Casa Quest has the largest and most varied selection of property for sale in Tenerife, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria). The site is aimed at buyers, sellers and investors. It provides a wealth of information about the Spanish property market and the buying or selling process.

Sale options
When selling your property in the Canary Islands you can either go through an agent or sell it privately yourself.

Selling through an Estate Agent
An agent will normally charge you between 3% and 10% of the agreed return price for selling your property.

Depending on the value of the property, this can be a significant amount of money. For example, an apartment for sale at an asking price of 150,000 euros, would be subject to an Agents fee of 7,500 euros at 5% commission.

For this fee, most agents will advertise your property in press & magazine adverts as well as on their website.

Real estate agents in Spain generally take a very hands- on approach to the sale of your property. They’ll look after everything for you, from initial property search and market advice to arranging legal proceedings and conveyancing.

Selling privately
The obvious advantage with selling privately is that you don’t have to pay the agents any commission.

That said, you’ll have to do all your own advertising – you need to let potential buyers, who are looking for a property like yours, know that it’s available. Communicating back and forth with numerous would-be buyers can be quite time consuming. You’ll probably need to seek legal advice too (to be on the safe).

Selling your property through Casa Quest
Casa Quest offers a unique advertising opportunity. Instead of just putting your property on one agent’s website, it allows you to advertise to a wide audience across a network of establish and reputable web sites.

It’s one of the best ways to reach people looking for property for sale in the Canary Islands. Here are just some of the properties you’ll find on Casa Quest…

Tenerife

1 Bed Apartment in Golf del Sur
Good size apartment on popular complex, excellent for rentals all year round. Fully furnished, terrace, communal pool.
Price: €94.000 EUR
£ 62.700 GBP

Fuerteventura

1 Bed Apartment in Corralejo
Beautiful spacious 1 and 2 Bed apts. Close to the beach, sand dunes and harbour. Up to 100% mortgage available and guaranteed rental scheme.
Price: €120.000 EUR

Gran Canaria

4 Bed Villa in Maspalomas
Beautiful four-bedroom villa in a very quiet area of Maspalomas. Has the option of two separate large apartments – ideal for guests or as a large family home.
Price: €580.000 EUR

How it all began
Casa Quest is the brainchild of Dr Paul Johnson, a retired British medical practitioner. After living and working in Tenerife for ten years he saw the difficulties that can come with buying or selling a property in the Canary Islands.

With the help of Sorted Sites – leading local web development agency, Casa Quest was created. This unique and very complex site took several months to create. It’s now up and running since 2003.

About the team
They’re an independent property company that work with some of the best English-speaking estate agents on mainland Spain, Lanzarote, Tenerife, Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria. With over 10,000 estate agent properties in the magazine and online, Freedom4sale is an absolute must for anyone looking for property for sale in the Canary Islands. They’ve recently branched out and now include other “hot” investment areas around Europe.

Featured Article – Emerging markets & established locations
As the world’s beaches are becoming more and more congested, people are looking further a field for their dream home in the sun.

Recently, British estate agents have begun marketing beachside developments in places like Cape Verde, the Seychelles, Mauritius, Belize, Brazil, Réunion and even Nicaragua. But some traditionalists, most British buyers in fact, continue to look to more established locations, like Spain, the south of France and Greece.

Paradise found (In Europe)
If you’re lucky (and have millions of pounds to spend) you can easily purchase that luxury dream villa, just steps from the beach, in stylish St Tropez or racy Monte Carlo. If not, extensive research is the answer to finding your dream property.

The Algarve, in Portugal, is a popular choice for buyers on a fairly standard budget. Here, £300,000 will buy you a place fit for a king. This area is less densely developed than Spain but has the same climate, a very sophisticated infrastructure and some truly amazing beaches.

In Portugal, properties are well built and the government has limited the number and scale of new developments, meaning less likelihood of the overdevelopment problems they now have in Spain.

In Quinta do Lago (just 20-minute drive from Faro airport) you can buy a two-bedroom villa with a terrace for between £270,000 and £350,000. This area has become very popular with English, Brazilian and Portuguese buyers. Ayrton Senna (the racing driver) once owned a villa here.

Spain and the Canary Islands still have a massive range of coastal properties available. On the mainland, however prices have dropped by as much as 20% from their 2006 highs, whereas on the Canary Islands prices still appear to be rising. Many investors are now pulling out of the mainland and investing in the Canary Islands, Tenerife in particular.

Cyprus also has a large volume of coastal properties and they’re going incredibly cheap. For a large house or villa in the Paphos and Limassol area you’d pay as little as £150,000. The south of Cyprus is now heavily developed. Properties are a lot cheaper in the north but ownership issues remain a problem.

Another area where you can find your dream villa at realistic prices is Sardinia. This is one of Europe’s best-kept secrets, but not for long! In Costa Paradiso, in the northwest of the island, you’ll find three and four bedroom villas for just £250,000. For one and two bedroom flats, prices start at as little as £90,000.

Freedom4sale Membership
If you’re serious about buying or selling anywhere on Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote or Gran Canaria you should set up your own freedom property account. With this you’ll be able to keep track of the properties you are most interested in, stay updated with the latest properties coming on to the market and much more.