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US mortgage giant plans massive auction of foreclosure properties

America's Federal Housing Finance Agency has approved a giant residential real-estate auction at Fannie Mae (the Federal National Mortgage Association) to help the mortgage giant unload its inventory of 122,616 foreclosed houses.

7 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

Dubai highlighted as top investment destination

Recent research has highlighted Dubai as a top investment destination for those looking to make an overseas property purchase.

6 February 2012

French Riviera property falls below 2 million euros for the first time

The price of property in the French Riviera has dropped below €2 million for the first time, according to the latest EstateNetFrance report.

3 February 2012

Waiting lists for Spanish properties

Property in Spain is proving so popular with overseas buyers that many developments are having to instate waiting lists in order to allocate apartments.

2 February 2012

The ten best places to buy abroad in 2012

Each year we reveal the ten best places to buy property abroad. This year, all the old favourites are top of the list again, with economic hardship not putting people off, but merely meaning they return to the tried and tested destinations...

1 February 2012

Portuguese developers attracting buyers with alternative funding methods

With bank lending proving to be one of the main obstacles for those buying property in Portugal, investors and developers are now looking at new ways in which to side-step the banks, allowing them to secure a deal.

1 February 2012

Why I love Italy

Four years ago A Place in the Sun presenter Amanda Lamb put her money where her mouth is bought an apartment in Italy. Here she tells us how she found her perfect pad abroad and why she loves Italy so much...

31 January 2012

Aussie rental market set to boom

Property experts in Australia are tipping the country's rental market for a boom in 2012 due to a chronic lack of supply.

31 January 2012

Man builds house from euros

An Irish artist has constructed a home from the shredded remains of 1.4 billion euros in a protest against what he sees as the 'madness' of the single currency's effect on his home country.

31 January 2012

Brazil overtakes UK as the world’s 6th largest economy

Brazil has overtaken the UK to become the world's 6th largest economy according the Centre for Economics and Business Research.

30 January 2012

Girona one of the best performing markets in Spain

Girona has been named one of the best performing property markets in Spain by market research company, The Spanish Valuation Society.

30 January 2012
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