Buyer beware! It's a warning most of us are familiar with. In the context of purchasing a property overseas, in Dubai or some other city or town in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), for example, it's a warning well worth heeding. Taking out a home loan in the UAE from HSBC, or from any one of the country's other multinational or domestic banks, is a serious undertaking. Expatriates, in particular, need to...

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Luxury property specialists Finest Global offer tips and advice on the world's high-end real estate hotspots. Ask anyone around the world to name paradise and they would most likely say Barbados. Famous for its ideal climate, flawless beaches and unspoilt natural landscapes, the island country is as perfect as life gets for those lucky enough to own a home here. Want your own piece of island paradise? Here...

With the eurozone climate remaining uncertain, Greece's tourism industry has been hit hard - especially in the hotels. Occupancy rates in Athens have dropped along with room rates, leaving some businesses forced to shut up shop. But on the other side of the country, one place has bucked the national trend. The Blue Sea Hotel on Karpathos, in the heart of the Dodecanese Islands, is already fully booked up...

In the last piece in their guide to selling your home privately, SellMyProperty.org tackles the final and most complicated step of the process: closing the deal. You've managed to handle a lead, conduct a viewing, and converted that original enquiry into a sale. But what do you do now? How does a sale actually take place? What if they have cold feet? How do you close the real estate deal without an...

Over the last few years, the amount of Spanish property for sale has increased dramatically. Many expats have decided to sell up and return to the UK while banks now have thousands of repossessed properties on their books. Reports by the Daily Mail show how this has affected the lives of Brits who retired to Spain Valerie Burch, from Brixham, Devon, who planned to sell her seafront duplex apartment in...

  New data from the Bank of Greece has found that the cost of buying a property in Greece became significantly cheaper in the year to September 2012. Greek house prices fell by 11.7 per cent in the third quarter of 2012 compared to the same three months in 2011 with the number of property sales also falling. Keep reading to learn more about why buying a property in Greece is becoming cheaper. Greek...

  When the economy is struggling to recover, you need to find more ways to save money on every day activities. One of the best places to trim a budget is by looking at the place that you live. There are tons of ways to save money in your own home that you overlook every day, it’s worth taking home improvement loans to cover these costs as the will pay for themselves and with bank rates at...

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The leading ratings agency Fitch has revealed that repossessed properties in Spain have been selling at around a third of their original valuations in 2012. With banks desperate to offload property, buyers have been able to snap up Spanish homes at significant discounts. Keep reading to find out more about the repossessed property bargains available in Spain. Repossessed properties in Spain available at...