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With property values soaring in the Ukrainian capital city of Kiev, many potential buyers are being forced to rent. This has provided a good opportunity for investors in rental properties, and has also helped to expand the traditional Kiev market further out from the city centre. Ukrainian Carpathian Mountains now feature Ukraine’s first off plan Ski […]

The Dollar had another uncomfortable week. Its losses were due almost entirely to two bad economic data, each of which cost it an almost instant cent. Having been lulled into a false sense of security by Monday’s Labour Day holiday and a softer but adequate services sector PMI on Tuesday the Dollar took its first

The northwest Russian city of St. Petersburg has always been a favorite for tourists and travelers, with its elegant old buildings and spectacular sights, such as the HermitageMuseum. Now, though, it is becoming an increasingly popular place for international real estate investors. With the economy of Russia on the rise and a growing number of

A new resort is being developed in one of the most pristine beachfront areas of Brazil, a country with plenty of natural resources. The Riviera Canoa Quebrada Resort is 86 hectares of prime beach front property that has 280 lots next to and near the sea in what has been called the Pearl of Northeast

Traditionally the summer months see a slow down in overseas property purchases and traffic reduces on many overseas property websites. The autumn is around the corner and a new upsurge in the booming overseas property market is predicted in the coming weeks.   New research from Moneycorp, the UK’s based foreign exchange specialist, reveals that the

UK property industry executives from PropertyFinder.com, Savills Finance, Smart New Homes, and Knight Frank all comment on the recent turmoil in UK  mortgages and bank rates. Yesterday saw The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee (MPC) giving borrowers some respite by deciding to keep the official rate of interest paid on bank reserves unchanged at

For many people Buy to Let is becoming a mainstream alternative to traditional investments such as pensions and the stock market. Mintel reports that 3% of homeowners are considering buying another property to let by 2010, doubling the number of current landlords.   The ‘Buy To Let Business’ mortgage specialists executive Tanveer Karim “Despite the

Buying property in Dubai will become more regulated and even safer for investors because of a new regulation that restricts how developers finance their Dubai building projects. The newly created Estate Regulatory Agency has designed the new law which will come into effect later this year. Dubai developers will no longer be able to use property

Just when you thought that Buy To Let property in the UK may be slowing down then comes along market forces namely supply and demand these are set to ignite a one sector of the UK Buy To Let market. Recent studies indicate that rises in student numbers combined with a shortage of student let homes means that

With UK House prices hitting the roof, many British first time home buyers are looking for every advantage. In Manchester, hard pressed first time buyers struggling to get on the property market are traveling a little further out of the city to find lower priced housing.   One new development under way at Stretford Road