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...

A secluded hillside community is one of the hottest places for Spanish property seekers. La Mairena is a small village in the hills to the northeast of Marbella in the heart of the Costa del Sol. These tranquil hills are full of oak and cork trees, providing a beautiful setting. The area is still just a few minutes away from the Mediterranean, so beach lovers can spend as much time on the seaside as they...

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...

EPEX 2008 – the Exclusive Property Exhibition – is set to take place on 21 – 22 June at the Olympia National Hall in London. This is the only event in the UK where the most prestigious and luxurious international properties can be seen all together at one time. This unique show focuses exclusively on some of the best properties from around the globe, with prices ranging from £0.5M to £25M.   At...

29th March 2008-The super rich and super prime real estate in London seems to be immune to the effects of the credit crunch. This was clearly demonstrated by two property developers’ brothers Christian and Nicholas Candy who both just made 250 million pounds on property bought just 18 months ago.   Candy and Candy sold two hotels located in fashionable Kensington London, both hotels overlook...

Indications that Romania is a great place to invest in overseas property can be seen by Fords recent investment in the country along with impressive house price rises. Ford has shown investors they way by officially taking control of Automobile Craiova, the former Daewoo operation. The property market which offers homes at very low prices has in some areas of Romania seen bullish growth rates of 25% to...

Moneycorp the foreign currency specialists has continued its ambitious international expansion with the opening of two new offices in Portugal and Turkey. The new operations provide specialist foreign exchange services to overseas property investors in these markets and take the total number of Moneycorp offices globally to nine – three of which have been opened in the last year.   Both offices are in...

The credit crunch has taking its toll on numerous home owners in the sunshine state of Florida. This has created a genuine buyers market where bargains are ripe for the picking. Real estate agents in Florida have now come up with a new marketing technique that will help buyers see all the best deals by using bus tours of foreclosed properties.   The Orlando Sentinel newspaper reports of the new method in...

25/03/08- Moneycorp the foreign currency specialists report on last weeks trading activity highlighting sterling and the US Dollar.  Having traded at $2.02 last Monday morning the Pound dipped two and a half cents before rebounding on Tuesday almost to $2.03. From there, apart from a brief hesitation early on Wednesday it was down again, this time to $1.9750. The long weekend kept things quiet until...

24/03/2008-Moneycorp, the foreign exchange specialist, today announced a new alliance with LynxBanc Mortgage Corporation, a specialist international mortgage provider, which will provide British property owners in Florida with a safe way to stabilise their monthly mortgage payments.   The alliance will appeal to the many British based Floridian property owners by providing them with a facility to fix...