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Over recent years, investors have become increasingly interested in a diverse range of property.  To maximise rental yields, investors are now considering everything from hotel rooms to overseas homes. If you’re looking for a property investment which offers a superb rental yield and the potential for capital growth, then student accommodation could be the answer.  […]

Student property is the fastest growing asset class in the UK property market.  The continued high demand from students for good quality accommodation offers investors a great opportunity to maximise rental yields and there is also a buoyant second-hand market. However, with an increasing amount of student property coming to the market, it’s important that

A new property tax and an ongoing recession have been blamed for a fall in the number of property sales in Italy at the start of 2012.  House sales in the country fell to an eight year low in the first quarter of this year, with transactions down a fifth on 2011 levels. Keep reading

The continuing political uncertainty in Greece and the future of the Euro has had an unsettling effect on property prices in the stricken country.  And, the problems could get worse if the country were to exit the Euro over the next few months. The economic turmoil in Greece has also resulted in an increasing number

Over the last couple of weeks, the problems facing Spain’s banks have become clear.  The country’s government has applied for a €100 billion bailout from the EU to shore up the country’s struggling financial services industry with banks in more trouble than previously thought. International property sites have seen a rise in Spanish property owners

  A leading overseas mortgage specialist has seen an increase in enquiries for property in Portugal over recent months, with buyers looking to snap up a bargain in the country.  Conti, an overseas mortgage expert, now says that Portugal is the third most popular destination with overseas property buyers looking for a foreign home loan.

  After several years of falling prices, Dubai’s property market is showing signs of improvement in early 2012. At the start of 2012, property prices showed their first quarterly rise since 2008 with investors increasingly confident about homes in the emirate. However, the property market in Dubai may remain uncertain, as we explain here. Demand

The property market in the New Zealand city of Auckland has had its busiest May in nine years.  Sales for the month were at their highest since 2003 and up by almost a third on the same month in 2012. And, the average sales price in the city rose by 2.5 per cent in just

Property experts believe that property in Thailand will see good price growth in 2012 despite the sector being ‘hampered by regulations’.  While the property market in the Asian country is healthy, many Thai property specialists believe that growth would be higher were it not for new city plans. Keep reading to learn about the prospects