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Better Homes, plus better value! That’s how Globalprops.com helps the buyer. But, if you are a real estate agent today, you will need more than better homes.

The International real estate agent today, will need to offer their better homes, plus better web marketing. Most International property agents just settle for a nice looking web site.

One site that looks like it’s set to outperform other global property sites is Globalprops.com. Their web marketing skills allow them to create a brand new site for an estate agent, then make the site rise through the ranks until it reaches the top of the major search engines on almost any given keyword, or phrase.

How do they do it? Well, that will remain with their web master. But if you want a better site, for for your homes for sale, the surprise is IT’S ALL FREE!

So,

• you get a free web site for your International homes for sale
• you get your properties listed on another international property portal for free
• and, you don’t have to lift a finger!

Read on here….

Looking for the dream Italian property for less than £250,000?

How about this fantastic restored villa, set in a sublime location, in the untouched area of Italy, known as Puglia ( Apulia ).

The Italian property is set in the  area of Fasano. It is a trulli of 180 sqm in a sublime panoramic location. The property has 3 bedrooms, off entrance hall/lounge, large kitchen, large storeroom or additional bedroom, bathroom. A Plan is available at the featured Italian property estate agent site.

There is additional accommodation in a converted stable, currently an apartment with 1 bedroom, kitchen bathroom and cellar.

The Trulli also has a car port and the external patio areas all have stone paving. The land, with various trees, extends for around 8,000 sq m. Short distance from the sea.

View this bargain trulli villa in Puglia here.

Fractional ownership property in the Algarve is becoming a cheap way to own an apartment on a golf development in Portugal.

One development that has successfully offered fractional share property in the Algarve is Pestana Golf Resort.

The dream of owning a beautiful holiday or retirement home in the Algarve with its warm climate the unique and superb beaches and golf courses involves a major financial investment and is sometimes difficult to justify if the property is only used occasionally. There is an Alternative: The Four Owner Plan at the Pestana Golf Resort Carvoeiro a convenient rotating system gives each owner the opportunity to enjoy the mild climate of the Algarve throughout the year. For a relatively small investment you become part owner of a freehold property which is yours to enjoy throughout the year on a rotating basis. With three other independent parties you own a luxury apartment at Pestana Golf & Resorts each quarter secured by individual title deeds.

Prices range from €85,250 to €145.900 for Apartments to Linked Villas with the popular four owner plan. The owners can use the property for thirteen weeks of the year. Pestana Golf Resort Four Owner Plan is a freehold purchase and the Title Deeds are registered with the Land Registry in Portugal.

Buying fractional ownership property, through this well proven system, considerably reduces the cost of ownership as it is split into four equal parts each owner using the property for thirteen weeks of the year. This system has been devised whereby each owner is not limited to any one period of the year. For example during one year they may occupy the property during April August and December and in the next year March July and November. Each property is purchased fully furnished the interior being designed to ensure comfort and luxury using the highest standards of furnishings and fabrics.

Pestana golf resorts professional management team takes care of the maintenance and administration of your property. These personalised services allow you to fully enjoy your leisure time in your home. With each purchased period ownership brings a range of generous reductions within the group which include reductions on green fees reductions for your guests etc. Golf membership for two people is offered with each period membership also brings reduced bar & restaurant bills at the three clubhouses.

Elite Realty are members of the International Estate agents Global Property Network called Globalprops where there are estate agents from all over the World offering a wide choice of properties for sale including fractional ownership offers.

To view an example of a fractional ownership property in the Algarve, on the Pestana Golf Resort, go here.

Spanish estate agent, Coles of Spain, have a bargain property for sale.

Priced at just €99,000 ( about £80,000 … go here to make an accurate currency conversion), this 2 bedroom golf apartment is an absolute bargain.

This first floor apartment has just been reduced, as it’s now a distressed property sale, and is set in the sublime location of Valle del Este golf resort in Andalucia, Spain. The apartment is fully furnished. The golf is great and superb value. Access to the Mojacar area is fantastic by air, land or sea and it’s difficult to find a cheaper golf property for sale.

The course is around 15 minutes to the beach and Valle Del Este has its own beach club offering a very good restaurant/bar and outdoor pool. The airport of Almeria is around 45 minutes and Murcia is 1 hour and 10 minutes away. The development of Valle del Este offers great facilities such as a luxury hotel, an 18 hole golf course, golf club, pro shop, driving range and practise putting area. The hotel offers a fitness club and spa treatment centre. Valle del Este also has a Commercial centre with bars, restaurants and shops. These facilities are a short walk from the apartment AN AMAZING OFFER!

The International Property agent’s network, Globalprops, has this Spanish based estate agent as part of their global property network. They have many distressed bargain properties for sale in the Almeria region of Spain.

