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Increased tourism income set to boost buy to let in Albania, according to property experts

by Ray Clancy on May 16, 2012

Increasing investment in Albanian holiday letting markets

Increasing tourism revenue in Albania is boosting the potential for buy to let property investors choosing to buy in the country, it is claimed.

Data from the Bank of Albania shows that tourism revenue for the Balkan nation increased by 17% in 2011, reaching €1.3 billion. [click to continue…]

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British overseas buyers look to bargain prices in Greece, Ireland and Spain

May 10, 2012

Greece and Ireland, two of the European countries worst hit by the current eurozone financial crisis are proving popular with British people considering buying property overseas. Real estate investors are eyeing up bargain properties in both countries, according to the latest report from Rightmove Overseas. The fact that the Pound is rising against the Euro [...]

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Most sale of property in Venice are to overseas buyers, research report shows

March 23, 2012

Around 65% of luxury property sales in Venice are to foreign buyers and this figure has remained largely unchanged in the last decade, new research shows. French buyers account for the majority of purchases in the Venetian property market while interest from Russians, Eastern European and buyers from the Middle East have increased, new research [...]

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Emerging markets top global house price league over the past decade

March 19, 2012

India has seen the biggest rise in house prices since 2001 while the eurozone is in the 10 worst performing property markets, according to new research. Emerging markets saw the biggest increases in house prices over the past decade, according to the Lloyds TSB International Global Housing Market Review but the UK was still among [...]

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Economic growth and rising tourism kick starts second home market in Albania

February 21, 2012

Although Albania is still deemed an emerging market for overseas property, it is exactly this kind of nation that presents some of the very best second home opportunities, it is claimed. With property prices in Albania among some of the cheapest in Europe coupled with rising tourism and economic growth, Albania is fast becoming a [...]

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Spain and Croatia look popular for holiday home rentals in 2012

February 16, 2012

More Spanish holiday home owners are looking to rent out their properties this summer with data showing that the supply of holiday rental accommodation in Spain grew sharply in the last quarter of 2011. Demand from holiday makers has stayed strong, according to the UK’s largest holiday home rentals website HomeAway. Its latest report shows [...]

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Investment guide lists potential City property hot spots in Europe

January 10, 2012

Istanbul and Limassol are named as potential property hotspots in the new 2012 City Investment Guide from Property Venture. It predicts that 2012 should be a year to look for great buys in Europe as not all countries are suffering in quite the same way and just because the economic climate in one country doesn’t [...]

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Property cooling measures set to continue in Singapore in 2012

January 3, 2012

Although cooling measures for the real estate market in Singapore are set to continue in 2012 more land is to be released for the development of executive condominiums. The Ministry of National Development (MND) says that it is prepared to supply land sites for 5,000 units in 2012 as part of a government plan to [...]

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International buyers showing increased interest in Italian property

December 13, 2011

The Italian property market is likely to be buoyant in the first six months of 2012 as buyers from Russia, Canada, the US, Norway and Switzerland show an increased interested in real estate, it is claimed. According to Linda Travella, an Italian Property expert who has been selling property in Italy for 24 years, recent [...]

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Property prices rise in Albania as economic outlook improves

December 6, 2011

Residential property prices in Albania have increased 10.3% year on year to the end of the third quarter as a number of economic pointers and figures indicate a positive outlook for next year. The figures from Albania’s Central Bank also shows that the country’s Rental Price Index is also up with a 1.1% increase year [...]

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Analysts predict Singapore private property prices to fall up to 26% in coming years

November 29, 2011

Singapore’s residential property market is set for a significant downturn in the next three years and prices are expected to fall, it is claimed. Prices could fall between 22 and 26%, according to Daiwa Research. ‘We believe the residential property market could remain depressed for several years, triggered initially by a likely forthcoming gross domestic [...]

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