While prime, luxury overseas property might not be seeing as much interest as it did before the ‘credit crunch’, some areas are beginning to see a pick-up in the number of buyers snapping up luxury Thai homes. One such area is the coastal property market in Phuket, the popular and exclusive Thai island. Foreign buyers snapping up luxury homes in Phuket Whilst most of the...

Britons hunting for cheap property abroad are heading to Spain as the country’s market benefits from low prices, and Torrevieja is at the heart of the revival.Torrevieja is Spain's "hottest" tourist destinationThe Costa Blanca town is "the hottest sales spot on the Costas", reports PropertyinSpain.net. Torrevieja ranks just below Madrid and Barcelona in terms of property sales in 2011,...

Sardinia and Cortina boast some of the world’s most expensive luxury homes. If you had to guess where the most expensive urban property in the world was located, you might think that parts of England, the USA or France were sure to make the shortlist.  While new research has found that some areas of France boast the most expensive prime properties on the planet, only Italy can rival France...

Prospective buyers of property in India have been warned to be vigilant for a series of property scams.  A new Bollywood film has been based on real-life experiences of unscrupulous behaviour in the country’s property industry and people have been urged to be alert for property fraud. Buyers avoided to avoid agents and representatives when buying property in India Amit Prasad, a...

Houses for sale in Barbados have benefited from a tourism boost, as the island announced success in a competitive market. Barbados welcomes more visitors From January to May this year, Barbados has housed 250,385 stay-over visitors, an increase of 13,724 from 2010. The number of passengers arriving from cruise ships has also increased by 3.4% in the same period. Speaking to The Barbados Advocate, the...

A €65 million (£56.8 million) Bulgarian shopping mall project is mired in controversy after a house adjacent to the building work recently won a reprieve from being demolished. The project is currently facing postponements and delays after the city municipality admitted it did not have the funds available to pay the owners of the property. Municipality ‘won’t...

While the country may still be struggling to cope with ongoing debt problems and domestic unrest, Greece is seeing increased interest from savvy British property buyers looking to snap up an international property bargain. New research has found that web searches for property in Greece rose sharply in June with some areas seeing a significant uplift in interest. Online searches for property in Greece up...

The problems that Eurozone countries such as Greece, Ireland and Portugal are suffering are continuing to affect buyer confidence in their respective property markets.  This has been particularly true in struggling Portugal, as new research reveals that weakening demand and a ‘two tier’ housing market is continuing to see prices fall in the country. Prices of property in...

Despite reports suggesting that values of property in Malaysia may be set for a correction, there was no evidence of this at the recent Star Property Fair in Penang.  The popular Malaysian location recently saw a 25 per cent increase in exhibitors at its popular annual property fair. Ninth annual property fair showcases property in Malaysia The ninth annual Star Property Fair in Penang showed that the...

Many reports over recent months have pointed to a surge in wealthy Chinese buyers snapping up luxury overseas property.  And, this influx of Asian buyers has been seen as one of the main reasons for sharp rises in prime property prices. However, recent research has found that this may actually not be the case after all and that Chinese buyers are having less of an impact than reported. Chinese buyers...