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Hello Everyone, A property slump will hit the South Island over the next three years, but the North Island's cities will weather the downturn, says a report due out next month. The Info metrics/PMI Residential Overview shows Auckland and Wellington will hold strong against property...

Hey lukas, The development that is ON the beach has now SOLD OUT. A new site has been purchased and a new development will be released in September. The prices for this new development will be in the same range as those that have just sold out. This will be 300m back from the beach, with...

Oh dear. I have seen this happen. mostly with blocks of apartments when obvious discrepancies exist between the declared sale price of identical properties. If your friends confess their wrongdoing they will pay a fine, plus the IMT they should have paid. The developer will pay a fine, plus...

Hey people, First off, this site is fantastic, has provided me with hours of reading and learning material. I?m a complete newbie to property investment but after reading a couple of books on the subject, can't wait to get started. However, I don?t want to get caught out and have a couple...

Hello Firstly, I would like a mortgage in Euro's Secondly, I have not long been here and I am self employed. That means I have to make a down payment of 40% as opposed 10% for offshore and being regularly employed in Germany. As a self employed person in Germany, I must also have to submit two...

Hello, I'm trying to get an UK expat mortgage for buying a German property and as hard as I have looked, all the UK and offshore companies I have contacted can't offer me one because, it's Germany. I don't want to go through a German Bank either. Anyone know different? I mean, how hard can...

Hi Malachi, I own a brand new semi detached house 10 km east of Malaga. 300m of the beach, fantastic sea view, rear and front garden, underground garage. tranquile area. Ready to live in. I can send you more details and photos if you are interested. See you soon

Hey, Does anybody know whether there is an equivalent to UK Premium Bonds in France? We live in the South-West and our son is 5 months old and was born here, so unfortunately we can't set up any UK trust accounts or buy P.Bonds for him. Thanks

Hi everyone, Just thought I'd share an experience that my wife and I have just gone through. A while ago we decided to buy a plot of land and build a house. we searched around and eventually found a plot of land of 1000 sqm on a really nice, terraced "lotissement" just outside the town of...

Hello Brandon You might still need to go over to pick some estate agents who can than take care of it for you. I'm sorry that might not be of much help to you Thanks

Hey Guys, I'm still thinking over everything we would need to consider if we decide to return to the UK and I have just spent a couple of hours getting totally confused about tax stuff. I was wondering if anybody can let me know if I understand things correctly. I am currently a US permanent...

Hello Marc, Greenwich is nice, as is neighbouring Blackheath, although may be a little expensive. Seems to be lots of green space in that corner of London, with the heath and Greenwich Park, transport links are good as well. Never rated Wimbledon, neighbouring Putney is quite nice, but again...

Hello all, I am a US citizen living in the US. I will soon begin receiving ss benefits (over 65),and wonder if I should move to or go to another country to visit for an extended period, would I still be eligible for those benefits? I do not plan to work in another country. Places I'm...

Hey , Ways to immigrate to Europe, as an American? What are the ways to immigrate to Europe, as an American? From my reading, it seems that there?s only a few ways: 1) Apply through the Skilled Worker Program. Is it correct that England is the only country in Europe that has a Skilled...

Hi all, Increased consumer spending pushed economic growth to its quickest rate in two years in the second quarter of 2006, official data showed on Friday. The Office for National Statistics said GDP rose 0.8 percent on the quarter and 2.6 percent on the year, unrevised from the initial...

Hi Properties built before 1951 are exempt from the requirement of presenting a habitation license on the day of escritura, and do not need a habitation license. However, if built after 1951, and habitable (i.e. not a ruin) a habitation license must be presented. It is normal to ask the...

Sorry to put a spanner in the works, but have you thought about what you are going to live on. You will have to eat and pay bills as you do in the UK. Jobs are not that easy to come by in Portugal unless you speak the language and then they prefer to give the jobs to their own people...

Before you leave home A) Insurance- what does it cover? How vigilant do I need to be? You DO need to prepare your insurance before you leave home. The insurance premiums are also high. Make sure that you check that your insurance policy covers you in China. Often they don?t. Thanks Kai

I came to work in Yiwu from London UK. So far i have seen very little expats if any from Europe or the US.... There are many expats from the middle east and asia.. but thats about all. Mostly people come for short business trip, very few stay. Thanks Kai

Hundreds and hundreds of them in the small ads of the Portuguese daily papers. Agencies won't help you as they don't make any money from rentals ! Thanks Kai