Not far from downtown Sao Paulo is the Vila Prudente neighborhood. This is a popular investment target for international real estate investors and locals in the know. It is easy to get around with a new metro line running through the neighborhood and has a number of new and off-plan developments that are under way. With plenty of green spaces and the Vila Prudente park nearby, this is quickly becoming the...

India’s Department of Land Resources has drawn up a report that promotes changes to the country’s property registration system, with a registry similar to that in the UK proposed. A system of conclusive titles that will guarantee property titles will be introduced soon, according to the Development Minister, Prasad Singh. This will help to combat the problem of fraud over property exchanges that is...

The Management team from the overseas property website Homesgofast.com recently visited Portugal to see several developments underway by developers Maexpa Group . The internet entrepreneurs saw for themselves several luxury developments underway in central Lisbon, Sesimbra and in the Alentejo region of Portugal.   Property Developers Maexpa build both commercial and residential developments in range of...

The international property website Homesgofast.com reports that UK agents, builders and private sellers are now turning to overseas buyers to help them sell their homes. The types of  sellers range from well known house builders , investment property developers and millionaire property owners.   The UK housing market has seemingly slowed so much that it is now a boom lettings market where home owners...

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The European Commission recently took the Spanish Government to the European Court of Justice over the country’s notorious land grab laws. Valencia has been the main focus of the laws, where property was taken without fair compensation and many UK citizens and others have lost their homes.   Under the laws in Valencia, which were passed in the 1990s when Spanish property was just beginning its boom...

A short drive south of Mexico City is Cuernavaca, the City of Eternal Spring. The climate here draws many of the country’s elite, including actors, politicians and businessmen. The city is also known as a place for second homes and retirement villas for international investors. Most of these are from the United States and Canada, although Europeans are beginning to discover its charm as well. With some...

The British millionaire businessman Christopher Foster who still remains missing along with his wife and daughter after their house burned down in Shropshire England owned a portfolio of overseas properties located all over Europe. The mystery of the debt-ridden millionaire and his family still continues after two bodies were found by police officers searching the in the house today.   The fire which took...

Cape Verde is one of the world’s most popular real estate markets, and the government has issued a statement that it hopes will calm any investor fears and keep the islands growing. The African islands have a wonderful environment and that has helped to spur growth in recent years. But it has also led to fears that there may be too much of a good thing, and there have been worries that the government...

Sales of existing homes in two south Florida counties are up, and that’s in large part due to significant price reductions. Sales for Palm Beach and Broward Counties, both north of Miami along the Atlantic Coast, were up in July over the previous year. According to the Florida Association of Realtors, buyers purchased 652 houses in Palm Beach County and 581 houses in Broward County.   For Palm Beach...