A recent report by News.com.au gives an insight into the mind set of Australian home sellers trying to sell their properties. It highlights the fact that 130 properties were listed on eBay's Australian site last week, including several multi-million dollar homes in Sydney and New South Wales   Australian home owners opting to sell property themselves would save thousands in commission. It seems that...

Middle East property developer Damac properties are offering investors an unusual deal involving their Saudi Arabian project Al Jawharah residential Tower. Buyers will receive a free property from another development in Egypt when they purchase selected apartments.   The generous incentive centres around the off plan development  Al Jawharah . The flag ship project is a 40 storey luxury apartment...

UK Channel 4 s A Place in Sun has joined other UK based overseas property portals such as Homesgofast.com and Property-Abroad.com in offering sellers the chance to promote their overseas property online.   Channel 4 is launching a classifieds portal for overseas property on the back of its series A Place in the Sun.   The venture sees Channel 4 teaming up with publishing and exhibition company Brooklands...

In a recently released survey by a top international real estate firm, Turkey has seen several prime business locations with rents rising substantially over the past year. Three locations in the country came in at the top of the list for increased rates, with two of these in the city of Istanbul, the country’s financial and business center. Recent development and investment in the city and country has...

4/04/08-The most recent housing reports out the United States indicate that existing home sales were up in February, the first time that sales rose seven months. Most analysts note that this is probably an anomaly, brought on in large part by significantly lower home prices, but they expect sales to begin increasing later this year on a consistent basis. The median national home price for February was...

Just inland from the Bay of Fundy along the eastern coast of Canada is one of the premier golf and living resorts in the country, Royal Oaks Estates and Golf Club. Located in Moncton, New Brunswick, this golf club and development offers the best of both worlds: world-class golf and spectacular housing opportunities. There are townhouses, condominiums, building lots and existing houses all...

The Caribbean island nation of Barbados has been one of the most popular destinations for travelers and international home buyers for years. The small country in the southeast Caribbean has a stable government, low crime and some of the best beaches anywhere, as well as plenty to see and do. As a result, investors and holiday seekers have been flocking here, with the west coast the preferred destination....

Property in the Caribbean is now more attractive as the depreciation of the US dollar against major currencies such as the British pound and the Euro make Caribbean real estate cheaper. This news does not make the Caribbean a cheap destination to buy overseas property, many beachfront homes on developed islands can be priced well over one million US dollar mark.    In its latest survey of Caribbean...

Angsana Resorts, part of Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts, is opening a new residential luxury resort on the Caribbean island nation of the Dominican Republic. The project confirms that the Dominican Republic is a luxury destination to buy Caribbean property. The first phase of this new development is scheduled to open to residents in 2010. The resort will have villas, town houses and condominium units as...

Along the coast of Baja, Mexico, a new resort area is rising up at Loreto Bay. Located on the Sea of Cortez between the Giganta Mountains and the water, this once sleepy area is becoming the new destination resort in Mexico. If plans for the bay are fully realized, over the next few years some 8,000 acres of land will have 6,000 holiday and retirement homes.   Currently, a 150-room hotel with café and...