The 7 best places to buy property in Portugal in 2024
For a relatively small country, Portugal offers a huge range of lifestyle options. You can go fully “off the grid” while you renovate a ruin surrounded by olive trees or head for one of the country’s increasingly effervescent cities. You can ease yourself into a resort town with an established expat community, or embrace cultural change in a small village, familiarising yourself with the local language and customs as you go.Read more...
Focus on the Pays de la Loire
Property in Pays de la Loire has a winning combination of affordability, easy access from the UK and beautiful scenery.Read more...
6 reasons to stop dithering and do it!
It’s only mid-August yet in the UK, half of homes have reportedly got the heating switched on already. If you’re getting an early case of the post-Summer blues and are thinking yet again about buying a holiday home abroad, we’d like to give you a little nudge…Read more...
Holiday homes of the rich and famous
Where do the rich and the famous buy their holiday homes? What did George Clooney pay for his Lake Como home and what does Naomi Campbell do with 25 bedrooms anyway?Read more...
The celebrities spotted across Canada this summer
Whether they’re taking a holiday in some scenic corner of Canada or in town to shoot a movie, Canada has no shortage of celebrity visitors and homeowners.Read more...
Britons still flock to Portugal, but with less cash
Despite Britain’s pending withdrawal from the European Union, and all the uncertainty that surrounds it, Britons are not being put off buying property in Portugal. The falling pound, however, seems to have dented budgets.Read more...
Cheaper Italian holiday homes
House sales have increased by 20% in Italian tourist resorts, as more people recognise the potential of investing in property in one of Italy’s wonderful holiday locations, at a time when prices have dropped by 2.5%.Read more...
Demand for property increases in Cyprus
The number of property transactions in Cyprus has risen sharply, as more and more overseas buyers head to the island. Great news for anyone with an eye on the long-term investment potential of their home.Read more...
A ten-step plan for post-Brexit overseas retirement
Brexit is raising all sorts of questions for the ten per cent of British people considering retiring abroad. One expert says that successful retirement will be possible whatever happens in the Brexit negotiations, you just need to prepare properly. Read his ten step plan.Read more...
Paris – a buying guide
With the 2024 Paris Olympics confirmed and President Macron bringing a new optimism to the City of Lights, we investigate the Paris property market. What is happening to prices, where will the Olympic effect be felt, and how is the city’s new mayor taking liveability to the heart of its future plans.Read more...
Celebs favourite Irish locations
If you want to rub shoulders with the who’s who of Ireland, where should you direct your property search?Read more...