View the apartment here.

Luxury Algarve property agent, Elite Realty, have just become another Portuguese estate agent to join the Global Property Network.

They are based in the Western Algarve town of Lagos and offer a wide range of luxury properties for sale. Whether you are looking for an Oceanside villa with far-reaching seaviews, a farmhouse in the country, a holiday home or an investment home, the ladies at Elite Realty will be able to help.

Sara and Sandra are both Portuguese and, if they don’t have what you are looking for already on their books, they will use all of their local contacts to find you that perfect home in the sun. Offering homes for sale in Western Portugal makes their job relatively easy. The location is stunning. There’s miles of sandy beaches, small private coves and gorgeous private villas set in sublime locations.

Visit Elite Realty for great value luxury homes for sale in the Algarve.

Ocean Country, Estate agents based in the Algarve, Portugal, have joined the Global Property Network. They have been selling in the Portuguese property market, in the western Algarve, with experience that dates back to 1964.
With such reliable background, they are able to offer unrivalled local knowledge with independent and unbiased advice to anyone interested in buying or selling property in the Western Algarve.
Ocean Country offer all the services that you would expect from leading real estate specialists, which include:
• Sales
• Valuations
• Property Search
• Property Investment Consultancy
• Property Management
• Construction

Ocean Country have offices in Lagos and about 6 km west of Lagos, at Praia da Luz – an hour’s drive from Faro International Airport. Luz has a superb sandy beach and the village is set within a gorgeous bay of safe clear blue water. At Praia da Luz you will find a broad range of water-sports and will be spoilt for choice with the many charming beachside bars and restaurants. The cliff pathways above the beach afford excellent walks.
Passing westward from Portimão along the glorious 4 km long beach of Meia Praia that comprises about half of Lagos Bay, the beautiful walled historic city of Lagos, marks the beginning of the western Algarve which includes the Costa Vicentina Nature Reserve. With a lively cosmopolitan atmosphere and within walking distance of several splendid beaches, Lagos possesses a busy marina, a choice of attractive bars and restaurants, and a delightful palm-tree lined promenade that comes into its own on those long hot summer evenings.

The pleasant fishing port of Sagres in the Algarve’s southwest corner, comes to life during the summer months as a centre for ‘serious’ surfing, diving and fishing. Close by are the dramatic and historic rocky headlands of Cape St Vincent and Cape Sagres, on the horns of the windy crescent of the Bay of Beliche. Cape St Vincent is Europe’s most southwesterly point and, up to the end of the 15th century, was considered, literally, the “End of The World.”

All west-coast beaches are excellently suited to all types of surfing, body-boarding, kite-surfing or wind-surfing. Spectacular west-coast beaches include, Martinhal, Amado, Bordeira, Arrifana and Odeceixe.
Moving inland you will find the Monchique mountains, and the small highland town of the same name lies some 2000 m above sea level in the midst of rich green forest. With spectacular views of the surrounding mountains and the coastline, Monchique provides an often-welcome break from beaches, holiday resorts and the general hubbub of the coast. Here you can breath in the clean air with its delicate perfumes of wild thyme, arbutus, eucalyptus, bougainvillea and mimosa.
To choose from a selection of coastal and inland properties for sale, visit Ocean Country’s site, Algarve Ocean Property.

While you may be stepping into relatively unknown territory by buying property in the Algarve, plenty of foreigners have done it before you. There is a well- established procedure and there is no shortage of sound advice available on all aspects of buying a home in the Algarve.

The Algarve climate is one of the healthiest and most pleasant in the world. There is sufficient seasonal variation. The winters are never too cold and the summers never too hot. The skies are predominately blue all year round. The ideal place to buy a property abroad, you might say.

The Algarve has managed to retain its timeless “old world” charm and traditional values even though it is an integral part of an ambitious, forward-looking nation, and tourism is its major economic activity.

The nation’s constitution and well-founded legal system give overseas buyers and property owners the same fundamental rights and protection as those enjoyed by Portuguese citizens.

Air links and telecommunications facilities are excellent. Faro and Lisbon international airports serve buyers of property in Portugal well. With the internet, you can be as globally in touch as you want to be.

The Algarve region is best known for its spectacular coastline, including scores of glorious beaches. Less known, but equally attractive, is its hinterland of vineyards, olive, almond, carob and fig trees, rising to rolling hills and the plains of the province of Alentejo beyond.

Language is generally not a problem and, anyway, you will enjoy picking up at least a smattering of Portuguese. You can get by in English or German, as long as you understand the Portuguese all purpose expression that sums up any and all of life’s minor travails: “não faz mal” – “it doesn’t matter.”

