Thursday, May 17th, 2012

The gap between earnings and house prices has been drifting further and further apart over the last few years, making it impossible for many wannabe homebuyers to bridge the distance, but now, with the current economic climate, a recent report has shown that housing fortunes have improved slightly in the six countries surveyed…

A multi-million pound facelift of the ageing Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne – home to the Australian Open – has been announced in a bid to stop rival cities poaching the famous Grand Slam event and luring the valuable publicity and tourists away from Melbourne…

New research from the Halifax has revealed that a large proportion of first time buyers are unsure of what the acronyms and technical terms related to mortgage jargon mean, thus making it difficult for them to make an informed decision when it comes to choosing the best product to suit their needs…

Applying for a visa to emigrate to another country is like living on a knife edge as that one piece of paper could determine where you spend the rest of your life – now, instead of sending off the application and hoping for the best, the new Australian online visa system makes it possible to check the status of your application and visa entitlements at any time…

Last week, it was announced that Russian investors have applied for planning permission to build a brand new Disney resort in Cyprus, which would be the largest ever single investment made on the island – TheMoveChannel investigates what this would mean for the tourism and property markets in the country…

There has been a spate of ‘win a property’ competitions recently as homeowners look for increasingly creative ways to offload their house during the credit crunch without losing out on price – but now, one New Zealand couple has fallen foul of the law by attempting to do just that…

Traditionally, international investors have not been permitted to buy property in Croatia, but, from next month, all that will change and foreigners will be able to buy homes on the same terms as local Croatians – something which should provide a huge boost to the property sector…

TheMoveChannel.com, the leading international property portal, has announced the launch of a completely free Bulgaria property guide to help investors and lifestyle buyers through the process of making a successful property purchase in Bulgaria.

Commuting to work via capsule pod – now there’s a thought – and, having spent an hour squashed into someone’s armpit on the London Underground this morning, I think it sounds like an excellent one – now Abu Dhabi looks set to make it a reality with its zero-carbon, zero-waste city…

Although Italy was voted the most popular European destination by readers of the Daily Telegraph Newspaper last year, tourism chiefs are keen to boost visitor numbers further and have decided to concentrate on attracting golfers…