How to Find Your Perfect Home Abroad | Part 1 /articles/2015/08/how-to-find-your-perfect-home-abroad-part-1

Jonnie Irwin addresses the burning question he always gets at property shows: "where do I buy abroad?" Reflecting on an extremely busy A Place in the Live show in Manchester there seemed to be a huge buzz once again in the overseas property sector, d…

Jobs in Queensland to draw UK migrants /articles/2013/12/jobs-in-queensland-to-draw-uk-migrants

England cricket fans may want to keep their heads down - and a few thousand miles between them and large volumes of sporting Australians - following the conclusion of The Ashes. For wannabe emigrants however, Australia's appeal will only increase tha…

Ski properties: our top ten picks to kick off the season /articles/2013/11/ski-properties-our-top-ten-picks-to-kick-off-the-season

It's that time of the year again! The ski-lifts in our favourite Alpine ski-resorts are finally open this weekend... Liberate those dusty salopettes from the wardrobe and get looking at our handpicked properties! Whether you're after a nine-bed alpin…

Invest in Brazil: The nuts and bolts /articles/2011/05/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 Earma…

What's a viewing trip? /articles/2017/09/whats-a-viewing-trip

When buying abroad it’s essential at some stage to arrange a viewing trip(s) to take a closer look at the properties that you’ve identified. Simply make property enquiries on websites such as aplaceinthesun.com and then get more details from the agen…

Meet HM Consul to the Balearics /articles/2010/07/meet-hm-consul-to-the-balearics

This month we talk to Her Majesty's Consul to the Balearics, Paul Abrey, 40, who's been in the role since December 2005 and lives in Palma with his Mallorquín wife and two young sons, aged three and six. They nickname me 'The Experiment'. I hold the…

Sam and Brian Little in Lanzarote - A Place in the Sun TV House Hunters /articles/2024/07/sam-and-brian-little-in-lanzarote-a-place-in-the-sun-tv-house-hunters

“We love the summer in Lanzarote as it doesn’t get as scorching as the Med” Sam and Brian Little have just booked a three-week trip to their new villa in Lanzarote for this summer. The Canary Islands are often thought of as an affordable and easy to…

Be my guest... in Malta /articles/2010/11/be-my-guest-in-malta

We are Christiane and Blair Drummond from Richmond, Surrey. Christiane is a marketing communications consultant and Blair is a PR consultant specialising in the waste management and recycling sector. We own A three-bedroom seafront apartment in…

How the overseas property industry is adapting to lockdown /articles/2020/05/how-the-overseas-property-industry-is-adapting-to-lockdown

Selling property is mostly about face to face relationships. Forget that long-gone era when investors used to buy hundreds of new apartments sight unseen - for people seeking a new life abroad or a holiday home, being able to look a local agent in th…

How to Be a Happy Expat Living Abroad /articles/2018/05/how-to-be-a-happy-expat-living-abroad

Nina Hobson is a 35-year-old British national and a blogger married to Jose Castello, from Spain. They have two children, Sebastian, three, and Rafa, one, and a third on the way. Having lived in 13 locations around the world – she has just moved to S…

Easy Access is Key to Buying Abroad /articles/2016/08/easy-access-is-key-to-buying-abroad

The glossy brochures that estate agents produce for overseas properties often miss one vital piece of information – how frequently do flights land at the nearest airport from the UK? While the quality of the taps, size of the sun terrace or the lengt…

Be my guest....in France. /articles/2009/07/be-my-guestin-france

Be my guest..in France In this new regular feature we invite a reader to tell us about renting out his or her place in the sun. Here we meet Philip, who owns an apartment on the irresistible French Riviera... I am: Philip Weatherbur…