Latest Overseas Property News from Beat The Agent
Beat The Agent feature in "A Place In The Sun" Magazine
Beat The Agent, the overseas property For Sale By Owner website has featured in the latest issue of "A Place In The Sun", the UK's leading overseas property magazine.
The feature is entitled "Bag yourself a Bargain" and discusses the benefits of cutting out the estate agent fees in overseas property sales.
Beat The Agent's Michael Johns...
15th April 2009
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Benidorm Not the Be All and End All for Costa Blanca.
On the eastern Spanish coast, the Costa Blanca is one of the most popular regions for tourists and people who want to buy and sell a property in Spain. The Costa Blanca enjoys more than 315 sunshine days a year and an average temperature of 18-19C so here at Beat The Agent we can see why thousands of people go there on holiday, fall under it's spell...
7th April 2009
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Overseas Property Top Rental Destinations
Beat The Agent have recently conducted a survey to find out which destinations are the most popular in terms of number of holiday homes available for rent.The results will not surprise many people, the perennial favourites top the charts as we expected.We took the number of holiday homes available for rent from many of the leading online property shops...
2nd April 2009
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Upturn in Property for Sale in Brazil
We are seeing increasing numbers of people who want or need to sell property in traditionally popular countries such as Spain. There can be no doubt that the recent economic climate has contributed to this trend.
Beat The Agent are in no doubt that Spain will come back in popularity, long term it is simply to good a proposition to deny. Spain...
25th March 2009
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Oman Opens Up to Buying and Selling Overseas Property
Oman, so often overshadowed by adjacent Dubai in recent times is seeing plans for overseas property development come to fruition in a controlled and efficient manner.
Officially “the Sultanate of Oman”, the country offers a less glitzy proposition when compared to its brash neighbour – there is no sprawling metropolis which...
18th March 2009
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Super-Rich Overseas Property Madness!
Beat The Agent thinks that this story may interest you in these uncertain times. Even the mega-rich need to think carefully about how they buy and sell an overseas property given the current economic climate!Russia's biggest billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov was going to buy a Belle Epoque mansion on the hills of Villefrance-Sur-Mer in the South of France...
9th March 2009
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HSBC Expat Explorer Survey 08
The Expat Explorer survey questioned 2,155 expatriates across four continents about the opportunities and challenges they face. The survey revealed some fascinating insights into how expat life differs from country to country.
Amongst the report finding was a list of the top countries based on Longevity - Attracts new expats and where expats...
18th February 2009
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Versace Blows Cool Air In Dubai
Beat The Agent loves property in Dubai but we have learnt that fashion house Versace has caused an uproar with environmentalists after unveiling its plans to build the world's first refrigerated beach in Dubai.
The beach, next to the new Palazzo Versace hotel, is expected to be artificially cooled to avoid Dubai's searing summer temperatures....
2nd February 2009
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Virgin Expands Routes
Beat The Agent can tell you that long-haul airline Virgin Atlantic is expanding its services from Manchester airport to Barbados and Orlando, Florida and from Gatwick to Jamaica as of May this year. The company said that extra seats will be available on all services and it also plans to resume its Heathrow to Mauritius service staring in November 2009...
