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Poised over the 14th green of Monte Mayor Golf & Country Club’s picturesque course, Casa Colina is in one of the resort’s best locations for views. Golf, mountains and the Mediterranean make for a very pleasant outlook from the infinity pool.

Island city Abu Dhabi, capital of the UAE, is an interesting place in which to invest right now. The authorities are mindful of the day when oil runs out and diversifying into financial services and tourism, with some incredible projects underway.

No stranger to winning awards, Bolt Property Group has just added a brace of CNBC-sponsored European Property Awards to its trophy cabinet scooping up Best Property Spain for both villa F1-36 and F1-18, the latter at the highest five star level.

Titan Properties cite their professional approach to real estate as a major contributing factor to success in this years’ CNBC-sponsored European Property Awards as they walked away with Best Real Estate Agency Spain.

Award-winning Spanish Property Portal, Kyero.com announced an industry-first collaboration with Proptrack, a property management system for estate agents.

After 25yrs at the forefront of the Spanish property market, Mercers see their recent award win at the CNBC-sponsored European Property Awards as an endorsement of their business and a real pat on the back for a quarter of a century of hard work.

Portugal provides a close-to-home property option for Northern Europeans tempted to warmer climes. And with three distinct coastal regions to choose from Portugal really does offer something ‘old’, something ‘new’ and something ‘blue’…

Award-winning international architects, Diseño Earle, announce the launch of a bespoke service providing turnkey design and build projects of iconic modern design but with a difference.

Brazil's ‘less is more’ approach allowing the beaches, climate, cuisine and locals to speak for themselves is what attracted Richard and Nicola Hobday, both 38 from Surrey, to buy their first overseas property in this popular S. American nation.

Following their 2007 success at the CNBC-sponsored European Property Awards, Kyero.com has been voted Best Spanish Property Portal of 2008 - outright winners in their category.

Connectdirect4property.com has launched their new website offering owner direct property marketing and sales to potential buyers in Spain. The site, designed and promoted by adclixpro.com Malaga offers affordable....

The probability of good investment in Mallorca is generative and varied, for this reason we offer you the chance to select and reserve your choice property directly online.

Costa del Sol stable place that has overbuilt property and at the present time furnish outstrips purchase.

Kicking off at the Worldwide Property Show in Dubai on October 23 and moving to the same-titled event in Bahrain on 29 October, Morocco’s multi award-winning Le Jardin de Fleur resorts are set to highlight their projects to their Gulf counterparts.

Now boasting five CNBC-sponsored Arabian Property Awards, Le Jardin de Fleur is now rolling-out its who’s who of hotel operators. Hot on the heels of Radisson Hotels & Resorts, Best Western Premier and Hivernage have now signed on the dotted line.

The Brazilian property market is already riding the crest of a boom, but now even the currency is co-operating as the Real has weakened by over 8% against the dollar in the last month alone. This makes that beach property more affordable than ever.

As Russian stockmarket tumbles investors are selling shares and ploughing into ‘safer’ havens with property emerging as an option. It's not Russian property they’re keen on but overseas, and Spain’s Bolt Property Group is feeling the effects.

Few would argue that Pipa Beach is northeast Brazil’s pick of the bunch, but some would prefer to take the plunge on a key-ready, luxury villa rather than an apartment – and at little over 200,000 gbp for three bedrooms and sea views, why not?

North Africa’s smallest nation, Tunisia, may be mightily overshadowed by near neighbours Morocco and Egypt in the current property press; however the country is set to make a big impact.

GEM Estates (Global Emerging Markets) was established in 2004 in response to the biggest shift in the overseas property market. The world became the investor's oyster - with 'emerging' the new buzzword. Emerging markets however are not for everyone.

When London-based Gilles Acogny, 47, a seasoned investor, was deciding his next move he wanted to be sure of the credentials of the development he was throwing his hard-earned pennies into… Brazil’s Quinta da Lagoa passed muster.

As months pass another set of dreary figures are posted by the Spanish Ministries. However, where there’s distress there’s opportunity and Costa Cálida-based Mercers is experiencing increased sales figures as bargain-hunters come out in force.

As rare as hen’s teeth the villas at Atalaya Fairways are paragons of design excellence in a sea of mediocrity. Clean white contemporary lines create spaces flooded with light. Starting at 885,000 euros there is nothing better in the price bracket.

Guido Bauer Real Estate Agents in Torrox Costa Malaga Spain just announced the launch of 2 new websites & website re-design of their main website. Guido Bauer S.L. contracted a local firm AdclixPro SEO & Website design to design & build the websites

When the Times put Tropea at nº1 in its ‘Top 20 Beaches’ report the assumption was ‘best’ equals ‘expensive’. Whilst they were right about Tropea’s style icon status, they were less-so about price. At Tropea Beach Resort chic is cheap.

