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Posts by: Stewart Andersen

  1. Tickets offer to The National Home Improvement Show

    Michael Holmes, Real Homes Magazine editor-in-chief

    Returning for the second year to London’s Earls Court, The National Home Improvement Show (1-3 October 2010) is back, with home improvement ideas, interior design and a wide range of expert advice from the country’s leading celebrity and industry experts. This is a [read more]

    August 30, 2010

    Posted in Home Improvement, Property & Real Estate, UK, Worldwide.

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  2. Tax changes on your property’s Furnished Holiday Lettings

    remember to tell

    Recent changes in the Furnished Holiday Lettings rules have brought rental properties both in the UK and abroad to the forefront of people’s minds. Solicitor Peter Esders of Chebsey & Co explains how this can affect property owners Effectively, these changes mean that [read more]

    August 27, 2010

    Posted in Beach, Features, Golf, Property & Real Estate, Ski, Worldwide.

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  3. Mallorca’s property and Global Ocean yacht races

    Mallorca is home to fabulous properties and tyhe Global Ocean Race

    Already renowned as a luxury location favoured by the yachting and sailing communities with classy restaurants, gorgeous properties and, of course, the magical Mediterranean, Mallorca has just been named as the start and finish of the Global Ocean Race 2011-12. With over twenty [read more]

    August 23, 2010

    Posted in Apartment, Balearics, Beach, Features, Investment, Property & Real Estate, Sailing, Spain.

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  4. By 2040, your kitchen could be alive, according to the Future Kitchen report

    this is a kitchen

    According to an independent Future Kitchen report* by The Future Laboratory, commissioned by home furnishing specialists IKEA, by 2040 your kitchen will be your personal trainer, dietician, psychologist and lifestyle coach. It will respond to your energy levels, nutritional needs and mood. Even [read more]

    August 17, 2010

    Posted in Eco Homes, UK, Worldwide.

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  5. Chesterton Humberts Prime International Residential Review: Q2 2010

    An eight bedroom house on the Bay of Cannes

    The Pacific leads the property market recovery Slower rate of recovery for Europe and US markets in the face of testing economic conditions Rebound in millionaire population – high net worth individuals (HNWI) numbers are rising fastest in the Far East with Singapore, [read more]

    August 13, 2010

    Posted in Finance, Investment, Worldwide.

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  6. Two UK property developments

    Squires Court is set in what was once part of the grounds of Westrop House, a nineteenth-century manor built by Squire William Cowdy

    Driving along the South Coast, it’s easy to miss the seaside villages tucked away off the main road – and this is certainly the case with East Preston in West Sussex. Located just over 17 miles from Brighton and Chichester town centres and [read more]

    August 12, 2010

    Posted in Apartment, Property & Real Estate, UK.

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  7. Homes USA

    A home on Somerset Street, Toledo

    Despite the global financial turmoil of the last two years, some centres in the United States present property investors with extraordinary opportunities. Look to America’s heartland for a high yielding property investment With Sterling’s value increasing to a five month high against the [read more]

    August 6, 2010

    Posted in Finance, Investment, Location, Property & Real Estate, USA.

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  8. French wealth tax – five year exemption on non-French assets when moving to France

    Owning a home in France involves tax liabilities

    France has one tax that Britons are generally not familiar with – wealth tax. It is an annual tax on the worldwide assets of French residents as at 1 January in any French tax year, although there are reductions available on how much [read more]

    August 6, 2010

    Posted in Features, Finance, France, Overseas Property/Real Estate, Property & Real Estate.

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  9. Environmentally-friendly homes at Lake Annecy in France

    The environmentally-friendly properties at La Reserve in Annecy

    Bespoke new homes planned for an historic lakeside town in the Haute-Savoie region of France will be a showcase for environmentally-friendly development. That is the claim of of one of France’s leading Alpine developer, MGM, which has just started work on exclusive new [read more]

    August 2, 2010

    Posted in Eco Homes, Features, France, Property & Real Estate, Snow.

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  10. Luxury homes on Cape Verde

    Sal Island's beautiful beaches are hardly crowded!

    Construction work is getting underway on a new luxurious world-class five-star resort on Ponta Preta Beach on the west coast of Sal Island in Cape Verde where the developer confidently is predicting that investors who buy properties off-plan can expect to achieve an [read more]

    August 2, 2010

    Posted in Beach, Cape Verde Islands, Features, Overseas Property/Real Estate, Scuba diving.

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