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The UK property market is enjoying a pre-Christmas bounce, according to private house sales website The Little House Company. The UK for sale by owner website that has been online since 2000 reports 14% jump in new listings compared to this time last year. The pre Christmas bounce also reflected the trend with figures from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The body found that more...

It was predicted to be one of the closest US Presidential elections in years. However, Barack Obama ended up comfortably securing a second term in office, winning the popular vote as well as 332 Electoral College votes. With promising new emerging regarding real estate in the US, the President has been urged to lead ‘phase 2’ of the country’s property market...

The overseas property website Homesgofast.com reports that Spain is still one of the most popular places for the British to buy property abroad. A strong pound and falling prices means that property in Spain remains popular with British buyers, despite the country’s economic woes. Homegofast.com findings are also in line with a new new report from the Overseas Guide Company. They found that...

Australia’s Reserve Bank has decided to keep interest rates on hold in November, despite many experts predicting a cut on the back of new house price figures. CommSec economist Savanth Sebastian had suggested that recent house price figures weren’t ‘the kind of data that will hold the Reserve Bank back from cutting interest rates.’ However,...

  The final home of the King of Pop has been sold, four years after first being listed. The mansion where Michael Jackson met a premature death was originally put on the market for $38.5 million (£24.1 million) in 2008 and has sold four years later for less than half the asking price. Keep reading to find out more about this luxury Holmby Hills property. 1.3 acre mansion finally sells for $20...

If you have £15.6 million to spend on a US property, you can now buy Brooklyn’s most expensive family home. A one hundred year old Park Slope mansion has gone on the market for $25 million – although it is also available for rent at a cool $65,000 (£40,600) per month. The property, formerly the Montessori International School of New York, is being sold after...

For years, divorcing couples fought over who got the rights to the couples’ overseas property in France, Spain or Italy. Now, however, falling property prices in the Eurozone are resulting in acrimonious arguments between couples desperate not to take on a ‘toxic’ property. The Daily Telegraph reports that ‘tumbling property values in countries hit by...

If you’re looking for an unusual place to buy an overseas property, Costa Rica could be a location to consider. The Central American country is home to over four million people and, after some difficult years, is finally seeing its property market recover. Keep reading to learn more about property in Costa Rica and we highlight three areas that offer good potential. Costa Rica seen a...

  There is a limited market for multi-million pound properties which is why it’s no surprise that celebrities often buy homes from one another. And, for superstar musician Alicia Keys, this has proved to be something of a habit. The Grammy winning star is rumoured to be in contract to buy Eddie Murphy’s Englewood estate having previously bought a Manhattan penthouse from...