Overseas property

Fancy a new life living on a tropical paradise island in the Pacific surrounded by palm-shaded beaches, wreck-filled dives and ancient ruins, if so this could be the news that you have been waiting for! The first “world-first island giveaway”, owner Doug and Sally Beitz say they are offering “the ultimate slice of paradise” to the lucky winner in a draw to be held on July 26th...

Property in Costa Rica appears to be of interest to overseas buyers from the UK. According to RigthMove Overseas, property searches interested in real estate overseas have been looking up Costa Rica in the last few months. According to the company’s overseas search report for April 2016, Costa Rica is among the Top Ten Trending Searches. Specifically, Costa Rica is at number six. It is...

Spain’s property market is set to top this year’s table as it remarkably attracts more overseas investors (International Monetary Fund) UK and Sweden’s housing markets is revealed as being overvalued while Spanish property is undervalued by 26% (Organisation for Economic Development) Swedish buyers in Spain have increased by 220% in comparison to last year (Taylor Wimpey...

  Enquiries for Spanish property have reached a record hig, according to one portal. Kyero.com says that it has just had its busiest ever quarter in the three months to June 2015, thanks to the wide number of affordable properties on the market.   Indeed, the recent Greek financial crisis has contributing to a weakening of the euro, which has boosted the spending power of overseas investors in...

  US buyers are stepping up their property buying activity overseas on the back of an increasingly strong dollar.   Demand for property in the Cayman Islands has doubled, according to a report by chartered surveyors and consultants Charterland. The number of buyers registered in the USA with the islands' land registry surged from 5.61 per cent to 10.04 per cent in 2014, while Canada saw a...

Some addresses matter. There are streets in exclusive corners of the globe that, in themselves, are A-list names. These typically feature stunning homes – the type found on FT Property Listings – that benefit from being in the right place at the right time to earn a star status. Here’s our guide to where some of these streets are – and why they have such top-drawer...

  Brits are helping to fuel a boom in demand for property in Barbados.   Royal Westmoreland, located in the parish of St James on the coveted west coast of Barbados, is undergoing its most intensive construction period in its history.   The estate, which is itself up for sale currently, with a price tag of $75 million, has expanded onto new land purchased in 2006 which covers 250...

London 28/11/07-The UK overseas property industry magazine Overseas Property Professional (OPP) reports on the new bread of international property buyer that is set to make a huge difference to the industry in 2008. These new buyers are Russian and they have already turned the London housing market on its head.   OPP report that Kim Waddoup who is the managing director of aiGroup will be the first...

  UK entrepreneurs considering expanding or starting up a business overseas are being offered  free advice from experts at an exhibition in London’s Excel. ‘Business Start-up Overseas’ is a brand new event launched specifically to help people undertake the huge task of starting a business abroad. The exhibitions taking place on 27th and 28th April 2007 are free to attend. The...

March 31, Dubai, UAE - The Dubai World Cup horse race is set to take place here today at the Nad Al Sheba Racecourse. This is the world’s richest horse race with a purse of US$6 million. Not far behind that are the US$5 million Dubai Duty Free and the US$5 million Dubai Sheema Classic, the world’s richest two turf races. Three other races round out the day of racing, making it the most...