004. The adoption of a single currency is a very positive step especially on a property investment front as it helps to remove currency rate fluctuations which have been a red flag to certain investors thinking about putting their money into Bulgaria.

Continue reading ‘Still time to invest in Bulgarian off plan property’