Budget airfares, the worldwide access to property details via the Internet more disposable income and availability of foreign mortgages have all contributed to the explosion in foreign ownership of overseas property and real estate developments. So where in the world do you choose? From Portugal to New Zealand. From Estonia to Brazil – there are [...]

The city of Paris is one of Europe’s most reliable investment locations with annual property price growth in 2007 reaching 9%. As an investment location it continues to offer the prospect of solid annual price growth. Rental demand in Paris is also strong, albeit with fairly low rental returns. Pierre & Vacances – Europe’s leading [...]

The Two Rivers Beach Resort is a new property development from Harlequin Property in the Dominican Republic. The resort offers fully furnished investment apartments and villas on the north coast of the Dominican Republic, close to the Playa Dorada Golf Club, and only a short 20 minute drive from the Gregorio Luperon International Airport at [...]

These apartments are located next door to one of Berlin’s top university, inside the fifth-largest scientific retail park in the world and around six miles from the new Brandenberg airport. There is the option of five-year rental asset management programme. Development: These apartments are located inside the scientific retail park, next door to a university [...]

Le Monte Cristo is located in Beausoleil, also known as the Flower City, and benefits from year-round sunshine and nice temperatures. These properties would make an ideal investment, being located next to the principality of Monaco with the casino, port and beaches all within walking distance. Development: Le Monte Cristo is a four-storey building of [...]

The development is front-line to the beach and is within an exclusive headland in the south of the island alongside the fabulous new RIU 5 Star Hotel that has not had any empty bed since opening last October The development surrounds a communal swimming pool and overlooks the future botanical park .A very modern medical [...]

This luxury and intimate development is designed around its pleasant central communal areas. The accommodation is necessarily exclusive, as there are only 10 two-bedroom town houses of 250 sq metres, and 18 luxury apartments of 105 sq metres. Faro airport is less than 30 minutes’ drive away. Development: This luxury and intimate development is designed [...]

Centre Parcs – Moselle, France
Guaranteed rental of up to 4.5% if purchased as an investment without personal use. A deposit of just 2% is required to secure your property in the first instance. A grant of up to 27,500 euros is also provided to purchasers of these properties courtesy of the local council.

This could be a good time to buy if you are a cash buyer. In a buyer’s market cash is king and an excellent opportunity to invest. Vendors are becoming more realistic about prices and are often open to negotiation. There are sign in the US that the property market is beginning to bottom out. [...]