The Old World boasts famous property regions and a developed market…
Last December, I highlighted the top 10 property markets to watch in 2020. One place on the list that I was especially hopeful for was Greece. In the early 2000s, I spent extended time on a work assignment in Athens (happily running on frappés for 10 hours a day). Back then the city was turned upside-down—developing […]
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Since I introduced you to the shores of Northern Cyprus two weeks ago, we’ve had major interest in this emerging haven. No surprise when this corner of the Old World represents the best bang for your buck in the Mediterranean… Prices for property that’s frontline to the beach start as low as US$50,000. We call
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2020 was never meant to be a strong year for the Irish property market. Good news for you, dear foreign property buyer… Remember, long before coronavirus, there was the little matter of Brexit next door. And on Jan. 31, with terms still to be agreed, the U.K. officially walked out of the EU. Economists had
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White-sand beaches… warm water… year-round sunshine… and one of the healthiest diets in the world… For sun and sand lovers, it’s hard to beat the Mediterranean lifestyle. Yet when most people think about living and investing in the Mediterranean region, it’s the hot spots along the Spanish Costas and the French Riviera that spring to
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An apartment for sale in the French Riviera for 69,000 euros… Must be a pile of rubble, right? Au contraire, mon ami… The property I’m looking at, 60 square meters in size, comes to the market in
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In an episode of This American Life recorded back in 2000, writer David Sedaris takes host Ira Glass on a tour of Paris—his adopted home. Here’s how Glass introduces Sedaris… “Two years ago, at the age of 41, barely speaking French, David Sedaris moved to Paris. He had no special feelings about France, no particular
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Over the last couple of years, prices in some areas of Lisbon have pushed beyond 10,000 euros a square meter… Considered in the context of European capital city prices, that’s not necessarily a crazy reality… but in the context of Portugal, it is. But it’s also a superficial interpretation of this market. Those prices are
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Back in 2014, I wrote the following for Overseas Opportunity Letter readers: For decades, Tramore has been popular with local tourists (especially from Dublin) who flock here for the miles of golden sand and the small-town resort feel. Until fairly recently, though still drawing the crowds every summer, the promenade had a run-down and shabby feel to
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A day-trip to Barcelona or Cambrils? The biggest decision my family had to make over our two weeks spent on the Costa Dorada (Gold Coast) in Catalonia, northeastern Spain, came down to this. Our 12-year-old architecture fan rooted for Barcelona. His two younger brothers sided with him—in the hopes of a visit to Camp Nou
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In the spring of 2010, my family spent a month touring Montenegro. A couple of weeks into our trip, we zigzagged along mountain roads to leave behind the March showers that pelted Kotor Bay and ascended through the clouds until we reached the snowed-under ski resort of Kolašin. In a country about the size of
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