Barbados is one of the most popular Caribbean islands for international real estate investors. Recently launched off plan properties prove that it is not only for the rich and famous with properties priced under £150K. Barbados is an Island of paradise where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Caribbean which means it has reasonable temperatures year round but also some of the best beaches in the world....
After years of strong growth, housing prices in Ireland are showing signs of slowing. That’s the news coming from several sources about what has been one of Europe’s strongest economies in recent years. This is potentially good news for the international real estate investor looking to get into one of the best markets in the world. The Ireland Times (www.irelandtoday.com) and...
The housing market in the southern Australian state of Victoria is very hot and Melbourne is leading the way. According to several recent articles in the Melbourne Herald Sun newspaper (www.news.com.au/heraldsun ), home prices are set to rise by 150% or more over the next 10 years. One set of projections cited in the news report said that, based on past projections, median home prices in Melbourne...
Selling property privately online has again caused controversy amongst estate agents in the UK not happy with the competition offered by online property website at Tescopropertymarket.com Unlike the US where realtors work in competition with for sale by owner websites UK estate agents have a virtual online monopoly with all the UK's major portals refusing to list properties sold directly by...
After years of hotly increasing values, the Spanish real estate market is looking to slow down a bit this year. While that might not be what sellers want to hear, it makes it a great time for purchasers and real estate investors to get into this ever popular market. Spain is the most popular international location for British property buyers. The popularity of the country has help to see sales and...
Sterling held comfortably above $2 all week, coming close to $2.02 on three occasions. Towards the end of the week it drifted lower and it opened this Monday just over $2.01.For most of last week the market was content to ignore the evidence of a stuttering US economy. Lower Factory Orders and fewer Pending Home Sales - those between exchange of contract and completion - were offset by a stronger...
What do George Clooney, Richard Branson and Sting all have in common? They all have houses on Lake Como in northern Italy. Increasingly, so do many international investors with not quite as much money as these big names. While it is the stars that draw the attention, the charms of Lake Como and the reasonable property prices draw most others here. Fortunately for most people, the prices are still quite...
In a bid to stem inflation the Bank of England raised interest rates to control spending by consumers. UK Homeowners with a typical £100,000 mortgage will have to pay £80 more on monthly repayments than they did last summer. Mortgage lenders who pass on the rate rises to their customers will add around £16 a month to the bill of a family with an average size home loan. Home owners in London will be...
Property portal Primelocation has written to its member to clarify their position regarding the approach made to them by supermarket giant Tesco. Primelocation.com recently confirmed that they were approached by Tesco a few months ago regarding feeding their listings to the new Tesco property website. Primelocation has felt it necessary to clarify its position after reports in the UK press stated...
UK home buyers are no good at sticking to a budget when buying a property in the UK. A recent study by YourPropertyClub who conducted a survey of 3,500 homeowners revealed more than a third are willing to go over budget to live in a particular area. This over spend translated into an average £9,524 or a 30 per cent overspend on their budgets. UK house price inflation eased last month amid signs...