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Residents and homeowners in St Lucia are waiting to see what difference a new government can bring to the Caribbean island following the election there last month. New prime minister Kenny Anthony, of the St Lucia Labor Party, has served as the island nation’s PM previously. After his most recent win he commented the road [...]
The values of properties in Bulgaria are believed to be close to bottoming out and are expected to start rising steadily year by year, claim experts. This comes as the average property value in Bulgaria fell by 6.1 per cent in Q3 year-on-year, according to the Knight Frank Global House Price Index. It might not [...]
According to a new report on global rented commercial space, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane are currently in the top 10 most expensive markets in the world for renting. The commercial renting report shows that Australia is now one of the most expensive countries in the world to rent office space; good news for investors who [...]
In the first 10 months of 2011, Holiday Lettings estimates it has helped generate £540m worth of guest bookings for holiday home owners advertising their villas and apartments... As more and more second home owners turn to holiday lets for extra income, Holiday Lettings reveals how demand for holiday rentals just keeps on growing. Holidaylettings.co.uk [...]
Brits accounted for seven per cent of property sales to foreigners in Florida last year, equally $889million of the estimated $12.7billion international market. Figures from a recent National Association of Realtors (NAR) report also showed that Canadians made up the largest group of Florida’s foreign buyers in 2010, with 39 per cent of the market. [...]
Property prices in Turkey are slowly but surely climbing upwards, the latest figures show. Last month the average property price in Turkey rose by 0.81 per cent when compared to the previous month. Home prices increased in some areas; 0.32 per cent in Adana, 0.44 per cent in Ankara, and 0.96 per cent in Istanbul, [...]
The Spanish property market is about to get a kick-start form the newly elected ‘People’s Party’ according to new information. The party are looking to reduce the tax paid by anyone who buys property in Spain as well as make the rental prospects better and more inviting to encourage buy-to-let investors. It is estimated that [...]
Despite the number of properties sold in Portugal, and taking into consideration their value, the ‘luxury’ property market prices fell by between 10 per cent and 15 per cent over the last year. A study into ‘The Luxury Tourist Report Property Market’ found that despite these falls; the Golden Triangle in the Algarve has remained [...]
The credit crisis has seen a marked change in how overseas buyers buy property in Spain. Gone are the days of hefty deposits and off-plan purchases waiting several years for the developer to complete the property. Today’s buyer can pick up a brand new property on a five star resort at under half its original [...]
More and more people than ever are turning to renting in New Zealand, because the average property price to buy is so high. It is also becoming easier to borrow money which means the outlook is good for lower interest rates, thus creating a greater turnover and more borrower demand. The latest report from Roost [...]