
Dmitry, an entrepreneur from Moscow, bought a holiday home in Alicante on the Costa Blanca in 2014 with Tranio. One year later, we met with him to see how things were going.

It's easier to buy property abroad when your family is behind you. This is how three sisters in their early sixties, Irina and Marina and Irina bought a holiday home in Torrevieja.

Spain has returned to favour in the eyes of the Britons amid economic growth in the UK, falling interest rates, a weak euro and rising political instability further ashore.

Dmitry, a Tranio client, has a business in Slovenia and children to educate. He tells us how, by buying a flat in Ljubljana, the country’s capital.

Eugene, chief executive of a major Russian company, first considered buying property abroad when he took up yachting. We talked to him after he bought a villa in Catalonia near a marina.
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Taxes in Bulgaria are relatively low in comparison to other European countries.
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Title deed transfer tax in Austria is 3.5% of property value.

Marina told us what makes a good overseas real estate sales manager and what the ideal property buyer looks like.

Tatiana (47), a lawyer from Moscow, and her husband had other reasons to buy a property in Hungary’s resort town of Hévíz: it will get their son, who’s studying in Europe, an EU residence permit.

Ageing population is a hot topic in Europe and with many countries facing this unresolved challenge, retirement homes are quickly becoming an attractive market.

Italy and France have equal visa regimes and attractive climates but foreign investment interest is highlighting differences between these two neighbouring states.

Elena, a Tranio client, decided to invest her family’s savings in an apartment abroad that could be leased out.

Steve, an English expat in Moscow, Russia, bought a flat in Spain. Two years on, we asked him for the British perspective on Spain’s real estate, buyer’s remorse and bureaucracy.

Daria Burimova and Svetlana Grishina, sales managers at , are well acquainted with the shores of Lake Iseo and ready to share its property secrets

Greece’s property market is in the grips of stagnation amid talks of Grexit, the country’s possible EU exit. There are 250,000 houses unsold at the moment, says Greek real estate agency E-Real Estates in its new report, and last year’s sharp price slide shows no sign of recovery from its 17% drop in 2014.