Like many women battling the bikini bulge, some of Titan Properties’ Portuguese portfolio has shaved some pounds off for the summer. Here’s what’s on offer…

Property prices have rocketed in Brazil over recent years and if investors could turn the clock back 18 months, knowing then what they do now, they would have snapped up several prime units and be feeling pretty smug today.

Imagine you could buy into a 6-star Cape Verde resort for 6,000 euros, take ownership upon completion in 2010, have nothing to pay until 2015 and 100% confidence you could get money back if the developer went bust – introduce the Exchange Bond.

For Brazil the credit crunch may just as well be the fabled breakfast cereal. Whilst the London stock market shrank by 1.5% during 2007, its São Paulo counterpart expanded by 93% due to a flood of foreign investment, a chunk went into real estate.

EFG-Hermes, a regional investment bank has reassessed its earlier prediction that the Dubai housing market would soften by mid-2008. Prices in Dubai's housing market are still holding out and demand is strong.

You may think it is too difficult to buy waterfront property in Dubai. If so think again. This dynamic, outward looking city is ready to go and ready to grow.

Once visited by only very few, word has got out about Uruguay and buyers are now flocking to the flourishing internationally-renowned beach resorts offering ideal locations for overseas homes.

Small but perfectly formed, Panama is continually ranked amongst the top five places in the world to retire to and, with the US dollar as legal tender, Panama got even more appealing for Brits whose pennies now stretch a whole lot further.

With the UK economy faltering and oil prices nudging the 150$USD a barrel mark (more than double January 2007) long haul travel is quite simply becoming prohibitive for a large sector of British citizens. It’s time to holiday closer to home.

Every rule must have its exception and in terms of the Spanish real estate market that exception is Jerez. Whilst much of Spain is feeling the heat of a slowdown, this Andalucian city is happy in the knowledge that its property prices are going up.

Specimens of pure modern architecture are hard to come by on the Costa del Sol and supply is struggling to keep up with demand. With its clean architectural lines, villa E15 in Monte Mayor Golf & Country Club is likely to be snapped up quickly.

Step into the shoes of Hadleigh Bolt, Proprietor of Bolt Property Group, constructors of multi-million euro villas in Spain’s elite La Zagaleta, and you’ll have an insight into just how ‘funny’ some of the requests from the rich are…

Whilst unashamedly five star marrying high qualities with extensive facilities and property designs inspired directly from the ancient walled city of Marrakech in Morocco, Al Johara is also the first resort in the area to cater to family living.

Spain’s largest golf resort Costa Esuri, covering 6.5 million square metres of land and encompassing 6,000 properties and two 18-hole golf courses is already eyeing the finish line less than five years since breaking ground.

Titan Properties has been ferrying clients between Spain’s western Costa de la Luz and Faro Airport on the Portuguese Algarve for almost five years. Now the company has made the logical step of adding eastern Algarve property to its portfolio.

A few stones have been thrown at the condo-hotel industry recently. With Duchy Estates currently promoting Kasamia’s condo-hotel Pueblo Acantilado Suites near Alicante in Spain, it’s an opportune moment to see if these criticisms are justified.

Radisson Hotels & Resorts, part of a leading hotel chain operating over 330 establishments across 53 countries, has selected a brace of Le Jardin de Fleur resorts within the resort of Mediterrania Saïdia for its first foray into the Moroccan market.

An early off-plan purchase means early bird prices but the by-product is a long wait before you can enjoy your first holiday or cash your first rental income. La Piazzetta offers completed prime sea-view units from an incredible 66,800 euros.

The purchase of a plot for self-build within golfing communities such as La Zagaleta and Monte Mayor Golf & Country Club is an excellent way of taking advantage of relatively low land prices and keeping Spanish construction workers off the streets.

The city of Jerez is known for its fortified wine however few realize it’s the cradle of the gypsy-Andalucian art of flamenco. In order to redress this balance the Council of Jerez is building its ambitious project ‘La Ciudad del Flamenco’.

A 17% drop in value for the pound against the euro versus this time last year. British investors are talking themselves out of an overseas purchase, but many are scaring themselves unnecessarily and crunching the wrong numbers.

Spain is still the number one destination for Brits wanting to buy abroad. But unfortunately many have been caught on the hop, with the weakening of the pound against the euro and are having to postpone the purchase of their dream home in Spain…

Many shrewd property investors are sitting on tidy profits whilst those who disbelieved the capital appreciation claims rue missed opportunities. It’s not too late, there are high returns yet to be realized if you get the formula right.

Sol do Atlántico Resort & Spa in northeast Brazil is in full throes of construction with completion expected for the last quarter of 2008 so there’s still capital appreciation to soak up but there’s no interminable wait for the keys.

The majority of Cape Verde property purchasers hope for consistent rental income coupled with a little personal holiday usage each year. Most sign up for sandy Sal but could these buyers be forgetting the elephant in the room–established Santiago?