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MTV Cribs a TV show that allows anyone interested in celebrity lifestyles to see how their favorite stars live is now being used as a marketing tool to sell property. Successful rapper 50 Cent is going to use the show as a platform to help sell his luxury home. The multi millionaire is selling his mansion after owning the home for only 3 years at a cool $18.5 million price tag

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The UK overseas property industry magazine Overseas Property Professional (OPP) reports on the new bread of international property buyer that is set to make a huge difference to the industry in 2008. These new buyers are Russian and they have already turned the London housing market on its head.

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The Dubai property market has been consistently active over the last few years with huge numbers of overseas property investors buying in the region. The Emirate has also been revealed as the latest celebrity holiday home hotspot by foreign exchange specialist, Moneycorp. Footballers such as David Beckham and Baywatch star Pamela Anderson now own second homes there. Celebrity couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie recently secured their piece of Dubai by buying an island in the shape of Ethiopia. Dubai’s popularity is set to continue and many Brits look to be following the paths of the celebrities.

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A new resort is called Jacuma Beach; Rio Grande do Norte Brazil has been launched offering overseas property investors opportunities to enter the hot Brazilian real estate market. The development is located on one of the more popular areas for international investment in the northeast coast of Brazil in Rio Grande do Norte. With over 400 kilometres of beaches, 365 days of sun a year and the purest air in South American, there is now plenty to offer investors and home buyers. Just north of the capital city of Natal is some of the finest and most pristine beachfront property in the country.

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The associate director for Knight Frank France, Jean- Philippe Roux, notes that, “The preferred market for most of our foreign investors is short-term lettings in good locations that can compete with hotel rooms.” By competing with hotel rooms, owners can get very high returns on their property. The most popular places for visitors to stay and for investors are the Ile St-Louis and the Triangle D’Or between the Champs Elysées and the Seine.

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In the past 10 years more than 2,000 Britons have purchased homes on Cephalonia, and there are about 2,500 British homeowners on Zakynthos. Paxos, a smaller island, has drawn interest from those who like its slower pace of life and Ithaca has become a recent target of international investors. Overall, prices on the islands are rising at a considerable rate, above 15% annually, so it is a good time to buy

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Last Monday’s $2.0450 opening level was the low of the week. With the exception of Friday’s spike above $2.0750 Sterling spent most of its time between $2.05 and $2.07. When the London market opened this morning it was close to the top of that range.

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Dubai, the richest and most progressive emirate of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), started it all. In 2002, Dubai announced that foreigners of any nationality would be able to own freehold residential titles, instead of the originally-proposed leasehold titles. Soon other countries in the Persian Gulf followed suit, including Bahrain, Qatar and Oman.

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House prices in Edinburgh have fallen by 5.6% for the past three months, but that’s the only part of Scotland that has had a drop in prices over that period. Although prices have fallen, over the past year they have still grown substantially. At the beginning of November, prices in Edinburgh were 18% higher than a year ago, and they are the highest in Scotland with an average price of £220,066.

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Boxer Joe Calzaghe is into overseas property in a big way with the help of UK based agents The Right Move Abroad. The undefeated world super middleweight boxing champion knows a bargain when he sees one and has bought in numerous places abroad.

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