The opportunity to buy a second home in the Caribbean for just a grand, what’s the catch would be most people’s response, but with 100% finance available and just £1000 to pay until completion, the apartments on offer at the newly launched Merricks Resort & Spa look like an opportunity too good to miss.

Caribbean Property, New Developments

New data from the Turkish Statistics Institute has confirmed that the country’s tourist market is continuing to expand – and fast. Numbers clearly show a 25.6% increase in visitor numbers during the 12 months to October 2007, with tourist numbers reaching a total of around 21.1 million in total, confirming Turkey’s continued popularity.

Overseas Property News, Turkey Property

Starbucks Coffee, the world’s biggest coffeehouse chain, is forging ahead with its plans for world domination as it was announced this week that the coffee giant will be entering the Bulgarian market next year, opening its first coffeehouse in the capital Sofia, with an eye to quick expansion elsewhere in the country over the following months and is a sign of Bulgaria’s increasing adoption of the mainstream.

Bulgarian Property, Overseas Property News

If travelling in absolute style is your preference, you’ll be pleased to know that luxury airline Silverjet has added a second international destination to its exclusive route map. Luton based Silverjet began offering daily direct flights from the UK to Dubai this month, selecting the Middle Eastern playground as a natural complement to its popular New York service.

Dubai Property, Overseas Property News

What Bulgarian property does, it does well, half of the New Year’s packages at Bulgaria’s winter resorts have already been booked according to the Bulgarian Tourist Chamber. With visitor numbers up 15% on 2006, this is a successful start to the winter ski season and Bulgaria’s ski property boom which is set to reach new heights with the launch of developments such as the lavish £345m Super Borovets project.

Bulgarian Property, New Developments, Ski Property

According to figures released by the national tourism institute tourism visitor numbers to Brazil climbed in October, showing a 15.2% year-on-year increase, stats which bring good tidings for early bird investors into the country’s developing second home property market.

Brazil Property, Overseas Property News

UK-based think-tank, Future Forum, has estimated that by 2020, around 1.5 million people will work in Britain while living in another country and, following the launch of the new high-speed rail link from St Pancras in London to France this week, it looks like those figures could well be right on track.

French Property, Overseas Property News

Agents and developers on the island of Boa Vista in Cape Verde have been given a boost with the opening of a new international airport.

Cape Verde Property, Overseas Property News

New research conducted by NatWest International has confirmed what we have all known for ages: buying and owning a holiday home (or two) is becoming the norm amongst British families. The study found that around 250,000 people from the UK owned foreign property, their choices predominantly in Europe, especially in France and Spain.

Overseas Property News

Data analysts Mintel have estimated that there are over 9 million golfers in the UK alone, 64% of whom are ABC1 males with an average age of 37-45. Of those, an estimated 50% would consider travelling abroad to play the game or have already done so. With this in mind, foreign property destinations are increasingly promoting golf above all else in an attempt to tap into this undeniably lucrative golfing goldmine, local governments actively supporting and engineering golfing opportunities as a way of bringing in a steady stream of cash and tourists.

Golf Property, Overseas Property News