The Santa Anita Derby Day, a major event on the Californian racing calendar, is due to take place this year on April 4th.Those interested in California property who like horse racing may enjoy this event at the Santa Anita Race Course, which is located in Arcadia, Los Angeles.Featuring three-year olds heading for the Kentucky Derby, [...]
The Costa la Luz offers investors in Spanish property cheaper prices than the national average, an expert has stated.Marketing director for Spanish Algarve Properties Robert Shaw said the lesser cost of homes in the region is among the many attributes it possesses.He also commented that the level of urbanisation is lower than many other coastal [...]
The annual Fort Myers River and Blues Festival will be held in the Florida city on April 19th.Staged in the Centennial Park in the downtown area, the event will see a range of different bands playing between 12:00 and 19:00 local time, something that may interest those keen on investing in Fort Myers property.The line-up [...]
Overseas property buyers may be boosted today by a cut in the euro interest rate.Investors on the foreign exchanges priced in a cut by the European Central Bank (ECB) yesterday, causing the euro to fall in value against the dollar, the International Herald Tribune reports.The expectation is for the ECB to reduce the rate from [...]
The Midi-Pyrenees region is popular with British buyers of French property, the region's tourist board has said.Marketing and communications official for the Midi-Pyrenees Tourist Board Solenne Odon remarked that this particularly applies to the Lot area.She commented: "It has many charming villages such as Rocamadour and St-Cirq Lapopie which are very impressive. Cieurac is very [...]
Turkey has been hailed as a good place for Britons to invest in property due to it not having the euro as its currency.European sales manager at international property firm Atlas International James Dearsley commented that this situation is encouraging investors to look at the country.He stated: "Because Turkey is not in the euro, it [...]
Those buying an overseas property would generally be unwise to do so using a 100 per cent mortgage, it has been advised.John Reilly, the managing director at overseas property advice firm BuyAbroad.com, said that most people are aware of this and would only be tempted if the rental income both paid the mortgage and provided [...]
Florida is the worst state in the US when it comes to mortgage delinquency, new figures have indicated.Data for the fourth quarter of 2008 from credit reference agency TransUnion has revealed that the state had the highest rate in the country for payments being overdue by 60 days or more, with 9.5 per cent of [...]
A property expert has said that a good Normandy property could be purchased for the same cost as an average UK home.Karen Tait of French Property News commented that for the cost of a UK home in 2008 - which according to Nationwide was £156,828 - the equivalent price in euros would be more than [...]
Brittany property holders should be able to secure good rental returns during the summer season, one expert has said.According to John Reilly, managing director at BuyAbroad.com, the Brittany property market and areas such as the south coast offer strong rental opportunities."In the holiday-type destinations there is always a steady flow of rental potential from one [...]