Nicaragua’s property prices are 30 to 50% cheaper than Costa Rica’s. Property investors take note. Like neighbour Costa Rica to the south, Nicaragua has both Pacific and Caribbean shorelines, a tropical climate and is safe, affordable, peaceful, culturally diverse, environmentally stunning and teetering on the edge of a property boom fuelled by foreign interest.

Al Johara – meaning simply ‘the Jewel’ - is a residential masterpiece from the drawing board of award-winning architect, Elie Mouyal, set on 156 acres of land just 20 minutes from the centre of the Rose City of Marrakesh. Whilst unashamedly five star marrying high qualities with extensive facilities and property designs inspired directly from the ancient walled city, Al Johara is also the first resort to cater to family living.

As the winter season cools down in Slovakia, and the beautiful spring has finished. What else is there to do in the beautiful country of Slovakia?

Off-plan purchase in a newly emerging market is undoubtedly the property investment with the highest rewards but it can be quite galling to know your stage payments are sat with a developer for two or three years before you can enjoy your property and any lucrative rental income. There is a compromise, Sol do Atlántico Resort & Spa in northeast Brazil is in full throes of construction with completion expected for the last quarter of 2008 so there’s still capital appreciation to soak up but there’s no interminable wait for the keys.

The Caracola Beach & Spa Resort - Porlamar, comprises of apartments & duplexes spread over 15 floors, overlooking the stunning Caracola Beach, on the eastern fringes of the Isla Margarita’s main town, Porlamar.

Halcyon Hills Resort Spa, on the island paradise of Samos, is set to become one of Greece’s premier resorts with stunning Greek architecture and uninterrupted sea views. Prices currently start at just €189,000

Sesimbra Bay Beach and Spa Resort is situated at Sesimbra, 30 minutes south of Lisbon City on Portugal’s stunning Blue Sea Coast known as the Costa Azul. The development consists of 204 luxury apartments all with uninterrupted sea views.