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Marie McLaughlin and her husband Peter in their home near La Rochelle in west France

Rent out your home and move abroad

Waiting for the economy to pick up? Why not rent out your home for 12 months and escape abroad

Los Angeles: the home moves of Mark Wahlberg and Eddie Murphy

Lord Byron enlisted to save Tuscan villa

Conservationists in Livorno are fighting to preserve the Villa Dupouy, where Byron stayed for three months in 1822

Germany unveils its garage in the sky

A team of Berlin architects have designed the ultimate living space for those that love their car: the drive-in apartment

Russian oligarch pays record £392m for villa

The Riviera property market has been startled by the price paid for Fiat tycoon Gianni Agnelli's former villa

Forward Marche

Finding an unexploded shell in the bedroom was only the first of many surprises for Christine Toomey when she set about renovating a hilltop...

Is your holiday home under threat?

Airline cutbacks leave holiday-home owners worried they will be left stranded, says Emma Wells

India's race to be green

Buying property in the world's top resorts

How far will your money go in glamorous destinations like St Tropez and the Seychelles?

Joe Calzaghe invests in property overseas

the world boxing champion can retire in style, thanks to his canny investments in Europe, the Americas and Turkey

Zhang Xin and Pan Shiyi: Beijing's It-couple

Meet the property tycoons who made a fortune at dizzying speed – and whose futuristic designs are reshaping their city

Upwardly mobile: Gisele Bündchen

The Brazilan top model is suffering from a drop in house prices

I'm moving from France to the Gulf

After eight eventful years, Helena Frith Powell is bidding France au revoir

Villas for the super-rich in Ibiza

There’s a new villa boom on the Mediterranean's party isle - and the monied are queuing to get in

Buying property in Nova Scotia

With its pretty seaside towns, sunny climate and cheap property, the Canadian province makes for a perfect holiday destination

Italy 

Trulli of Alberobello in Puglia wereadded to Unesco's World Heritage List in 1996

Trullis for sale in Puglia

The 'pixie' houses are one attraction for Brits, such as Helen Mirren, to buy property in south east Italy

Villa Sasso in Cannobio, Italy is being sold for £2.7m. It is part of the Saillards estate.

The Clooney effect has boosted Lake Maggiore's property market

The affordable waterside palaces of the Italian lakes are catching the eye of British buyers

The pioneers of Italian living

Twenty years ago, the author Imogen Edwards-Jones was shocked when her parents moved to Tuscany but it turned out to be a great idea

A palazzo for sale on the Grand Canal for £11m

You'll also need millions more for the refurbishment

France 

Dordogne Chateau

Lords of the manoir

This chateau for sale in the Dordogne represents the culmination of two men’s slog up the property ladder

Interior of a villa in the south of France

Renovating a rustic French bolt hole is hard work

A villa with a pool in the South of France is a common aspiration - and can be a real slog

Top tips on renovating property in France

Vivian Lawrence, an interior designer, offers her help for all you would-be renovaters

The ritzy Villa le Trident is up for sale

Anything went at this Riviera villa, which was at the heart of the flamboyant inter-war scene. Who will take on the mantle?

Bricks & Mortar cover image- August 10th 2007

Top 50 overseas websites

Want to buy a home abroad but baffled by the websites?

Spain 

Property developement on the Almeria coastline of Southern Spain

Pensioners’ pain in Spain

Britons who face losing their homes feel the legal system has failed them, reports Stephen Burgen

TENERIFE

Tenerife attracts the champagne set; but has bargain property prices

Tenerife is leaving behind its lager-lout image and attracting the champagne set – but prices on the island have yet to catch up

Homes under threat as Spain moves to clear coast

Beachside properties may be demolished under Spanish Government plans to clear 500 miles of coastline of illegal developments

Too close for comfort

Is the wrecking ball about to smash into swathes of properties built too near the beach?

Turkey 

Tuzla Park Resort in Turkey. For sale £35,000

Property for £35,000 in Turkey

Turkey's Mediterranean coast provides an escape from our credit-crunch blues

Kalkan Habour

Eastern promise

High building standards and cutting-edge design are drawing British buyers to Turkey’s Kas peninsula

Welcome to Istancool

Damian Barr admires a futuristic development in Turkey — with its own Harvey Nichols

Cheap at the price

More Britons are buying in Turkey, but Sarah Marks adds a note of warning

Morocco 

Peter Cowie (46) and family - wife - Rebecca (47), son George (21), daughters Hannah (23) and Mildred (18, dark hair) and guests at their riad, Riad Najah in Marrakech, Morocco.

Mad for the medina

British buyers are swarming south from the costas and into Morocco

Riad in Zaouia el Abassia, Marrakesh

Surf and sufis

Visitors passing through the heart of Marrakesh couldn’t fail to marvel at its size and atmosphere

Buyers' express to Marrakesh

Property investor are heading for Morocco to snap up its old Moorish houses and new luxury villas, says Sarah Marks

Spirit of Casablanca

Tahir Shah had to pay for an exorcism before moving into his Moroccan home

The housing market has taken a turn for the worse in newer markets such as Talinn

Distant thunder

The markets in many countries popular with British buyers look wobbly

North America & Canada

For Sale sign sits on the lawn in front of a large new home in Virginia

Home economics: the real estate market in the US

Anybody who wants to get gloomy about Britain’s housing market has only to cast an eye across the Atlantic

Westin Hotel with Taxi near Port Authority Bus Terminal, Midtown, Manhattan, New York City, USA.

Manhattan property market

The property market is defying the malaise beyond the Hudson

Land of opportunity

New homes in some US states are half the price they were in 2005, says Suzy Jagger

Home of the right work-life balance

Nova Scotia is one of the cheapest places in North America to buy oceanfront property

Ski property

Residences Mont D'Or

An investment guide to ski homes in the Swiss Alps

Switzerland is relaxing its admission rules for foreign buyers - but not by much

Affordable ski property near Gstaad, Switzerland

Just a few miles from the exclusive Swiss slopes at Gstaad are some surprisingly affordable resorts

Bargain ski chalets in Piedmont, Italy

A former Olympic village offers champion new apartments

Ski property in the French Alps

New resorts being built lower down the slopes have lower prices and year-round appeal

Greece, Ellás, Ionian Islands, Zante island, Zakinthos, Mikro Nisi village.

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Overseas 

Overseas property: where, how and what to buy

Cappuccinni Island

How to buy a property abroad

Everything you need to know about estate agents, currency exchange, solicitors, mortgages, tax and insurance

Six golden rules for buying overseas

Don't be swept away by the thrill of owning abroad. Take a hard look at the market with our indispensable guide

The ten most common pitfalls when buying abroad

... and how to avoid them

Corsica

Pick up a property bargain in Corsica

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      Property in China

      Essential reading for adventurous investors

      The Russian flag at the Kremlin in Moscow

      The five most expensive cities in the world...

      ... and the five cheapest

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      Property in Dubai

      Ten things you should read before buying in Dubai

      Michael Flatley's house

      Dance impresario Michael Flatley has restored his Co Cork mansion in typically flamboyant style

      A real show stopper

      Dance impresario Michael Flatley has restored his Co Cork mansion in typically flamboyant style

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        The piano room at Palazzo Ancajani

        David Giachini gives us a tour

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