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![Sun, Sand and Investment - surge of investor interest in island](/upload/images/23%2008%2022%203%20OverseasMarket_400x310.png)
Cyprus Sotheby’s International Realty has published its quarterly report analysing the performance of the Cyprus residential real estate market in the...
22 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![High Returns in High End Global Luxury Markets](/upload/images/4%20High%20Returns%20in%20High%20End%20Global%20Luxury%20Markets%20by%20Graham%20Norwood.png)
Rents in global luxury residential markets are continuing to see strong growth. The Knight Frank Prime Global Rental Index rose by 8.5...
22 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Insight: What’s happening in the overseas property market?](/upload/images/Locations/Spain-CostaDelSol-400x310.jpg)
Interest in buying property in Europe remains high despite Brexit, Covid-19 recovery, and a challenging economic climate. We’re expecting this year...
08 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![2022 predictions - what's in store for the property market?](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2022Plans-400x310.png)
With just over a week to go until 2022 makes an appearance, we check in with some more property experts to...
24 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Foreign buyer return could boost London house prices by £134k](/upload/images/Locations/LondonMap400x310-min.png)
A return of foreign buyer demand could increase property values by £134,000 in some areas of the capital according to the latest...
10 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight - these cities will continue to attract investors post-Covid-19](/img/default/pit.png)
In recent times, regional property markets have seen a significant increase in investor interest. This upwards trajectory has been historically driven...
12 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Good news – overseas investors are still coming to the UK in droves](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite the ongoing implications of Brexit and, more recently, the pandemic, the number of overseas landlords owning property in the UK...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight - why are international investors piling into the North West’s BTL market?](/img/default/pit.png)
International investors are increasingly focusing on the buy-to-let (BTL) property market in the North West of England, according to property investment...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: Prime property continues to bear the brunt of Covid](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK’s prime property market is evolving, rather than suffering, throughout the coronavirus pandemic, new data from wealth manager and private...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Uruguay to become more investor-friendly ‘with relaxed requirements’](/img/default/pit.png)
Earlier this year, we wrote a number of articles about the potential of Uruguay as an investment destination. Unheralded compared to...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Hong Kong and Chinese investors still buying - how to engage with them](/img/default/pit.png)
Sally Maier-Yip, managing director of 11K Consulting, the UK's leading China PR and comms agency, outlines why buyers from Hong Kong and...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A – why should you invest in Uruguay?](/img/default/pit.png)
Last week, we profiled a country that doesn’t often receive much UK attention from an investment point of view, Uruguay, and...
12 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Stable market promises sound investment opportunities in Mallorca](/img/default/pit.png)
The Balearic Islands remain a ‘safe haven’ for property investments, with the overall volume of transactions on the market levelling out...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Overseas buyers caught between rock and a hard place ahead of election day](/img/default/pit.png)
Overseas buyers may be faced with a relative drop in value of up to 30% in the event of a Conservative...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Tories repledge higher stamp duty for foreign buyers](/img/default/pit.png)
The Conservative Party has unveiled plans for a 3% stamp duty surcharge for non-UK tax residents who are purchasing property, which...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Overseas properties – what’s hot and where?](/img/default/pit.png)
Jana Korpova-Harris, director at the Luxury Property Show, which returns to Olympia London on October 31 and November 1, offers her...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Brexit will deter overseas buyers, UK property investors fear](/img/default/pit.png)
An independent survey of more than 1,000 UK-based property investors has found that 55% are concerned Brexit will push away international...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Investment hotspots - the best new-build developments in the Costa del Sol](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite Brexit, Spain has reclaimed its status as a hotspot for British buyers, with the Costa del Sol a firm favourite. Last...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![New report reveals where’s hot and where’s not in France](/img/default/pit.png)
Research from buying agent Home Hunts has provided insight into the most popular places for investment, region by region, and the...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rising number of overseas buyers lured to Spain’s coastal regions](/img/default/pit.png)
International buyers continue to be drawn to Spain’s coastal destinations in increasing numbers, according to the latest figures from Lucas Fox. The...
08 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property market in Spain set to grow steadily in 2019](/img/default/pit.png)
Spain’s property market is set for steady growth in 2019, according to Lucas Fox International Properties. With 2018 proving to be another...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Brits remain top overseas buyers of Spanish property](/img/default/pit.png)
Property prices in Spain are rising faster than values in the UK, with Britons remaining the top foreign buyers of Spanish...
16 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Theresa May announces plans for stamp duty levy on overseas buyers](/img/default/pit.png)
Theresa May kicked off the Conservative Party conference – which is taking place in Birmingham this week – by outlining plans...
03 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Brits continue to be the top foreign buyers in France despite Brexit](/img/default/pit.png)
Britons still top the numbers of foreign buyers purchasing homes in France, according to new research by BNP Paribas. What’s more, as...
25 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Demand for Marbella property remains strong, says Knight Frank](/img/default/pit.png)
Appetite amongst buyers for property in Marbella has strengthened over the last year, particularly in the prime and super-prime end of...
20 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Montenegro’s property market booms as a result of NATO membership](/img/default/pit.png)
International interest in Montenegro property has doubled in the year since the country joined NATO, according to IM Property Group. On 5...
22 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Valencia’s competitive property prices attract investors](/img/default/pit.png)
Spain’s third city is now seeing steady gains and attracting investors following the fall of its property prices and the number...