A cost of living table compiled by the London Sunday Times on prices in the UK, Holland, Belgium and Italy, augmented by a fair comparison made in Portugal, showed that the same basket of 22 groceries cost much the same-around £50 – in Portugal, Holland and Belgium, £10 less than in Italy and over £30 cheaper than in the UK.

The only things completely missing here that you may find in sunny places such as Italy, Spain, France, Greece, Florida or the Caribbean are …. hurricanes, sweltering summers, pollution or high crime rates.

To deal with a Global Property Network agent, when looking for properties for sale in the Algarve, visit TheAlgarveProperty.net and choose from some of the best value properties for sale in the Lagos and Luz region of West Algarve.

Coles of Andalucia, a family run Estate Agent who specialise in property sales and relocation in Spain, have just joined the successful International property website Globalprops. They are based in Los Gallardos, near to Mojacar Playa in Almeria, Spain. Simon Cole is the principal partner who, together with my wife Rachael and two children relocated to Spain for a better quality of life and to enjoy the superb climate that the country has to offer.

The reason they chose to relocate to Spain is becoming an all to familiar story for many people. The rising cost of living in the U.K, the worrying problems socially and the kind of environment our children are growing up in, all collectively led them to ask the question “there must be more to life than this”. They started to explore different areas so they could find the perfect home to emigrate to in Spain. After many visits to the Costa Del Sol, Costa Calida and the Costa Blanca decided they were not the kind of Spain they wanted.

The property search led them to the Costa de Almeria, and on our first trip one night in the old town of Mojacar, Rachael looked at Simon, smiling and said “This is the place isn’t it”. They knew this was the ideal place to buy a property.

Almeria is a different kind of Spain, it’s a more traditional Spain that has not and more importantly will not develop out of all control. There are tight build restrictions that also include restrictions on height so nothing can be more than three storeys high which leads to a more sympathetic development and skyline.

The coast around Mojacar is also a destination still enjoyed by the whole of Spain. As a consequence, Spanish culture, traditions and lifestyle are alive and thriving. Couple that with immense diversity of the landscape with mountain ranges, coves, bays, desert, skiing, beaches and forests, you begin to see why this region captures so many hearts and that’s before you get to the wines and cuisine.

Having already devoted his career to date within the property industry, the natural progression on arriving in Spain was to move into estate agency with one of the market leaders here in Almeria. He then went on to form Coles Of Andalucia to offer a more comprehensive and personal service. Regardless of your reason for purchasing a property here in Spain, if its a relocation,investment or a holiday home, its comforting to know that every angle is covered by a company that cares about its customers and its reputation.

Transferring your mortgage payment, or pension, abroad need not cost you a fortune every month.

If you use your bank to make a mortgage payment, or pension transfer, overseas, it´s likely that you will be much more than you need to in charges, commissions and the currency exchange rate.

As more and more people have chosen to retire overseas, the banking system is set to gain from this migration. However, whether you have a state pension or a private pension scheme, the taxation treatment of your money may be different depending on the arrangement that the UK tax office has with your new homeland. Relying on conversations with friends, who have already moved abroad, is useful. But, take great care to get the right information from the tax office.

If you are a UK resident and choose to retire in the United States, you will currently benefit from annual increases in your state pension. If you choose to retire to places like South Africa, New Zealand or Canada, your pension is likely to remain at the level that it was when you moved abroad.

Variations in tax law may mean that you may also have to pay more tax, or possibly pay tax in both Countries as the money originates in the UK and you are spending it abroad.

Before moving abroad, I suggest you have a word with a Tax specialist in Pensions. They could save you a great deal of money.

Currency Exchange.

Now that you have established what you are likely to receive from your pension while living overseas, it is worth discussing your plans with a currency broker. Currency Exchange dealers can save you a great deal of money when you are making regular monthly payments.

Ratheer than rely on the good nature of your originating bank to keep the costs down and to give you a great rate of exchange, why not go to a currency conversion specialist like fx-foreignexchange, who have a simple system for making these monthly transfers?

Because it´s simple, it´s cheap! You instruct your bank to transfer the monthly pension payment to fx-foreignexchange. At the end of the month, the presiding rate of exchange is applied to the pension amount and the money is converted into your destination currency. The money is then transferred to the bank account in your new home country without commission or transfer charges. Often, if fx-foreignexchange have a bank account in your destination country, there won´t be any receiving charges either.
It´s efficient and cost-effective.

The value of your source currency, against the exchanged currency, can be fixed for a given period ahead. If you don’t wish to transfer your money now, you can book the rate of exchange now, for a date ahead.

To discuss how best to make a currency exchange into euros at the best rate, talk to a foreign currency exchange specialist. visit fx-foreignexchange, or call 01480 458400.