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It’s all very well buying a new home and moving your things in, but sometimes a property needs a bi of sprucing up. Maybe you want to change the outside. Perhaps you have ideas for inside. Whatever your DIY dream, we’ll be covering it in the next few days in our new column: Home Improvements

The British weather has been pretty dismal this summer.  Flash flooding, storms and grey skies made it one of the wettest Julys on record.  So, it is little wonder that more and more people are seeking a foreign refuge that offers reliable, year round sunshine. So, if you are looking for an overseas home than

Expats living in Australia have lost a generous tax break which could be used when selling a property.  The Australian government is scrapping a capital gains tax concession which non-resident taxpayers have been able to use when selling a property in the country. Non-resident taxpayers previously enjoyed a 50 per cent capital gains tax (CGT)

If you’re looking for a luxury overseas home and you have a cool $50,000 (£31,900) a month to spare, you could rent the lavish LA mansion of one of the world’s most famous families.  Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne have put their Los Angeles mansion up for rental having been unable to sell the property. The

The ongoing problems in the Eurozone and Portugal’s economic woes have contributed to a further fall in property prices in the country.  Investors looking to buy homes in Portugal can now benefit from lower prices after new figures show that property values in the Iberian nation fell by 8.9 per cent in the last year.

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 UK estate agents have reacted in horror as Business secretary Vince Cable department of Business Innovation and Skills proposes to relax the Estate Agent Act. One Estate Agents body even issued images of a battered pensioner suggesting that proposals would led to increased assaults.  The British Government is committed to reducing the regulatory burdens on