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The gloomy financial reports and the grey skies of the UK officially make January the lowest month in most Brits calendars. It also serves as reason for UK residents to seriously consider buying property abroad. Australia and New Zealand are now the top destinations for Brits leaving the UK New research from Moneycorp, the foreign exchange […]

London, New York and Moscow are now the world’s most expensive cities for residential apartment buyers, according a survey by the Global Property Guide (www.globalpropertyguide.com), an international property research firm.   Residential apartments in Prime Central London are among the priciest in the world, at US$21,800 to US$36,200 (£10,960 – £18,214 or €16,305 – €27,095)

Comprehensive research conducted by The Homebuyer and Property Investor Show compared the top ten locations for UK pensioners to retire abroad. The results saw Cyprus and Panama coming tops based on tax, ease of residency, healthcare and average property costs.   It is fact that the UK is seeing large numbers of Britons leaving the

 17/01/2008-Overseas property companies and foreign currency specialists are by their very nature intrinsically linked and this has proved the case with Moneycorp, the foreign exchange specialist, announcing today an exclusive partnership agreement with the French property and finance specialist, GE Money Bank.   The collaboration means that GE Money Bank’s mortgage customers who transfer money

 17/01/2008 London-According to a survey published in the overseas property magazine  A Place in the Sun, Spain remains the number one destination for UK buyers seeking a home abroad. The magazine’s annual Top 20 buying destination report shows that  despite a raft of emerging markets and USA property prices down 30% on a year ago

Homes of the famous and very wealthy are rarely seen by the public. Rupert Murdoch, head of Newscorp and one of the world’s wealthiest men, is no exception, but renovations to his Manhattan apartment have allowed a brief glimpse into his grand plans. According to a recent article in the New York Times, Murdoch’s triplex

Indicators out of New York show that apartment sales in Manhattan continue to defy the trends in the rest of the United States and are setting new records. According to recently released statistics from four major New York City real estate firms, as reported in the New York Times, average prices for the fourth quarter

Canada’s economy is beginning to experience some of the turbulence from south of the border, but so far the housing market appears to be ending the year on a strong note. Existing home sales rose in November, leading to a yearly record in 2007. Bloomberg recently ran several reports detailing the situation in Canada.  

The popular northeast coast of Brazil has become an international real estate investor’s dream, with bargain prices and consistent double-digit appreciation in values. One village that has long been a desired location for both those in the know is Pipa in Rio Grande do Norte. Pipa is about an hour south of Natal in the

The city of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia is looking for continued growth in real estate prices, according to recent news reports from Australia. International real estate investors have been very interested in this area, with its great beaches and attractive tourism potential. The Brisbane Times and Australian Property Monitors recently reported that the median home