Overseas property articles

From 2021 to January 2025, Russians, according to official data, were the most active among foreigners in the real estate market in all regions of Cyprus except the capital; Among those who bought an apartment in Limassol, the island's busiest and most businesslike city, were Anna Booth and her husband.

Elizaveta and Jan Krismanov, a young married couple from the Moscow region, moved to Budva following their friends in the wake of post–war immigration about three years ago; At first the family rented an apartment, but soon bought their own - with a magnificent view of the Adriatic; Elizaveta, a dog handler by profession, arranges overexposure in her apartment: she takes "visiting" a couple of dogs, in addition to their pets; We talked with Elizabeth about how she, her husband and mother chose and bought an apartment, and how they live in Montenegro.

One of the painful consequences of sanctions for Russians is the difficulty of opening accounts in foreign banks, in most cases it is impossible to get this once simple service at all; In which countries and in which banks is it still possible to open an account? What is needed for this? How has the situation changed over the past two years? Read our article.

Our material is addressed primarily to individuals who place ads on the portal, but it may also be of interest to market professionals; We have collected tips given to inexperienced home sellers by the American specialized publication Bob Vila, and supplemented them with our recommendations.

Starting from 2022, Thailand is again in the zone of special attention among real estate investors from Russia; So, in the 1st quarter of 2023, Russians purchased 10% of all housing objects sold to foreigners, taking 2nd place after the Chinese; Many buy apartments or villas on the coasts as a holiday home, and some fans of this country decide and to move; The heroine of our column "Personal Experience" Anastasia Korolkova managed to become the owner of a pretty studio with a sea view in Pattaya, then part with her to put things in order and find something more spacious and suitable for life; We asked Anastasia to share her story.

Traditional Christmas fairs, which open in November-December throughout Europe, help to create a special atmosphere of joyful anticipation; on Christmas Eve, according to the Gregorian calendar, we will take a virtual walk through European cities and find out where the most delicious spicy pastries are sold, and where you can taste the most fragrant mulled wine.

The large city of Mersin in the southeastern part of Turkey on the Mediterranean coast, which until recently was not at all heard of (unlike the resort Antalya and Alanya), is becoming increasingly popular with foreigners; Russians and Ukrainians are actively buying real estate in the coastal areas of Teje, Tomyuk, Arpachbakshish, the town of Erdemli, many are moving here The family of Ksenia and Izmail from Krasnodar shared with us their experience of buying an apartment and moving to Mersin.

Every year the popularity of long-term rental housing abroad is growing more and more, read about all the key points that future tenants will have to face in the most popular countries in our new material.

The era of restrictions on movement around the world is not over yet: first there were coronavirus lockdowns, now there is a phase of sanctions, which also affected the fact that it is not always easy to get from one point of the world to another, but everything is possible – read about it in our new material.

Buyers of foreign real estate are actively interested not only in built objects, but also in land plots; in the new material, we have prepared for you an overview of the most interesting offers in this segment.