Articles by Julia Naymushina
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Portugal unveils new Golden Visa rules
Portugal has announced new requirements for its Golden Visa programme, which will increase minimum investments requirements for several categories, reported Investment Migration Insider. These long-awaited changes will come into effect on January 1, 2022.
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Barcelona to ban the room rentals for less than a month
Home owners in Barcelona will no longer be allowed to rent rooms out for less than 30 days at a time, as the city’s council seeks to prevent the spread of tourist rentals, Idealista reported.
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Sicily’s Delia becomes the latest town to offer 1 euro houses in Italy
Italy’s 1 euro houses are still popular in 2021. The municipality of Delia in Sicily has become the latest Italian village to launch an initiative to sell old and derelict houses for €1, a report by Idealista showed.
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Experts see promising 2021 for Austria’s real estate market despite pandemic uncertainty
Following a record performance by Austria’s real estate market last year, experts say 2021 too is off to a promising start.
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Quality education and strong passport attract immigrant investors to Greece
Greece’s strong passport and high quality educational institutions are expected to attract immigrant investors in 2021, following a fall in demand from real estate investors last year.
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‘Luxury’ homes in Turkey to attract new tax
High-value homes in Turkey will now attract an additional tax as the country implemented its new ‘Valuable House Tax’ after a year’s delay, Turkish news portal Hurriyet Daily News reported.
EU house prices record steady growth in Q3
House prices in the European Union rose by an average of 5.2% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2020, a report by Eurostat showed. House prices in the euro area increased by 4.9% annually in the same quarter.
House prices in Cyprus fall 5% in Q3
Residential house prices in Cyprus fell by nearly 5% in the third quarter of 2020, compared to the previous quarter.
Prague property prices soar despite pandemic
Low interest rates and easier regulation led to a recent boom in the Czech real estate market. Even as other sectors of the economy struggled due to the pandemic, the Czech housing market continued to grow, reported Czech Radio
Norway’s economy returns to growth, real estate market gains momentum
Improved domestic demand on the back of easing pandemic restrictions led to Norway’s economy posting its biggest quarterly expansion since at least 1990.
New disclosure norms for Swiss property owners
Swiss homeowners' associations will be forced to disclose information about apartment owners from 1 January 2021.
Global real estate is getting more expensive, despite the pandemic
Global house prices strengthened in the third quarter of 2020, despite travel restrictions and other challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic.
Spanish cities top list of expats’ preferred destinations in 2020
The Spanish cities of Valencia, Alicante, Malaga and Madrid have emerged as four of the ten most popular destinations for expatriates to live in this year.
Portugal fast-tracks citizenship for children of ‘golden visa’ residents
Children born to Portuguese golden visa holders can now obtain citizenship by birthright, even if their parents have lived in the country for only 7 days in a year.
Europe’s 20 best destinations for American expats
A new list of rankings by travel website Best European Destinations (EBD) reveals the most preferred places in Europe for Americans to live, work, retire and start a business in.