Italy has been popular with the british property buying public for many years with Tuscany and Umbria as firm favourites. As prices in these two areas have risen dramatically new areas have been opening up including Abruzzo, Calabria and Puglia.

Amanda Lamb has also finally bought a place for herself in Puglia, firmly placing the area on the map.

Nubricks has compiled a list of popular estate agents in Italy. In general many UK based real estate agents in Italy work with Italian estate agents based in the different regions. Continue reading ‘Popular Estate Agents in Italy’

An article in yesterday’s Gulf News sends a warning to overseas property investors who have invested in any Emaar developments in Dubai. Emaar has warned owners in their developments who are letting out their properties on a short-term basis for less than 6 months to holiday makers is a violation of contract and action could be taken against them.

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Clickair Spain’s low-cost airline is to eliminate check-in, in bid to become the world’s first airline to do so. Spain is often viewed as backward in much of its business operations but low-coster Clickair is making waves by initally offering a check-in free service to passengers with hand baggage only. Continue reading ‘Spanish Low Cost Airline Clickair to Do Away with Check-in’

If you are thinking of buying an international property, data published today from a worldwide annual cost of living survey compiled in March by leading human resources consultancy Mercer ranking 143 of the world’s major cities using the most expensive US city, New York as the benchmark, puts the realities of living abroad into perspective. The Mercer study, aimed predominately at Governments and multinational companies with expatriates on foreign assignment to gauge whether their compensation packages remain competitive in line with the global cost of living and measures changes in the comparative costs of more than 200 items including rent, transport, clothing, household goods, entertainment and food taking into consideration those daily must-haves such as coffee and dietary staple the fast-food hamburger! Continue reading ‘Mercer HR Ranks 143 of the World’s Most Expensive Cities’

How I wish I’d invested in a London property in 1976, a house bought for £100,000 then would today be worth over £4,200,000 according to the latest figures from the Knight Frank Prime Central London Residential Index which reveals that prices of the best properties in central London have risen by over 33.3% in the 12 months to the end of May 2007. Unfortunately, I was just a twinkle in my parent’s eyes and hindsight is a wonderful thing. However the data does indicate that this premier market may well be close to its peak along with the rest of the UK market. Time to buy overseas?
Continue reading ‘The Central London Housing Market Breaks More Records’

News in the today’s Guardian showing hard up first-time buyers are now having to borrow the full value of the home they want to buy in order to get on to the UK property ladder. The increased cost of having to resort to this option may see more first-timers heading abroad in search of their first property investment instead. With lower property prices, cheaper costs of buying and rapidly rising markets, more and more individuals are turning to overseas property with the hope of making enough gains to ultimately fund a purchase in the UK.
Continue reading ‘100% Mortgages On The Rise In The UK’

This post was submitted by Shaun McLane from Florida based Ekday.com

What have you heard about investing in Florida lately?

If you get your information from the media, chances are you’ve heard mostly doom and gloom about our cold. Or maybe you heard that the bubble has popped, and investment property prices are plummeting? I’m here to set the record straight. I was born in Florida, have lived here for my entire life, and can’t imagine myself living anywhere else.

So how is the market in Florida?
Continue reading ‘Not IF but WHERE You Should Buy Property in Florida’

Property in Mumbai has hit the overseas investor radar and India’s real estate story is flourishing daily as it builds its property profile and an increasing influx of foreign funds.

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