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Category Archives: Locations

  1. ‘2012, A Crucial Year For Spanish Real Estate’ As Lucas Fox Publishes Four Market Reports

    A home in Cataluña

    Lucas Fox International Properties published comment and analysis for quarters three and four, 2011 for the Barcelona, Mallorca, Ibiza and Costa Brava property markets plus their market predictions for 2012. Key insights from the reports reveal that: Prices in the prime locations of [read more]

    February 8, 2012

    Posted in News, Property & Real Estate, Spain.

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  2. FindaProperty.com reveals the UK’s celebrity hotspots

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    London and the North West have the highest concentration of celebrities in Britain Those looking to raise the next David Beckham or Cheryl Cole should avoid East Anglia and Northern Ireland FindaProperty.com reveals the UK hotbeds for British talent Where you’re brought-up could [read more]

    February 6, 2012

    Posted in News, UK.

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  3. Want a home abroad? Go on-line for free tickets to A Place in the Sun Live property exhibition

    Properties for A Place in the Sun

    If you’re thinking of buying a property overseas, you can’t afford to miss A Place in the Sun Live, the UK’s biggest overseas property exhibition taking place at Earls Court London on 30th March- 1st April 2012. As well as the opportunity to [read more]

    January 26, 2012

    Posted in Overseas Property/Real Estate, Worldwide.

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  4. New homes at Eléa Estate, Cyprus

    Eléa Club House

    Now is a great time to buy a property in Cyprus as a new law passed in October 2011 provides for a reduction in VAT on new-build properties for those wishing to permanently swap the British winter gloom for Mediterranean sun. The timing [read more]

    January 23, 2012

    Posted in Cyprus, Golf, Property & Real Estate.

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  5. A Royally Important Year

    he Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant on Sunday 3 June will see a procession of 1,000 boats travel down the Thames, from Battersea to Tower Bridge, flanking the Royal Barge which will transport the Queen. Pic credit: Maureen Brander

    As details of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant – one of the largest public events ever held in London – are announced, VisitEngland looks at other Jubilee celebrations scheduled across the country. Marking 60 years of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign, the Diamond Jubilee [read more]

    January 20, 2012

    Posted in London, UK.

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  6. Putting homeowners or developers together with the right architect and landscape designer isn’t always easy

    Sandy Mitchell of RedBook

    The RedBook Agency, which launches today, is a new service that helps clients from around the world find and select the ideal architect and landscape designer for their project from among the brightest talents in Britain. British architects and landscape designers enjoy a [read more]

    January 18, 2012

    Posted in Property & Real Estate, UK.

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  7. Barack Obama’s Motown pledge prompts high rental yields for property investor

    Detroit

    The property investment market is ‘motoring’ in Motown following a pledge by President Barack Obama to provide massive financial support for the regeneration of the State of Michigan’s biggest city, Detroit. A growing number of UK investors, disenchanted by the performance of the [read more]

    January 7, 2012

    Posted in Investment, USA.

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  8. Have yourself a very Spanish Christmas in your home abroad

    Los Tres Reyes - The Three Kings - are essential to the Spanish Christmas festivities

    One thing is certain if you spend Christmas in Spain – it is going to be considerably cheaper than it would be in the UK. It’s not that the Spanish do not celebrate the Christmas period but on the whole they haven’t gone [read more]

    December 16, 2011

    Posted in Property & Real Estate, Spain.

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  9. A Sunday in winter at home in the Lot region of France

    Market day in Montcuq

    Journalist Jessica Weduwer and her family live for part of the year in a listed village that is home to foreigners from a wide variety of countries. Here she describes a ‘freezing wet Sunday’ in the Lot village called Montcuq. Having visited the [read more]

    December 12, 2011

    Posted in France.

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  10. Thames Water proposes to build a Super Sewer near Fulham homes

    Public meeting pic November 2011 copy

    Try to imagine the construction that will last for six to seven years of a Super Sewer, that will involve 29,000 lorry journeys during the construction period, that will continue 24-hours a day, that will increase the capital value of Thames Water by [read more]

    December 6, 2011

    Posted in London, News, UK.

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