South Africa

There’s been a growing trend of cash buyers dominating the European and overseas property market. What began as a trickle at the turn of the century has now turned into a flood.     Back in the past, it was only British and Scandinavian buyers who used to invest in properties in Europe, especially in Spain, Portugal and Greece. Now, we have Chinese, Russian, Middle Eastern buyers,...

There are tens of thousands of articles on buying overseas property, but very few that offer any advice to sell your overseas property. So if you have a property abroad that you would like to sell, where do you turn to for quality information? That’s the gap we have sought to plug with this blog.     Most international property markets are small, unregulated and inefficient, so it is...

After perusing the top international real estate websites to sell your property abroad fast, it's obvious that property investment and ownership are no longer limited to one's immediate vicinity. Many people see offshore business investments as a good way to diversify their portfolios or take advantage of the Golden Visa programmes that certain countries employ to entice foreign...

There is no question that cash rich buyers from Norway are today among the most prominent investors of overseas property in Europe. We will explain the socio-economic factors that have led to Norwegians becoming such major investors in overseas property in this article, but first, let’s talk about where they are buying.     Well, they are buying in Spain, of course. The last few years...

Cape Town is a port city on South Africa’s southwest coast, on a peninsula beneath the imposing Table Mountain. Slowly rotating cable cars climb to the mountain’s flat top, from which there are sweeping views of the city, the busy harbor and boats heading for Robben Island, the notorious prison that once held Nelson Mandela, which is now a living museum.   Do you have a property for sale in...