If you’re thinking of buying a property in Australia, a leading news agency reports that a range of factors have made summer 2012 ‘perfect conditions’ for doing so.  News.com.au says that more and more areas of the country are becoming ‘buyer’s markets’ thanks to interest rate cuts, weak auction sales and a high choice...

Despite the country’s ongoing economic woes, property experts believe there is still an appetite from Brits looking to buy property in Spain.  This comes as a leading overseas mortgage specialist report that enquiries from foreign property buyers looking for a Spanish mortgage have increased by a third in the last two months. Here, we look at the current...

One of Hollywood’s most popular and successful actresses has put her luxury estate in Texas up for sale.  Sandra Bullock, star of Speed, Miss Congeniality and The Blind Side, has listed her home in Austin for $2.5 million (£1.6 million) following her high profile divorce from reality TV star Jesse James. Keep reading to find out more about Bullock’s stunning...

The choice of luxury homes in France is beginning to improve as a result of the country’s recent Presidential election.  The Daily Telegraph reports that many wealthy French families are ‘fleeing a proposed new tax rate of 75 per cent on all earnings over one million euros’ (around £780,000). With estate agents reporting that many luxury French homes are...

Talk-show legend Oprah Winfrey has sold her Chicago apartment for $2.75 million (£1.75 million), under half the price she bought it for in 2006. The star sold the apartment for $50,000 less than the asking price, although she has never lived at the property.  Keep reading to learn more about Oprah’s $2.85 million property loss. Winfrey makes £1.8 million loss on luxury...

They may have only come third in 2010’s X-Factor contest, but boyband One Direction are already millionaires thanks to their success on both sides of the Atlantic.  Now, according to reports, the quintet re intent on spending their multi-million pound earnings on luxury homes. Keep reading to learn more about the luxury property being snapped up by the UK’s latest pop...

One of the world’s biggest music stars is apparently set to build a dream home in Greece.  Lady GaGa, the five time Grammy winning vocalist, is set to build a $10 million (£6.37 million) ‘dream palace’ on the island of Crete. Keep reading to learn more about the singer’s new home. GaGa set to build $10 million property in Greece Lady GaGa,...

Despite spending five years restoring their property to its former glory, Hollywood star Ashley Judd and her husband have listed their Scottish home.  The beautiful Georgian mansion has been put up for sale for $5.8 million (£3.8 million)...and all because of the couple’s dogs. Keep reading to learn more. Beautiful Scottish mansion combines idyllic location with mod cons The star...

Kelly Clarkson, the first winner of the American Idol talent show, is to sell her Texas mansion and estate.  The 30 year old singer has put her Mansfield home up for sale with an asking price of £1.495 million (£955,000). Keep reading to learn more about Clarkson’s luxury home. Luxury Texas home for sale in 14 acres The inaugural winner of American Idol in 2002, Clarkson is...

New figures from the New Zealand Real Estate Institute show that the median price of a property in the country has reached a record high.  The continued strength of the Christchurch and Auckland property markets pushed prices to a new high in June while the number of property sales has risen by a sixth in the last year. Here, we look at the buoyant New Zealand property market. Prices of property in New...