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The Eurozone crisis has made it now essential for overseas investors to take advice before purchasing abroad. The UK economy has seen a surprisingly strong week, which has marginally improved the value of sterling. The major news this week was the Bank Of England’s Quantitivie Easing announcements on Thursday. Despite expectations in the week leading […]

If you rent your property then you will be £1,400 worse off than someone who owns their home, according to a new study. Falling house prices, cheaper mortgages and increases in rents now mean that it is significantly cheaper to own than to rent your home.  Keep reading to learn more. Falls in mortgage rates

A reality TV star has plans to become Lord of his own Manor buy buying land in his native Essex.  The former The Only Way Is Essex star Mark Wright has apparently told friends that he wants to find a home in Sewardstone, in the Epping Forest district, in order that people ‘take him more

Hell’s Kitchen star celebrity Gordon Ramsay has reportedly splashed out £4.3 million on a family home in Los Angeles as his career in the US goes from strength to strength. The Daily Telegraph reports that the chef and business tycoon has bought a five bedroom luxury home in Beverley Hills for his wife and four

Recent figures from the Reserve Bank of India have found that property prices in the country have remained remarkably resilient in recent months with price rises in the third quarter of 2011 rising in all but one location. The report also found that the demand for home loans remains strong and that mortgages are ‘one

The brand new 2012 Retirement Index from International Living has found that the country comes second only to Ecuador in terms of its property prices, cost of living, healthcare and climate among American retirees. Panama City offers beautiful apartments from only $90,000 (£57,900) and other locations in the country are even cheaper.  Keep reading to

Good news from the Spanish housing market has been in short supply until now, an independent study reveals that Girona was the best performing region for Spanish real estate.  The independent report comes from Madrid based Sociedad de Tasación.   So why Girona? It may be down to the luxury golf and real estate development

Bucking the global trend in both economic slow down and failing housing markets it seems are the Russians. Russia have just announced their lowest Consumer price inflation in Russia of 6.1 percent in 2011, the Federal State Statistics Service (Ross tat) reported recently. The Russian government has been struggling for years to achieve low-digit inflation,

Celebrity gossip does not get better than this after a highly private romance and six months of wedded bliss, James Bond star Daniel Craig and his wife, actor Rachel Weisz, have bought an $11.5 million property in Manhattan. The couple have spent £7.5 million on the penthouse in New York City after an exhaustive search

A new survey has found that property market participants have more confidence in the prospects for homes in Australia’s resource-rich regions than in other areas of the country. The survey found that ‘there was increasing divergence in property industry confidence across the states with confidence highest in the Northern Territory. Confidence growing fastest in Northern