Top 10 tips for holiday rental success /articles/2012/10/top-10-tips-for-holiday-rental-success

Cover yourself Firstly ensure you are allowed to let your property on a short-term basis and that you understand applicable taxation laws, as you must declare income earned from holiday lets. You also need holiday rental liability insurance and ideal…

Don’t just look at online listings alone: we wrote off the perfect home until we viewed it ourselves /articles/2025/12/don-t-just-look-at-online-listings-alone-we-wrote-off-the-perfect-home-until-we-viewed-it-ourselves

Searching for winter sun in Fuerteventura When looking for somewhere laid-back, with year-round sun but easy to reach from their choice of airports in the Midlands, David and Clara picked the island of Fuerteventura. The couple from Derby had long dr…

90% of Overseas Property Owners Unsure of Brexit Impact /articles/2016/02/90-of-overseas-property-owners-unsure-of-brexit-impact

90% of UK overseas property owners admit they are unsure how a Brexit will affect their overseas property 4 in 10 (42%) admit to having concerns about their overseas property purchase 7 in 10 said that leaving the EU would not prevent or postpone th…

Case Study | Building Our Dream Peloponnese Property /articles/2018/01/case-study-building-our-dream-peloponnese-property

Judith and Chris Clegg purchased a 200 sq metre plot of land in the Peloponnese, Greece, back in 2009. Today, they're proud owners of their dream, custom-built property, and share their experience with you below. "For many years we spent our holidays…

Where To Find Cheap Portuguese Properties for Sale /articles/2018/04/where-to-find-cheap-portuguese-properties-for-sale

(This article was last updated in April 2018) Most of Portugal offers a great choice of cheap properties for sale if you know where to look. It’s a fabulous country - beautiful, friendly, laid-back and in recent times, tax-friendly to boot. Foreign d…

10 things to savour about life in Sarasota /articles/2013/03/10-things-to-savour-about-life-in-sarasota

Ian Harding from My Home on the Gulf - My Biz on the Gulf - part of Keller Williams, the No.1 Real Estate company in North America – lives and works in the Sarasota and Lakewood Ranch area of the Gulf Coast of Florida. Here he cherry-picks just ten o…

Airlines and the internet shape where we buy property abroad /articles/2013/07/airlines-and-the-internet-shape-where-we-buy-property-abroad

Improved air access and cheaper fares combined with the convenience of the internet have changed how and where people buy overseas property today, according to a recent survey by the Overseas Guides Company. Recent survey evidence shows that 50.6 per…

Holiday let market holding up for owners in France /articles/2013/08/holiday-let-market-holding-up-for-owners-in-france

Some good news for property owners in France or property hunters thinking of taking advantage of very low borrowing rates available right now. A survey conducted by online letting specialists French Connections asked owners who advertise on the site…

Spain: foreign buyers fuelling high-end property market recovery /articles/2013/08/spain-foreign-buyers-fuelling-high-end-property-market-recovery

Buyer confidence in Spanish property is returning, as the fall in prices begins to slow down and investors sense a potential turnaround in the market, reports a leading luxury Spanish estate agency, Lucas Fox. According to recent data released by the…

Increased interest in new-build property on the Costa Blanca /articles/2013/08/increased-interest-in-new-build-property-on-the-costa-blanca

Now that the transfer tax on resale properties matches the 10 per cent VAT (IVA) on new-builds in Valencia, there is a very good financial reason to consider buying a new rather than old home. One major agency that has fast responded to the new tax l…

Case study - Sue Horrocks, Cayman Islands /articles/2012/02/case-study-sue-horrocks-cayman-islands

“Driving home along the sea after a day at work is pretty idyllic. It's a good place to have a bad day!” Sue Horrocks from Chester headed to the Cayman Islands 20 years ago to teach music – and never left. She tells Liz Rowlinson why there are few p…

A Place in the Sun Live's French village seminar timetable announced /articles/2012/03/a-place-in-the-sun-lives-french-village-seminar-timetable-announced

If you're considering buying a property in France but don't know where to start, then the French Village at A Place in the Sun Live could be the answer. Today, we have launched the seminar timetable for the village, and it is a packed programme of ad…