The Daily Mail highlighted Turkey and in particular Belek as the next Algarve as the regions golfing community grows with 21 golf courses with several more planned
Golf has always attracted overseas property buyers and the sight of stunning green golf courses along with 5 star hotels will always make any would be investor take note.
As Turkey’s property market benefits from being outside the Eurozone and house sales up 24 per cent last year Turkey could well be the darling of the European property buyer. The rental property website Holiday Lettings report a 70 per cent increase in enquiries for Turkish rental properties.
Julian Walker from Spot Blue estate agency, ‘Belek is all about golf. The town hasn’t created integrated resorts yet, so you can’t legally build new properties overlooking the courses, so the courses and properties are separated by a road,’ he says, warning that the existing frontline golf properties sit on Government land, often available only on 49-year leases – their renewal terms so far unclear.
A new-build flat for £50,000, of which there are plenty in Belek, may satisfy the demand for a cheap home in the sun, but to compete with the many nearby five-star hotels, you need to go more up market, says Cameron Deggin, from Place Overseas.
‘Higher-end villas, from £180,000, compete much better as they offer the level of privacy that most golf holidaymakers want,’ he says.
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