01 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Affordable UK property prices help to attract UAE expats](/img/default/pit.png)
Expats and foreign nationals in the UAE are using the weak pound to snap up UK properties while prices remain affordable...
06 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Foreign homebuyers surge 30% in Montreal](/img/default/pit.png)
There was a 30% rise in the number of foreign buyers of property in Montreal in the first half of this...
09 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Chinese investors set new record acquiring US real estate](/img/default/pit.png)
Chinese investors maintained their leading position regarding dollar sales for the fourth consecutive year by spending a record high $31.7bn (£24.1bn)...
31 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Sharp rise in new build sales in Hong Kong](/img/default/pit.png)
Wealthy foreign investors, particularly from mainland China, are continuing to invest in Hong Kong’s ultra-luxury housing market as part of a...
27 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![New home prices rise in Canada](/img/default/pit.png)
New home prices in Canada continued to increase month-on-month in May, led by growth in Toronto and Vancouver, according to the...
17 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Will overseas investors exploit weak pound to buy property in the UK?](/img/default/pit.png)
The pound fell to an eight-week low after last week’s surprise general election result, which has increased uncertainty over both the...
12 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Fewer Britons buying property in Spain post-Brexit](/img/default/pit.png)
There has been a significant fall in British demand for Spanish homes since the EU referendum, despite the overall Spanish housing...
03 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![International buyers routinely rejected for UK mortgages](/img/default/pit.png)
Overseas investors and British expats are finding it increasingly difficult to secure mortgages in the UK to fund property acquisitions, according...
22 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Most bank repossessions in Spain are now located in ‘areas of little demand’](/img/default/pit.png)
At the height of the Spanish property crash, there were bargains to be had across the country, including repossessed properties in...
16 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Overseas investors race to secure UK property bargains](/img/default/pit.png)
There has been a sharp rise in the number of opportunistic foreign investors taking advantage of effective discounts caused by the...
09 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Overseas investors exploit weak pound for cut-price UK property deals](/img/default/pit.png)
Overseas investors were increasingly active in the UK property market during 2016, accounting for a significant share of all transactions, according...
16 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Overseas mortgage enquiries for UK property up 45% in Q4](/img/default/pit.png)
There has been an increase in the number of overseas investors taking advantage of effective discounts caused by sterling’s nosedive after the...
20 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Hong Kong property sales rise sharply](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property sales in Hong Kong have increased significantly despite the government’s decision to more than double stamp duty last month...
08 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Berlin property prices tipped to rise 20% as demand from investors grows](/img/default/pit.png)
Increasing demand from international investors, including Britons, looking to acquire residential property in Berlin is placing upward pressure on home prices...
10 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![London's property market set to benefit from Trump's election win](/img/default/pit.png)
World trade markets plunged after billionaire property developer Donald Trump won the US election and is now set to become the...
10 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![New partnership to offer UK property buyers Sharia-compliant home finance](/img/default/pit.png)
deVere Mortgages and Al Rayan Bank have entered into a strategic partnership to offer Sharia-compliant mortgage alternatives to the increasing number...
14 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Steps towards greater market transparency in Spain](/img/default/pit.png)
Fresh moves are being made to help increase transparency in Spain’s second-home market which is sure to appeal to those investing...
11 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Brits remain the biggest buyers of Spanish property](/img/default/pit.png)
With Spanish property market conditions continuing to improve, there was a significant rise in foreign demand for property in the country...
02 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Top global property investment hotspots unveiled](/img/default/pit.png)
Prime residential property prices across the world’s major cities increased on average by 4.4% in the 12 months to June 2016, with...
08 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Canada's British Columbia aims to deter foreign property investors](/img/default/pit.png)
As of today, foreign investors will have to pay an additional property transfer tax of 15% to acquire residential property in...
01 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Lewis Hamilton’s win in Hungary sparks worldwide tour](/img/default/pit.png)
Following Lewis Hamilton’s comfortable victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, we delve into the fast lane to take you...
25 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Foreign buyers target ‘cheap homes’ in the U.S.](/img/default/pit.png)
Floods of foreign property purchasers, including many investors, are currently looking to take advantage of the rapidly improving real estate recovery...
20 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![House prices rise by 0.8% in Spain as recovery continues](/img/default/pit.png)
Spain’s housing market continues to recover, amid continuous improvement in economic conditions, with property demand picking up across many parts of...
04 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![House prices could fall following Brexit vote](/img/default/pit.png)
Global markets have plunged, David Cameron has announced that he is to step down as Prime Minister later this year and...
24 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Further signs of recovery in Spanish property market](/img/default/pit.png)
The Spanish housing market continues to show signs of recovery with the latest national figures revealing that completed sales in April...
15 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Hong Kong unlikely to relax cooling measures despite falling prices](/img/default/pit.png)
Government measures to rein in property prices and curb speculation in Hong Kong, including a 15% stamp duty for foreign buyers,...
10 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Portugal’s economy shows increasing signs of fragility](/img/default/pit.png)
Portugal’s largest bank, Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD), which holds almost one-third of all deposits in the country, is on the...
07 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![One in five homes in Portugal sold to overseas buyers](/img/default/pit.png)
The extent to which Portugal’s improving housing market is being propped up by foreign buyers was laid bare by figures showing...
01 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Surge of foreign investment in Australian state of Victoria anticipated](/img/default/pit.png)
Foreign investors are expected to push through deals for properties in the Australian state of Victoria before an increase in taxes...