Just a short post for today, having just returned from a weekend of soggy camping in the Lake District.Whilst passing through the beautiful lakefront, tourist town of Bowness-on-Windermere, a new development under construction caught my eye. When new property development takes place in areas of outstanding natural beauty, the process is often touched by controversy, but with the demand for housing greater than ever, even these zones need to add to their housing stock and I noticed that Bowness-on-Windermere along with many of the Lake Districts main tourist towns from Continue reading ‘The Royal new apartments in the Lake District by Applethwaite Homes’

Well seeing as its Friday, I plumped for a little light reading…so bring on the property stats.

This week saw not one but two releases on overseas property investment related data. Firstly estate agent Knight Frank’s research guru Liam Bailey, is the man behind its new Global House Price Index which published yesterday which has Latvia, despite it being a 2 or 3 year old market, as Number 1 on a 30-nation league table for capital appreciation. “Jet-to-let is the new buy-to-let,” commented Bailey, in an article in the Telegraph which reflects the British high risk high reward obsession for finding property investment bargains in increasingly unusual locations… Continue reading ‘Knight Frank Global House Price Index puts Latvia on top’

Forget Fly2let, the latest buzz word in overseas property is Set Jetting.  As our fascination with celebrities reaches ever greater heights, a new holiday trend has emerged, turning film locations into the stars of the travel world.  After the media circus that surrounded Lord of the Rings, New Zealand experienced a huge surge in visitor numbers, who swiftly turned into property investors. Continue reading ‘February Point in Great Exuma highlighted by Pirates of the Caribbean’

In this week’s overseas property podcast, Paul Collins online editor for Newskys shares his in-depth knowledge of buying property abroad and offers listeners his advice on his ‘place in the sun’ favourite, the French property market. Along with new trends happening in the overseas industry, Paul also discusses his top tips on less well known investment hotspots. Continue reading ‘French and Overseas Property Podcast with Paul Collins from Newskys’

Don’t discount it just yet, The Costa del Sol is still proving a favourite with tourists. Recent provisional figures released by The Costa del Sol tourist board indicate that 2006 could in fact be the Sunshine Coast’s best year yet in the last 10 years of tourism becoming a fully fledged industry there.

July 2006’s estimated figures have built on an impressive start to the year, illustrating a 3 percent growth for July hotel occupancy rates and the Tourist Board’s figures predict Continue reading ‘Costa del Sol tourism record enjoying its best season in 10 years’

With news this week, that the Costa del Sol is setting a tourism record enjoying its best tourist season in 10 years, a Spanish property investment may still be a good overseas investment if you buy right.

Myramar del Sol is an oasis overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, a pre-construction project being completed by one of the Costa del Sol’s most trusted developers. Continue reading ‘Myramar del Sol launches on Costa del Sol close to newly planned Marina Mijas’

BMG Middle East kicks-off round of investment seminars in the UK
Following the recent launch of BMG Middle East’s prime investment project, The Cube Condo Residence in the world class city of Dubai, BMG Middle East is organising a UK countrywide series of information seminars which commence in Luton on September 1st 2006 and visit 12 city centres nationwide ending in Glasgow on September 16th.

BMG UK Investment Seminars
Each seminar focuses on property investment in Dubai with a special focus on the various BMG investments available within the region.  The added bonus of these unique occasions is the opportunity to purchase at discounted developer prices, not to mention the free glass of wine over which you have the chance to question local experts first hand about any queries you may have about buying property in Dubai. Continue reading ‘The Cube Condo Residence showcases at BMG UK Investment Seminars’

A couple of weeks ago we posted about adding audio content to the Nubricks blog so today, we proudly announce the launch of the first Nubricks.com Property Podcast.

Our first podcast is an introduction to podcasting and what Nubricks plans to podcast about over the coming months. If you would to listen please Continue reading ‘Nubricks first property podcast goes live’