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  1. Living in Spain? Olives are a real Christmas cracker

    Spanish olive dips

    For many people who buy a property around the Mediterranean, it often means a change in diet. One of the best things that many people include are olives and some of the best come from Spain. Why not start the New Year as [read more]

    December 23, 2009

    Posted in Overseas Property/Real Estate, Spain.

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  2. The latest Chesterton Humberts CEBR Poll of Polls of UK house prices

    November marked the sixth month of consecutive house price growth, with the average property price increasing by 0.5% from October 2009, according to the latest Poll of Polls, down slightly from the 0.7% rise of last month. Six of the eight major house [read more]

    December 16, 2009

    Posted in Property & Real Estate, UK.

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  3. Major boost for Irish investors as French leaseback property becomes pensionable for the first time

    MGM Living Dining area

    For the first time, Irish investors can place French leaseback properties into their pensions, whether small self-administered schemes, PRSAs (personal retirement savings accounts), Approved Retirement Funds, or company, executive and personal pension plans. Pre-financed VAT This significant new development brings considerable tax advantages [read more]

    December 11, 2009

    Posted in France, Investment, Ireland, Property & Real Estate.

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  4. Property and some UK Pre-Budget Report (PBR) highlights

    Peter Bolton King

    These are a few highlights of today’s statement made by Chancellor Alistair Darling: Borrowing has been estimated to be £176 billion in 2010 and £140 billion in 2011 A new ‘broadband tax’ of 50p per month is being introduced. Anyone owning a landline [read more]

    December 9, 2009

    Posted in Finance, UK.

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  5. Avoid travel nightmares this Christmas with advice from www.aph.com

    A lovely winter's afternoon near the Mediterranean

    It doesn’t matter where you’re going, what the season is, whether there’ll be snow and skis or sand and sea, there are certain basic rules it’s worth heeding. Along with the early skiers, many sunshine-starved families who opted for a UK ‘raincation’ during the [read more]

    December 3, 2009

    Posted in Beach, Ski, Snow.

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  6. French properties

    The new MGM ski resort, Val Cenis

    A new résidence de tourisme at Val Cenis in the Haute-Maurienne French ski property developer MGM plans to build a new résidence de tourisme at Val Cenis in the Haute-Maurienne, close to the Italian border, has named the scheme Le Chalet de Flambeau [read more]

    December 2, 2009

    Posted in France, Overseas Property/Real Estate.

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  7. Homes in Turkey

    A villa at Akkaya Gardens

    The property market along the Turkish coast has certainly cooled since the heady pre-credit crunch days when excitement about EU entry, rocketing property values and new Turkish mortgages fuelled an unprecedented rush of British buyers to take the plunge into what was enthusiastically [read more]

    December 2, 2009

    Posted in Overseas Property/Real Estate, Turkey.

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