Property for Sale in the Canary Islands (Online Magazine)
Freedom4sale is the number one property magazine and web site portal for Spain and the Canary Islands.
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.
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