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Overseas home buyers losing up to 9,000 GBP due to poor exchange rates

Overseas property hunters looking to buy in Europe can lose in excess of £9,000 as a result of poor exchange rates offered by High Street banks, independent analysis for Currencies.co.uk shows.

15 March 2012

Private vendor? Exhibit your home at Europe’s largest overseas property show

With only two weeks left until our Earls Court London exhibition(30th March- 1st April 2012), we still have availability for private vendors who want to sell their property to advertise in our newly created show area- the private vendor's wall.

15 March 2012

Only 1 in 7 Brits believe they’ll have a comfortable retirement in the UK

A survey from the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has revealed that only 1 in 7 people believe that they will have enough money to live comfortably in the UK once they stop working.

13 March 2012

Standard and Poors predict end of European economic crisis in 2013

The credit rating agency Standard and Poors have predicted that the economic crisis affecting Europe will not last beyond 2013.

13 March 2012

Olympics won't dent British holiday plans this summer

Despite the Olympics, Diamond Jubilee and European Football Championships celebrating the best of British this summer, 90% of Brits have said that they have not changed their holiday plans for this year, and are still planning to journey abroad.

7 March 2012

A Place in the Sun Live Exhibitor list announced!

The list of exhibitors for this year's A Place in the Sun Live at Earls Court, which takes place between the 30th March and the 1st April 2012, has been announced today.

2 March 2012

Love thy neighbour (at home and away)

When buying a second home overseas you should ensure that other owners on your complex are as alluring as the property's price tag, argues Jane Slade

1 March 2012

Use them or lose them: Tax breaks

The end of the tax year approaches and now is the time to make full use of your tax breaks and allowances. Those not used by 5th April are lost forever. Danny Cox, Head of Advice at Hargreaves Lansdown, offers some pointers.

1 March 2012

Getting out of season holiday home rental bookings

This month Alpha Holiday Lettings' Tom Lei takes tells us how to secure bookings out of season, and whether guest reviews are good or bad news for business...

29 February 2012

A Place in the Sun launches new sales platform for private vendors

A Place in the Sun has launched a brand new opportunity for private vendors, allowing those looking to sell their overseas property to target thousands of interested buyers by advertising at Europe's largest overseas property show- A Place in the Sun Live.

21 February 2012

Demand for foreclosure properties increasing

Bargain savvy buyers are increasingly investing in bank owned or foreclosed properties in order to snap up deals, with interest in foreclosure properties increasing in 21 out of the 25 countries surveyed by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) Global Distressed Property Monitor.

15 February 2012

Robotic estate agents being developed for house viewings

Boffins at the elite “Personal Robotics Group” at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), are working on developing a “highly expressive humanoid” robot which would guide potential house hunters around a property for sale, pointing out its amenities.

7 February 2012