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The April figures from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and Confidencial Imobiliário (CI) show that confidence in the Portugal property market continues to fall, negatively affecting prices in the country. Whilst house prices fell again in April, there were some regional variations with some areas showing a better performance than others. The national confidence […]

The overriding reason that Brits buy foreign property is to use it as a holiday home.  That’s the result of new research from a leading currency exchange who found that most people buying property in Cyprus, France, Spain and other European countries were doing so in order to benefit from it themselves. Nearly half of

Jose Luis Garcia Maseda (photo theolivepress.es) A Spanish property lawyer accused of defrauding up to 200 expatriate clients is facing justice in the Mediterranean country.  Jose Luis Garcia Maseda, 69, is being questioned by police alongside eleven associates over an alleged fraud that resulted in millions of Euros being taken from a large number of

One of Hollywood’s leading A-list couples, Russell Brand and Katy Perry, have decided to sell their luxury home in Los Angeles.  The couple are rumoured to be moving to their New York apartment in order to spend more time together. The stunning American property is on the market for just over $3 million. Brand’s luxury

The property market in Thailand is failing to attract the same proportion of foreign buyers as other Asian countries thanks in part to a 20 year old law in the country.  Overseas buyers account for just one fifth of transactions in Bangkok’s business district – low by regional standards. Whilst the fall in the number of

French real estate prices are going up and experts differ on the reason why property in France has become more expensive. Contrary to the Centre for Strategic Analysis, the French Institute for Statistics says the price rise is down to the lack of accommodation and not down to speculation. On Tuesday the general manager of

Property in the Canadian cities of Calgary and Edmonton are the most affordable in the country as prices in the cities start to rise.  That’s the conclusion of a new real estate report which shows that Brits looking to buy in Canada could snap up a property bargain in these two locations. Prices rising and

Central London has always been an attractive destination for wealthy overseas property investors with buyers mainly coming from Russia and the Middle East. According to independent global property consultants Knight Frank all has now changed with a new trend of buyers coming from Asia   New Knight Frank research shows just under 60% of new-build property sold

Brits looking to buy property in Europe are heading to the countries most hard hit by the recent global financial crisis. New research from a leading foreign exchange specialist published in the Daily Telegraph found that eight out of ten Brits are heading to Greece, Spain, Ireland, Italy and Portugal to buy foreign homes.  Buyers

Positive news for second home buyers considering Austria as a destination to buy property. The regions economy is on the road to real recovery whilst the Austrain capital has become a hub for the business conference community   The Austrian economy powered on during the first quarter of 2011 and, in line with Germany, grew