Buying an international holiday home or overseas investment property? Take a look at our international property guides for useful hints, tips and advice.
guide to buying a property abroad
The process of buying a property abroad should be a systematic process. However, it often starts as an impulse decision, driven by emotional rather than rational considerations.
mortgages for international properties
It might not be the most exciting part of buying a holiday home in the sun but the decision about how to finance your purchase is an important one. It is vital to get your finances in order.
country guides
Whether you are buying property for investment, a holiday home or you are thinking of migrating, our international property guides contain useful hints, tips and advice to get you started.
lonely planet guides
Choosing your dream property abroad can be one of the biggest decisions of your life. Our Lonely Planet guides ensure you have the most relevant and up to date destination information at your finger tips, to help you make the right choice.
- Australia
- Barbados
- Bulgaria
- Cyprus
- France
- Italy
- Morocco
- Portugal
- South Africa
- Spain
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
a golf home is no handicap
THE RISE and rise in development of golf-side homes has been one of the truly remarkable phenomena of the property market in recent years...
top tips for buying a ski lodge
Ski property has been growing rapidly in popularity over the last few years, and one reason is that it can be difficult to book in the best resorts during peak weeks such as February half-term, and is likely to cost you an arm and a leg.
local slant on the eco-home
An eco-home overseas can mean something quite different from an environmentally-friendly property in the UK. For one thing, in hotter parts of the world, energy is more likely to be consumed cooling a house down than heating it.
guide to letting a property abroad
Congratulations! You have found your property, overcome the legal and financial hurdles and have the keys. But just when you think the work is over, the bills start landing on the doormat...
checklist before moving abroad
- When moving into a property abroad, organisation and planning are vital. This guide lists some important things to consider like insurance, finances, tax, utilities and cheddar cheese!
using foreign exchange for your mortgage
In an uncertain world, there are few things harder to guess than foreign currency movements. Yet as the owner of a property abroad, you will have to get involved with exchange rates.
using property search agents to buy property abroad
Ideally, searching for a property abroad would be a labour of love involving sunny days exploring areas of your chosen country. Sadly, the reality for most of us is very different.
buying guide - Rhône Alpes
A huge region that stretches between Burgundy in the north and Provence in the south, Rhône-Alpes includes the cities of Lyon, Chambery, St Etienne and Grenoble, the remote area of the Ardeche, as well as the plum parts of the French Alps.
buying guide - Midi Pyrenees
Midi Pyrenees is the region of south-west France that sits immediately above the Pyrenees and Andorra, and is dominated by Toulouse at its centre. It is the largest region in France – bigger than Denmark or Holland – but does not include any coastline.
buying guide - Languedoc Rousillon
If Provence accounts for half of France's Mediterranean coastline, Languedoc-Roussillon has the other, less celebrated half. It may not be the first choice playground of the rich and famous, but the coastal region which stretches...
the varied region of south-east France
The south-eastern corner of France is possibly the most varied of all the country’s regions, embracing Alpine mountains, the glorious Provencal countryside, and the pulsating life of the French Riviera...
Normandy landings
The main attraction of Normandy is that it's a short hop over the Channel - theoretically even commutable if you work in Kent - and yet is like entering another world from the crowded south-east corner of England...
insight on Aquitaine
Aquitaine in the south-west of France is the country's largest region, stretching from Poitou-Charentes in the north down to the Spanish border in the south, and encompassing some of its greatest treasures...
country case studies
If you are thinking of buying a property overseas whether you are buying a villa or apartment for investment purposes or as a holiday home, check out the articles below about how other people fared, and pick up some tips to ensure your project goes smoothly.
- France
- Spain
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Cyprus
- Dubai
- Greek Islands - Corfu
- Greek Islands - Crete
- Portugal
- Italy
- Italy - Umbria
- South Africa
- Switzerland
- Turkey
top ten tips for 2009
Now is the perfect time to get the best deals on property overseas, and BuyAssociation.co.uk Property Editor Paul Collins picks out ten of the best places to find them in 2009.
USA - California
It's the Golden State. America's east coast often feels familiar to Europeans, but the west coast has a quite different feel. Southern California has a climate that is hard to beat; and some of the most glitzy addresses...
USA - Florida
It's eight hours away; it has a Caribbean climate with a first-world economy and infrastructure; and it attracts some 76m tourists a year. Property that would be considered...
USA - New York
It's been called the City that Never Sleeps, the Capital of the World, and of course, The Big Apple, but as well as being one of the most exciting and dynamic cities in the world, New York probably has a greater obsession with...