Overseas Property

Brazil estate agent uv10 ends 2011 on a high

Another year and another set of silverware for uv10. Having taken Silver for Best Estate Agency 2011 in the OPP (Overseas Property Professional) Awards for Excellence in October, this month the Brazil estate agent scooped a top five star award for Best Estate Agency Website in the Americas Property Awards, in association with Bloomberg Television and Google.

Property in French Alps - Savoie

Generous one bedroom apartment of 32m2 right on the piste and next to the ski lift of St Martin de Belleville.

New Ryanair base for Palma de Mallorca in 2012

With passenger stats for 2011 (22,063,288) already outstripping those of 2010 (21,117,270), Palma de Mallorca has received more good news courtesy of Ryanair. The no-frills carrier is to set up a new base at the Balearic Airport in March 2012 and will operate a total of 47 routes – 17 of them new.

Canada listed top of property safe havens abroad

As UK investors turn away from traditional overseas property investment destinations such as Spain, France and the rest of the troubled Eurozone, a new list of favoured places to invest is emerging with Canada leading the way.

Fifth of Spain’s low-cost airline passengers fly into Palma

Spain’s Institute of Tourism Studies (IET) has recently revealed that almost one fifth of the 32.2 million passengers who chose to fly to Spain with low-cost airlines between January and October this year landed in Mallorca’s capital - Palma.

Record-breaking Arctic explorer becomes temporary “Snowbird” in Gibraltar

Gibraltar may be teetering on the brink of winter but one man who won’t be reaching for his fleece in Ocean Village this week is long-time Arctic explorer Gilles Elkaim who just sailed in on his expedition boat, Arktika. Base camp for Gilles is some 300km north of the Arctic Circle in Finland where he will shortly be returning to run his popular human-canine adventure camp in sub zero temperatures.

Marvellous Mallorca

Mallorca has enjoyed a generally positive 2011. Whilst mainland Spain has been hit with a severe property slump, this treasured Balearic Island has maintained its stronghold as a superb and highly desirable investment destination.

Florida tops charts for residential real estate sales to foreigners in the US

According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Florida is the epicentre for international real estate transactions in the United States and accounted for almost one third of the nation’s foreign investment in 2011.

Superyacht stampede at Gibraltar’s Ocean Village

As proof that Gibraltar’s Ocean Village is a superyacht magnet, this week a sextet of heavyweight vessels cruised in all requiring berths. Thanks to 2010’s Premier Berth expansion programme, there was space for all as well as a fantastic photo opportunity for passersby.

From delivery boxes to delivery room for O’Neill family

It is said that moving house is up there with divorce and family loss for stress levels. Imagine how Simon and Carmel O’Neill felt as they packed up their London home in preparation for Anglo Pacific World Movers to ship back to New Zealand and baby Violet Rose Veronica O’Neill appeared some five weeks early.

Hong Kong hosts US properties conference

The annual US Property Conference launches next month in Hong Kong. The bi-annual conference provides a platform for investors throughout Asia to better understand the ownership opportunities available in the US markets and features experts in the fields of market analysis, taxation, legal, immigration and finance.

World Cup announcement throws spotlight on Natal’s infrastructure

FIFA has this month announced its schedule of dates and venues for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Natal, capital of Rio Grande do Norte, will stage four matches in its new Arena das Dunas stadium including a high-profile ‘Group A’ game, the very Group that host nation Brazil will find itself in.