Luxury real estate experts Unique Living offer tips and advice on the world's top high-end real estate hotspots. Chianti is famous around the world for its distinctive red wine but this Italian region's pleasant climate and beautiful landscape make the prospect of buying a property in the area equally mouth-watering. Got an appetite for villa with a vineyard? Here is Unique Living's guide to buying...

More advice on selling property online from Sell My Property, the leading international For Sale By Owner advertising service. You've signed up with Sell My Property, you've created a good listing, you've dealt with your leads effectively and now a potential buyer is on their way to see your property. But what do you have to do to get your home ready? Here are six simple steps to conduct your own...

Recent figures have shown an improvement in the US housing market. Property prices are up and the number of existing homes for sale is falling. However, a leading news source has reported that the continued upturn in the country’s housing market is as a result of investors rather than residential buyers. CBS News reports that ‘if the housing upswing does continue, it will likely...

Luxury real estate experts Unique Living offer tips and advice on the world's top high-end real estate hotspots. The largest of the Balearic Islands, Mallorca (or Majorca) is famous around the world as a sunny holiday destination. But for many luxury property hunters, the island is a home from home, with the Mediterranean climate and beautiful landscape providing an exclusive backdrop to some of...

  A new survey has found that the USA is the most attractive region in the world for property investment in 2013. The poll by Colliers International found that America is the most desirable location to buy real estate, followed by Asia and Western Europe, particularly Paris, London and Germany. We look at why investors believe the US is the place to buy property. New York popular along with other...

  If you’re considering buying a property in Spain – in particular on the island of Majorca – you’ll soon be able to enjoy low cost flights to and from your home. A low-cost Spanish airline is set to re-open its route from Heathrow to Palma Majorca next March, making it easier for expats to reach their foreign properties. Keep reading to learn...

Letting a property is a great way for holiday home owners to earn some income during the vacant months. But what if you want to live there all year round? That's not a problem for Denis Dragovic, whose home divides in two so he can rent it out but still stay put. "The home earns a decent income," he tells me. "I have been renting it out during the summer and this past year earned $10,000." There is a...

The cost of owning a property in Canada became more affordable in the most recent quarter making homes in the country more appealing to overseas buyers. The Royal Bank reports that a slight decline in house prices and a rise in Canadian household incomes reduced the cost of owning a property. With Canada’s bank chief set to take over as the Governor of the Bank of England in 2013, we look at...

Property in Germany is proving popular with Germans that seek better returns than those available when saving with German Banks. The attraction of an investment into the German property market has resulted in increases ion German real estate prices.   It’s a fact that German property prices are on the up and demand continues from both local and international investors. All see Germany as a...

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