Before you extravagantly wipe tens of thousands off your selling price in a bid to entice buyers to look at your property, there's now a much cheaper and sensible way.
'Buy in the Algarve', (a site owned by UK based 'Rent in the Algarve'), now offers a unique walk-through presentation of your property, commentating on all the positive aspects, (often overlooked in written details), then discussed and broadcast live from different backdrops all across the Algarve.
This week’s property pick is a spacious three-bedroom villa in western Algarve, within walking distance of the beach in Praia da Luz. This home offers lots of space and light and features a heated pool set in a pretty irrigated garden.
Located in a quiet area of Praia da Luz, just a short walk from the beach and close to the town’s amenities, this villa offers a wonderfully relaxing atmosphere to come home to. Whether you are retired, coming home at the end of a hard day’s slog, or simply visit regularly, this is the definitive place to relax without the beach-front price tag.
The president of the Association of Portugal Hospitality, Luís Veiga, says the government’s ‘best year ever’ announcement for last year's hotel tourism sector should be taken with a huge pinch of salt, stopping one step before calling it a lie.
No records have been broken in hotel occupancy, Viega assured the media, adding that the figures for last year did not even reach 2007 levels.
Formula1 champion Ayrton Senna’s luxury Algarve villa is for sale.
Senna was three times world champion and was killed in an accident at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix at Imola, he had won the title three times in 1988, 1990 and 1991.
Investing in a holiday rental property is a rather different undertaking than buying a second home. The searching, viewing and purchasing process requires a different mind-set, with a focus on how to maximise income rather than on the purchaser's personal taste.
It's not something that comes naturally to every buyer, explains Chris White, Founding Director of boutique real estate agency Ideal Homes Portugal.
Great investment villa near Albufeira - This stunning three-bedroom villa on the outskirts of Albufeira has a feature swimming pool, terraces and landscaped garden. It boasts over 200m2 of comfortable living space - ideal for permanent living or rental investment.
Priced at just €410,000, which with the current favourable Sterling exchange rates, is just over £301,000, this spacious two-storey home is situated just five minutes west of Albufeira in the small urbanisation of Sesmarias.
Olhão has the lowest property prices of any Algarve county, making it an ideal ticket for entry into the coveted Algarve region of Portugal. Meravista.com looks at current market values in Olhão and how they compare to other areas.
Of the sixteen municipalities (counties) of the Algarve, Olhão, in the east, is the most recently inhabited. Straddled on each side by the ancient Roman cities of Ossónoba (now Faro) and Balsa (now Luz de Tavira), the town of Olhão did not come into being until the 17th century due to its astounding reserves of fish and seafood.
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