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  After years of strong growth, housing prices in Ireland are showing signs of slowing. That’s the news coming from several sources about what has been one of Europe’s strongest economies in recent years. This is potentially good news for the international real estate investor looking to get into one of the best markets in […]

  Sterling held comfortably above $2 all week, coming close to $2.02 on three occasions. Towards the end of the week it drifted lower and it opened this Monday just over $2.01. For most of last week the market was content to ignore the evidence of a stuttering US economy. Lower Factory Orders and fewer

  After years of hotly increasing values, the Spanish real estate market is looking to slow down a bit this year. While that might not be what sellers want to hear, it makes it a great time for purchasers and real estate investors to get into this ever popular market.   Spain is the most

In a bid to stem inflation the Bank of England raised interest rates to control spending by consumers. UK Homeowners with a typical £100,000 mortgage will have to pay £80 more on monthly repayments than they did last summer. Mortgage lenders who pass on the rate rises to their customers will add around £16 a

  What do George Clooney, Richard Branson and Sting all have in common? They all have houses on Lake Como in northern Italy. Increasingly, so do many international investors with not quite as much money as these big names. While it is the stars that draw the attention, the charms of Lake Como and the

  Property portal Primelocation has written to its member to clarify their position regarding the approach made to them by supermarket giant Tesco.  Primelocation.com recently confirmed that they were approached by Tesco a few months ago regarding feeding their listings to the new Tesco property website. Primelocation has felt it necessary to clarify its position

  UK based Blendon Communications Ltd the company behind brands such as Homes Overseas Magazine, Homes Overseas Magazine Exhibitions, have gone into administration. The company has now been broken up with some of its brands offered for sale by the administrators whilst other parts have already been sold.   Globespan Media Limited has announced its

   UK home buyers are no good at sticking to a budget when buying a property in the UK. A recent study by YourPropertyClub who conducted a survey of 3,500 homeowners revealed more than a third are willing to go over budget to live in a particular area. This over spend translated into an average

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The decline in the strength of the US Dollar against the Euro and the Pound means that overseas property investors are in a potentially ‘win win’ situation when buying property abroad. Investors can benefit from cheaper purchase prices and capital gains on an overseas property . This is not confined to solely the US housing