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Bulgaria Spa Tourism Opportunities |
Date posted: 12.10.2007 |
Land prices have soared around half-a-dozen spa resorts that were developed in the communist era as private investors position themselves in a new market segment. |
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Turkey Attracting New Visitors |
Date posted: 12.10.2007 |
Leading tour operators in Turkey have predicted a surge in the number of visitors from Russia and the Ukraine. |
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Bulgaria Decreased Investment |
Date posted: 11.10.2007 |
The average return on investment in property has decreased since the beginning of 2007. The slump is most obvious in holiday and residential units – it is set at less than 5 per cent a year. |
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Croatia Price Correction for Zagreb? |
Date posted: 11.10.2007 |
There is some anecdotal evidence to support the theory that the residential market is headed for a correction, or that a correction has already started. |
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Morocco IMF Praise for Progress |
Date posted: 11.10.2007 |
Morocco has recently being referred to as ‘remarkable’ by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in recognition of its economic progress over the last year. |
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Latvia Inflation Up Again |
Date posted: 10.10.2007 |
Consumer prices soared in September throughout the Baltic region, surpassing analysts’ expectations and sparking new fears of macroeconomic imbalances that could eventually lead to hard times. |
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Lithuania Luxury Developments |
Date posted: 10.10.2007 |
Real estate companies and developers say the luxury market is still small or in development states in Klaipeda, Kaunas and Vilnius, but there are many exceptions. |
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Romania Spanish Biggest Investors |
Date posted: 10.10.2007 |
During the first half of this year, more than 500 Spanish companies arrived on the Romanian market and registered a level of invested capital five times higher than in 2006. |
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Slovakia Real Estate Tax Guide |
Date posted: 10.10.2007 |
A guide to taxes that foriegn investors need to pay on Slovak real estate together with the processes involved. |
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International Spanish Prices Fall |
Date posted: 10.10.2007 |
The forecasted apocalyptic crash has not materialized, but has Spain really escaped the house market storm that has broken in America and now threatens the rest of Western Europe? |
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Egypt Record Increase in Tourists |
Date posted: 09.10.2007 |
The number of people choosing to take their holidays in Egypt has gone up this year, according to new figures. |
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Turkey Tougher Planning Rules |
Date posted: 09.10.2007 |
New proposals from the Ministry of Forest and Agriculture in Turkey are aiming to restrict the intensity of construction generally in the country. |
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Egypt Reduced Property Tax |
Date posted: 09.10.2007 |
Egypt's Finance Minister Youssef Boutros Ghali said the government plans to reduce property tax to 8% of annual rental value from 46% |
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Bulgaria Online Tourist Increase |
Date posted: 08.10.2007 |
New research on the current state of Bulgaria's tourism industry is generally positive, with increasing numbers of tourists booking their trips online. |
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Bulgaria Sofia Steelworks For Sale? |
Date posted: 08.10.2007 |
Sofia's chief architect has told journalists that Kremikovtzi should be closed down and turned into a modern high-tech business centre with skyscrapers and shopping malls. |
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Bulgaria University Property Row |
Date posted: 08.10.2007 |
The management of Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, is trying to enter a building-construction deal for 18 000 sq m it owns in the eastern part of the Bulgarian capital. |
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Bulgaria Buyers Move Away From Coast |
Date posted: 08.10.2007 |
While until recently, Brits were prone to buying property at Bulgaria’s Black Sea resorts, now they were more and more turning their attention to residential and vacation property, offered at the winter ski resorts and the big cities. |
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Lithuania No Major Crisis Ahead |
Date posted: 08.10.2007 |
Lithuania's economy will face more challenges ahead, but has little risk of "a major crisis," credit rating agency Moody's said on Tuesday. |
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Turkey Turkey Hot - Spain Not |
Date posted: 08.10.2007 |
As prices of property in Spain have dropped for the third month in a row, interest in Turkish property is continuing to increase. |
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International Yields Down in East Europe |
Date posted: 08.10.2007 |
So much money has been filtering into central Europe that yields in capital cities are now only a whisker over those in western Europe. |
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International Buy-To-Let Bright in East Europe |
Date posted: 08.10.2007 |
Buy-to-Let investors should start looking to Eastern Europe if they want to make good returns nows that the UK market is becoming unprofitable. |
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International Spanish/French Price Drops |
Date posted: 06.10.2007 |
The value of British holiday homes abroad in Spain and France has fallen by as much as 15 per cent in the past three months. |
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Turkey Boom Year For Bodrum |
Date posted: 06.10.2007 |
A new luxury ferry route from Istanbul and a second terminal at the airport coming means that prices in some resorts in Bodum have risen by 25% over the past year. |
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Montenegro New Portal for Ulcinj |
Date posted: 05.10.2007 |
A new website (www.TravelUlcinj.com) will be the first Montenegro-based web portal dedicated to travel and tourism and general economic development in the scenic Ulcinj coastal area. |
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Turkey Istanbul Rental Guarantees |
Date posted: 04.10.2007 |
Developers in Istanbul are starting to offer investors guaranteed rental returns, as are often given on property in Turkey's resorts. |
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Egypt Resort Auction Fiasco |
Date posted: 04.10.2007 |
A government auction for a piece of land due to become a new luxury tourist resort ended in fiasco when none of the bidders could keep their promises. |
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Serbia Plan To Double Tourism |
Date posted: 04.10.2007 |
Serbia expects to collect some USD 500 mln from tourism by the end of this year, with aims to double this by the end of 2008 |
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International Albania = High Risk |
Date posted: 04.10.2007 |
Widespread corruption plus a lack of legal structure and a bankrupt goverment makes investing in Albania a risky enterprise. |
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Romania Look Beyond Bucharest |
Date posted: 03.10.2007 |
Bucharest is big business in Romania, but now other cities and towns are gradually emerging, demonstrating that there are more investment opportunities beyond the capital. |
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International Emaar Enters Algeria |
Date posted: 03.10.2007 |
Emaar Properties PJSC, the Dubai-based property developer with a significant presence in 16 countries, has marked its entry to Algeria with four mixed-use projects of development value $20 bn. |
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