2011

Getting ready to rent in Cyprus

Preparing a holiday home abroad for the rental market takes a lot of organising, especially when you live in the UK. We asked reader and rental-virgin Rowena Sait how she maximised her time in Cyprus when she visited last month to kit out her new townhouse for paying holidaymakers...

31 May 2011

Amanda Lamb column June 2011

The perfect holiday home is as elusive as the perfect man, but compromise and you can still be blissfully happy together...

31 May 2011

Rentals: Fact or Fiction?

Many second homeowners don't realise just how much their rights as a landlord differ abroad from here in the UK. Here we warn of the repercussions of not planning your rentals properly and outline ways of navigating overseas tenancy laws.

31 May 2011

Meet the… boat charter operator

Six years ago Laura Çetinkaya, 34 and from London, quit her City job and headed to Turkey for a career break. She never came back and now, after marrying locally, helps run a boat charter firm in Altinkum.

31 May 2011

Be My Guest… in France

This month's Brits offering rental accommodation to holidaymakers are a family who turned their backs on a busy London lifestyle to open a gîte complex on the west coast of France.

31 May 2011

Home from Home: La Axarquia

This month our tour of places that appear on the British expat's radar takes us to a pocket of southern Spain with a rich Moorish past, pretty mountainside villages and authentic lifestyle.

31 May 2011

Phil and Eileen Hardy, Hardy Estates

Brits wind up working as property agents abroad for all sorts of reasons and many have great stories to tell. This month we meet the husband and wife team of Phil and Eileen Hardy, who sell homes in Paphos, Cyprus

31 May 2011

Island earners

Anyone looking for a buy-to-let holiday home should consider the Canary Islands, a long-term favourite for both British and continental holidaymakers, with solid year-round returns. We check out the main options...

31 May 2011

Invest in Brazil: The nuts and bolts

Brazil's developing real estate market has been well publicised, but where do you start if you want to tap into it? To point you in the right direction, here we home in on two areas and highlight different types of investments available in each

31 May 2011