If you are looking to snap up a property bargain, you should consider buying in Europe now.  That’s the message from a recent global house price survey that has found that European markets continue to stagnate whilst other regions boom. Europe is the worst performing of all the world’s regions, meaning that it is still possible to buy cheap property in Portugal, Spain and...

Brazil Top Tourist destination    Leading travel publisher Lonely Planet has also endorsed Brazil as one of the world’s leading tourist destinations in their annual collection of the globe’s best destinations.  Lonely Planet’s sixth eagerly-awaited annual collection of the best places to go and things to do around the world for the year ahead names Brazil...

With one of the world’s fastest growing economies, a thriving construction industry and tourist numbers increasing year on year, Turkey is one of the globe’s booming nations. As more and more positive data emerges from the country, investors have been forced to sit up and take notice, with property in Turkey increasingly sought after. One of Europe’s top...

UK based Overseas property portal Homesgofast.com is advising its real estate agents and developers to focus their efforts on attracting investors from Singapore. At the same time recent Knight Frank research found that Singapore investors formed the third-largest group of international buyers of prime London properties from July last year to June this year.   A report in the Singapore TODAY newspaper...

 Big cities such as New York, London and Paris are now more attractive than ever to international real estate investors. The big three cities all show good house prices stoked by demand from overseas buyers     A survey reveals that nearly 30 percent of international investors who say that they are currently seriously considering “acquisitions outside of their domestic markets over the next year,”...

Golf Travel Insights global survey among golf tour operators and was carried out by KPMG’s Golf Advisory practice still rank Spain and Portugal as the number one Golf destinations. The survey found that during summer 2010  over 120 golf tour operators from 41 countries who participated in the survey meant that despite the slow down in the housing markets the two regions still camoe out on top. Golf...

Brazil’s profile in the UK has benefited from two unlikely sources on  popular Saturday night TV. The BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing and ITV X factor all demonstrating a Brazilian influence to millions of British viewers. Brazil’s national dance lights up Strictly Come Dancing Developed towards the end of the 19th century, the samba originated in Brazil and has come to be seen as a symbol of both the...

Cyprus has been dogged by property problems over recent years. Issues with developer’s mortgages being secured on private properties and problems with title deeds have led many people to question buying in the country. Legislation to tackle these problems is currently being agreed, but a leading expert believes that they may do little to solve the country’s property problems. Developer’s...

A love affair with the South of France that stretches back over sixty years is set to end this year as fashion icon Laura Ashley’s French property goes on the market. The late designer’s son, Nick, has put their stunning Provence home up for sale, at a cool £8.9 million. Glamorous location attracted the Ashleys It was in 1949 that the girl from Wales first visited St Tropez when honeymooning with...

After years of stagnation, price falls and growing economic problems, two pieces of good news finally came out of Spain this week. According to new figures from the National Statistics Institute, there was a large rise in property sales in August 2010 compared to the corresponding period in 2009. And, in addition, unemployment fell in the country for the first time since 2008. Property sales...