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Fly to let - Overseas property investment news
The Fly to let RSS news feed delivers essential and up to date news on all matters relating to investment property overseas, and the overseas buy to let market. This feed is aimed at UK based ovesreas property investors.

• Property investment for those with a good wine palette
  A property company is claiming its latest opportunity can give Fly to Let investors the chance to make 100 percent profit in just three years. Ready2invest has 48 one acre residential land plots within a planned 5-star resort in Mendoza, Argentina. The Castillo Country Estate & Spa is a 300-hectare development, 21,000ft below the Andes...
• Converted historic spa offers exclusivity
  A rare chance for a Fly to Let investor to purchase a property converted from what was once one of the most exclusive spas in Europe is now available. Until four years ago, the former thermal day spa of the Medici family in Florence had fallen on hard times. It had been lost for centuries and was being used as a garage...
• Tourists set to sail into new Turkish marina
  Fly to Let owners with property around Didim on the West coast of Turkey will benefit from an increase in tourism when the new $50,000,000 Dogus Marina is completed in April 2009. Although it is not fully built the development is already boosting tourism and trade in nearby locations and on neighbouring Greek islands, including Samos...
• Downturn in Spanish property prices could boost Fly to Let bookings
  The downturn in perennial hotspot Spain’s fortunes has created a lot of column inches of late. But some property specialists claim it's not all doom and gloom because if you are a Fly to Let home-owner in Spain, the current crisis could well be a blessing in disguise. The past has proved that sun, sand and sea proved a winning...
• US property market tops charts for second successive month
  The US is still a great draw for Brits looking to invest in property overseas, according to one overseas property investment specialist. A 'Top of the Props' monthly poll based on the number of enquiries to the www.themovechannel.com website found that in October 2008 the US held the top spot, ahead of popular destinations including...
• Christmas crackers available on the beach in Natal
  Back in 1597 the Portuguese Governor General of Brazil ordered the expulsion of a group of rather unwelcome French pirates who had been occupying this north eastern part of the country for several years. His orders were obeyed and on 6 January 1598, the Christian holiday of Epiphany, the victors set about building the ‘Forte dos Reis Magos’ (Fort of the Three Wise Men)...
• Boutique style restored apartments in historic French town
  Fly to Let investors are waiting for details of the rental package being offered on seven apartments which have just been put up for sale in the old French town of Briancon which was recently awarded UNESCO status. The Residence de Temple apartments range in size from 32.16m sq for a one bedroom apartment with cabin to 83.58m sq for the top floor apartment. Prices range from 185,000 euros - 455,000 euros...
• Montenegro prime minister hopes for early entry into EU
  The announcement that Montenegro is to apply for full candidacy of the EU before the end of this year is expected to have a massive effect on other property markets in the region. During a visit to Bosnia this week, Montenegrin prime minister Milo Djukanovic told a press conference in Sarajevo that the country will...
• Credit crunch will not stop holidaymakers from getting away says survey
  There was some good news for Fly to Let Property owners recently when figures showed people are still planning to continue holidaying through the credit-crunch. One report released by the airline Monarch said that Cyprus, the Canary Islands and Malaga are currently their most popular destinations but that Spain is still overall more popular...
• Flight searches to India remain high despite terrorist attack
  The number of Fly to Let investors in Thailand has been increasing due to the fast growth in tourism. It was feared the recent Mumbai terrorist attack would deter travellers, but so far this has not been the case says flight search engine Skyscanner. The Mumbai attacks left almost 200 dead and the political protests in Thailand led to a temporary state of emergency...
• Voluntary personal information becomes compulsory for visitors to the America
  Fly to Let owners with properties in the US may be wise to warn their customers that as of 12 January, all visa waiver passengers travelling to America will have to apply for permission three days in advance, according to strict new US border regulations. According to the US Department of Homeland Security, around 6.5 million British nationals visit the United States each year...
• Missing canoe man and James Bond help raise Panama profile
  Panama is being heralded as having something for everybody when it comes to Fly to Let investment as buyers have a choice of mountains, beachfronts or city life in Panama city itself. Ironically tourism interest in Panama, which has grown substantially in recent years, was given a boost by the headlines surrounding 'missing' canoe man...
• Spain gets a boost as long haul flight tax doubles
  Fly to Let owners in Spain may soon benefit from a boost in the numbers of tourists travelling to the country following news that those flying to destinations such as Singapore and Australia will be hit by a doubling in air passenger duty. Chancellor Alistair Darling’s new Air Passenger Duty rate changes mean that flying to Europe will cost £12 in...
• Taste of tropical paradise for investors in Sugar Beach
  The 100 million dollar redevelopment of what is claimed to be one of the most exclusive retreats in St Lucia is shaping up with construction work beginning on the resort's spa. Fly to Let investors are being encouraged to invest in villas on the Sugar Beach development set within the 192 acres of rainforest in Saint Lucia’s Val de Pitons.
• French Alps continue to appeal to British Fly to Let investors
  A developer in the French Alps reports that a quarter of the buyers of properties sold off-plan in its latest new scheme are British. As construction work gets underway at Le Telemark, a new residence de tourisme of 57 ski-in/ski-out leaseback apartments at Tignes Le Lac...
• Don't think distressed, think SNIPs
  There are some exceptional bargains in this current market place and those savvy enough or financially able to purchase, are getting some phenomenal homes, claims Serge Cowan, the MD of Unique Living. He said: "The property industry calls homes that have been reduced 'distressed sales' but I think this is something of a...
• AlpenParks offers bank guaranteed 6 percent yield for investors at Hagan Lodge
  Austrian ski resort developer, AlpenParks, is offering British Fly to Let investors the option of a guaranteed return of 6 percent per annum for three years on a mountainside chalet at the Hagan Lodge ski resort. AlpenParks recently launched in the UK offering authentic chalets on the side of The Loser Mountain in Ausseerland.
• Fall in UK travellers going to USA says Skyscanner
  Fly 2 Let investors with properties in America will be concerned by a report from flight search engine www.Skyscanner.net that suggests the strengthening dollar, the credit crunch and recession woes have led to a fall in UK-USA flight search traffic.
• New partnership offers safe and secure buying process in Spain
  Tales of Fly to Let investors who have fallen foul of Spanish 'Land Grab' laws have made some potential purchasers wary of buying property in the country. To overcome these problems UK house builder Taylor Woodrow de Espana has partnered with accreditation scheme Safe Buying Experience (SBE) to help ensure purchasers in Spain offered a safe and secure process.
• Positive international property market predictions for 2009
  The financial landscape in 2008 has been dominated by dramatic declines on stock markets and currency crashes. This has resulted in instability in many nations' economies as the very fundamentals upon which stable economic practices are built have been undermined. However, in certain