Overseas Property

Buying Overseas Property

Buyers Guides for over 43 European and International countries.

Buying property, especially overseas can be a frustrating experience. David Stanley Redfern Ltd endeavor to make buying a property overseas a simple and even enjoyable process. We do this by giving as much attention to customer service as we do to selling property, and by providing after sales care for as long as our customers require it. Our sales and customer care team have years of experience in the field and are on the end of a phone to help you with any aspect of an overseas property purchase – before, during and long after you make it.

Property abroad is becoming a popular choice for investors, but it can also be very trying, especially when buying in emerging markets, which are often the most popular, but also often the most difficult to buy in, depending on the local infrastructure, banking facilities and how readily available information is, on the above and the area in general. David Stanley Redfern make the process easier by striving to work with the best partners in any area we have property in, and by staying on the case to make sure we have up-to-the minute news and information at our fingertips when we answer customer enquiries.

Overseas property investment is not rocket science; it can be broken down into two main steps.

1: Choose the right location(s)

In our advice the first step should be choosing the right location for your purchase, you may want to choose more than one location that is suitable, but perhaps no more than five. The location you choose depends on the type of purchase you are making:

If you are planning on buying a home to emigrate or retire to, or a holiday home with no intention of renting it out when not in use, you will probably start your search with a location in mind, if so please feel free to go on to step two. If not, then the factors you will look at when choosing your location will primarily be a place you would enjoy spending your holidays, or the rest of your life, does it have the amenities and facilities you and/or your family will need, are there enough activities in the area to keep your family entertained, and is it the climate for you, i.e. skiing enthusiasts will be looking for snow etc.

Those buying as an investment to earn a regular income as soon as possible will be looking primarily for strong tourism and good rental yields, as well as all year round rental potential. If you're in the market for a long term investment, to grow in value over years and sell for a massive profit, you will be looking for strong capital appreciation, and possibly low prices. If you want a combination of the two then obviously you're looking for all the above. Shrewd investors tend to look first at the emerging markets of the day. Current emerging markets are the Eastern European states including but not exclusive to Ukraine, Albania and Montenegro, Latin American markets like Costa Rica, Argentina and Brazil, and Asian markets like Cambodia and the Philippines.

Those buying as a holiday home to rent out when not in use will be paying even more attention to location. Skiing enthusiasts will be looking for good skiing conditions, and sun bathing enthusiasts will be looking for a warm climate, possibly for the biggest portion of the year. You will also be looking for high rental yields.

2: Choose a suitable property

Again this isn't rocket science, but it does depend on a lot of factors:

• Budget
• Location
• Family-size
• And type of purchase (investment/holiday home, investment only, or holiday home/home only).

And possibly even more factors come into the decision depending on your circumstances. That is why location and type of purchase were covered in step 1, because it is wise to fix as many variables before starting your overseas property search, it is preferable that the only variable left when you start searching is what property you are going to buy. In any case when you have decided on your budget, a choice of 1-5 top locations for your family, and what type of purchase you are making, searching for a property will be a lot easier, in fact the new search facility at the top of most pages on this site, lets you refine your search so that only properties within the above parameters are displayed.

Don't forget, on the phone numbers at the top of every page you will always reach a friendly member of our sales team, who will be happy to help you with every aspect of your potential purchase.

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