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If you're intending to buy property overseas for investment purposes, you may be less worried about whether it's the type of property you would be happy spending your holidays in and more concerned with the rental income and potential.

 

Ask yourself how long you intend to own this property and how you are going to manage it. A property in Brazil may sound exotic for example, but might want to consider hiring a management company to look after it so that you don't have to make the journey over there if any problems arise that need attention.

 

 

Where's best to invest?

While Europe busies itself with sacking presidents and saving its currency, how about looking further afield for a holiday home with investment potential? Zoe Dare Hall seeks out three of the hottest current contenders in the emerging markets

Best bets for city lets

Many of us who love city breaks dream of a European pied a terre that can also pay its way. But where is both lucrative and lovely to boot? We look at the five European cities in highest demand, according to leading rentals site, www.holidaylettings.co.uk.

Any questions: Financial Planning - September 2011

Our experts answer your financial planning concerns

Time for timeshare?

New EU laws protecting buyers of timeshare were introduced earlier this year. So, if in the past you’ve discounted buying into it, could now be the time to reconsider timeshare as an affordable way to enjoy holidays abroad? Often compared – and confused – with fractional ownership, here we ask two experts to outline the key facts about each type of ownership.

Any questions: Financial Planning - August 2011

Our experts answer your financial planning dilemmas.

Red sea secrets

So far in this series we’ve looked at Egypt’s tourism hot spots, butb what if you don’t want to share your holiday home with legions of package tourists?  A look at some smaller resorts on the Red Sea provides a few more ideas for anyone still seeking inspiration.

Invest in Brazil: The nuts and bolts

Brazil’s developing real estate market has been well publicised, but where do you start if you want to tap into it?

To point you in the right direction, here we home in on two areas and highlight different types of investments available in each

Share and share alike

Opportunities to buy a fraction, or share, in a property or property “club” are on the rise. One law firm that specializes in this type of ownership is Irwin Mitchell Abogados, so we asked Alex Radford, a lawyer there, to answer some frequently asked questions about owning this way

The fractional ownership "family"

Here we give you a run-down of some of the different types of fractional property products currently on the market

Dubai or not Dubai?

Thousands of investors took a hit when Dubai’s property market crumbled and the off-plan frenzy came to an end. No longer attractive to short-term investors, we wondered why anyone would buy there now. So, for an update we spoke to Jonathan Fothergill, director of UAE Valuations at Cluttons UAE.