2011

Property prices down 5.6% in Spain

The price of property in Spain has fallen by an average of 5.6% over the last 12 months, according to the Official House Price Index from the country's Department of Housing.

9 November 2011

What were you doing in March 2004?

We were younger, thinner and busy launching the first ever issue of A Place in the Sun magazine; we are now just as busy working on the 100th issue which will hit newsstands across the UK 2nd January 2012.

7 November 2011

World's most expensive home sits empty

Multi-billionnaire businessman Mukesh Ambani refuses to move into his US$1billion for fear that it will bring his family bad luck...

6 November 2011

Are you thinking of buying a property in southern Spain?

The producers of A Place in the Sun are looking for Brits that are planning to buy a property in southern Spain to take part in the latest series of the show...

6 November 2011

New Zealand house prices at record high

Property asking prices in New Zealand have reached a record high as sellers are increasingly upping their demands to capitalise on the rising appetite for real estate in the country.

4 November 2011

Japanese government plans to build Tokyo ‘back up’ city

The Japanese government has announced plans to build a 'back up' city on the outskirts of Tokyo, which would house 50,000 residents and 200,000 workers in the event of a serious earthquake or tsunami.

3 November 2011

Norway voted best place to live

A survey conducted by the UN has revealed that Norway is the best place to live in the world.

3 November 2011

Be the King of the swingers in a new kind of treehouse

It's one of the most polluted cities in Europe, but Milan is going green with a unique new housing development which incorporates a vertical forest.

2 November 2011

Buy your own Venetian lagoon

Santo Spirito, an island in Venice's lagoon has been put up for sale by Italian real-estate investors for more than 20 million euros.

2 November 2011