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Ask any house hunter to name Portugal’s bright spot and they’ll say the same thing: the Algarve. But the latest report from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the bright spot is something else entirely: rental property. The lettings market “continues to benefit from the falloutin sales”, explains RICS, as those unable to purchase […]

A new report has found that the luxury property sector in Italy is proving more resilient to falling prices than the country’s mainstream market. While residential property prices have fallen by just under a third on average since mid-2008, luxury properties are performing better, say Knight Frank, the property group. We look at why the

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While many overseas buyers are heading to Australia’s more popular state capitals – Perth, Sydney and Melbourne – it is a ‘crocodile infested backwater’ that is proving to be the nation’s most resilient property market. Darwin recorded greater growth in median house prices in the three months to August 2012 than anywhere else in the

It was predicted to be one of the closest US Presidential elections in years. However, Barack Obama ended up comfortably securing a second term in office, winning the popular vote as well as 332 Electoral College votes. With promising new emerging regarding real estate in the US, the President has been urged to lead ‘phase

The UK property market is enjoying a pre-Christmas bounce, according to private house sales website The Little House Company. The UK for sale by owner website that has been online since 2000 reports 14% jump in new listings compared to this time last year. The pre Christmas bounce also reflected the trend with figures from

Australia’s Reserve Bank has decided to keep interest rates on hold in November, despite many experts predicting a cut on the back of new house price figures. CommSec economist Savanth Sebastian had suggested that recent house price figures weren’t ‘the kind of data that will hold the Reserve Bank back from cutting interest rates.’ However,