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Fly to let investors who bought in Bangkok a few years ago have watched the value of their properties double or, in some cases, even triple or quadruple says property specialist David Stanley Redfern.
Tourism in Thailand has been growing 20 percent year on year and as a result the biggest gains are to be made are on resort properties.

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Moneycorp, the foreign exchange specialist, today announced a new alliance with LynxBanc Mortgage Corporation, a specialist international mortgage provider, which will provide British property owners in Florida with a safe way to stabilise their monthly mortgage payments

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The latest ‘Open Skies’ agreement between the EU and the US may see a higher demand for holiday lets in America as competition between airlines increases. There has been a recent upsurge in investors taking up property opportunities in the United States due to the economic climate and strong UK pound.

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The Bulgarian city of Sofia is becoming a highly strategic location in for property investment - especially for the purpose of renting to a growing local commuter market. Rising demand is originating from foreigners working for the big multinationals in Sofia with companies such as Nokia, Microsoft, and Marks & Spencer all setting up operations in and around the city.

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Le Hameau des Rennes, a collection of luxury ski-in ski-out chalets and chalet style apartments in the expanding resort of Vars in the Southern Alps is being marketed in the UK by Erna Low Property. Situated at 2000m, Vars-les-Claux is the highest of the four Vars villages including Saint Marcellin, Sainte Marie and…

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The overseas property portal Homesgofast.com has seen a sharp rise in international investors seeking investment property in Las Vegas. The US housing market is seeing foreclosures and mortgage default rates hitting record levels. It appears that overseas investors are seeking to capitalize on the situation by investing in the worlds entertainment capital city

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Home buyers seeking a luxury home in Spain are being offered a millionaire yacht broker’s mansion valued at 2 million pounds for less than £300,000. The incredible deal would see the six lucky buyers with a luxury waterfront villa, with sports boat and car on the Spanish island of Mallorca

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Ireland’s Sunday Business Post reports that in an effort to assist its investigation, the Revenue is adopting a range of new more intrusive techniques, including an examination of foreign tax returns and a trawl of deposit interest earned on foreign bank accounts held by Irish citizens
Tom Weymes, principal officer with the Revenue’s offshore assets group. ‘‘Our main focus is hot money, money that was never declared to the Revenue for tax purposes. We want to see if any hot money has been used to buy overseas properties”

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The UK’s National House Building Council (NHBC) which warranties over 80% of new British Homes has today welcomed the commitment by the Chancellor, Alistair Darling, to target all new construction in the drive to reduce the UK’s carbon emissions.
“Existing housing stock also has a part to play in driving down carbon emissions and this is why is it pleasing the Chancellor has outlined a significant programme of spending to make existing homes more energy efficient through the use of tried and tested technologies including cavity wall and loft insulation. The Foundation’s research has highlighted the need for zero carbon measures to be based on sound science and safe technologies and using these methods to reduce carbon emissions in existing stock is welcome.”

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The UK government is hoping to create eco-towns. Later in the spring of 2008, the government will announce a short list of 12-15 areas that will potentially host new eco-towns. From this list, as many as 10 towns will be constructed, focusing on renewable energy, zero-carbon buildings, and support for local communities and local businesses. While they haven’t decided where these towns will be yet, they have a great example in Cambourne already up and running.
The Cambourne development in Cambridgeshire was built to be a user friendly town for both people and wildlife. There are plenty of cycle paths and walkways, and people who live there walk to school, to the grocery store and for pleasure. Plenty of people use these paths, but one of the biggest bonuses of having the extra space is the wildlife that has thrived and even grown in the area.

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