The Central American country of Costa Rica has been identified as one of the most popular areas for overseas property investment for retirees, business owners and second home buyers. A multiple listing service has also been incorporated into the property market in Costa Rica, augmenting the growing popularity of the sector by providing a central […]
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A new report has found that the popularity of Spanish property as a second home for British people continues to be strong, as 65.7 per cent of Brits would choose this country as their preferred destination to set up a new residence. The Barclays-IESE Barometer has confirmed the strong presence of British ex-pats in Spain,
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Financial analysts Global Insight have commented on the latest Hometrack survey of the UK property market, saying that it is indicative of the generally upbeat condition of the housing market at the current time. There appears to be a positive outlook for people wishing to sell property, as the number of sales agreed rose by
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A show to exhibit overseas property to the Irish farming market has been announced and is intended to offer an avenue of investment to which these individuals would ordinarily not have access. According to Overseas Property Professional (OPP), the farmers targeted by the exhibition have a collective 700 billion (£481.78 billion) fortune ready to be
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The state of the South African property market has been described as buoyant in the latest bulletin from the South African Reserve Bank (SARB). Throughout the first five months of the year, conditions in the market remained fairly stable, despite the rate of increase in property prices slowing down, the Sunday Times of South Africa
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The popularity of luxury properties in Canada is currently on the increase, according to a new report. A study by Canadian real estate company Re/Max has reported that the demand for this type of property has reached an unprecedented level. According to financial group Canoe Money, the real estate agent reports that the rate at
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Speaking at the Chartered Institute of Housing’s (CIH) annual conference yesterday, economist Andrew Dilnot stressed the importance of UK property to the economy. He acknowledged the fact that Chancellor Gordon Brown did not have a huge amount of funding to allocate in the next spending review, but insisted that some of it must go to
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Sir Digby Jones, the director general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), will underline the importance of the UK property sector later this week, at the annual conference of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH). In a keynote speech, Sir Digby will address hundreds of professionals who are responsible for the creation and maintenance
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Urban development and real estate investment trusts (REITs) will be the driving factors behind the growth of the Asian property market, according to a new report. The 2006 Asia property review by credit ratings organisation Standard and Poor’s (S&P) has suggested that the urban populations of Asian countries are set to expand over the coming
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The popularity of the Bulgarian property industry has been improved by the state of the country’s economy and finances, according to reports. According to Assetz UK, an announcement from the Nation Statistics Institute that the country’s gross domestic product increased by 5.6 per cent in the first quarter of 2006, to reach a level of
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