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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.