2012

High-end Tuscan resort launched

Italian developer Prime Investimenti SRI has announced the launch of a 31-apartment vacation ownership resort in Tuscany which will feature fractional ownership and vacation ownership units.

14 February 2012

Venice a new haven for property investment

Venice has become a haven for overseas property hunters, especially Brits, who see it as a safe haven, according to agent Knight Frank.

14 February 2012

Monaco blossoms under French tax changes

New French property tax laws are pushing wealthy buyers away from the traditional Riviera resorts and into Monaco say local agency and accountancy experts.

13 February 2012

Most expensive home in America on sale for 125 million USD.

The most expensive estate in America, located in the upmarket Los Angeles enclave of Holmby Hills, is on sale for $125 million.

13 February 2012

The Caribbean is one of the ten best places to buy abroad

Every year A Place in the Sun undertakes a survey of the ten best places to buy abroad, bassed on feedback from our magazine readers and exhibition visitors. With the rest of the list full of traditional favourite, the only new entry into this year's chart was the Caribbean. Cathy Hawker takes a look at why...

10 February 2012

Property in Murcia being sold at ‘pre- boom prices’

Property in Murcia is being sold at 'pre boom prices' according to one local agent.

10 February 2012

10% pay rise could tempt half of workers abroad

Almost 50% of those polled by market research company Ipsos would consider relocating their job abroad if offered a 10% pay rise.

9 February 2012

Mini boom for property in the French alps

While we may moan about snow disruption in England, it seems that the hunt for the white stuff is driving a mini boom in the French Alps, where property sales figures have trebled in the last year.

9 February 2012

Italian property being sold below market value

Now is the time to buy property in Italy, according to many of the country's agents, who are seeing homes in the country being sold at below market value.

9 February 2012