You might have thought only spies need several passports, so they can slip seamlessly in and out of countries around the globe – think James Bond and Homeland – but now the general public can purchase property and obtain a passport guaranteeing visa-free travel.
It’s one thing to lose sleep over the plunging value of your property but it’s quite another to worry about your home actually plunging into the sea.
Modish hotels and fine-tuned property prices are luring high-end buyers to the West Indies.
Should you buy a home in the run-up to Christmas?
Clean air, soft light, and home to artists such as Matisse and Chagall. Get the lowdown on Nice.
Since Matisse, artists have flocked to the French Riviera, magnetised by its pure light. Go beyond beaches and bagnats to behold Nice’s array of avant-garde art.
Britain has produced a ‘boomerang’ generation twice as likely as their counterparts in the rest of Europe to come back to live in the family home.
In simple terms, fractional-ownership schemes are nothing new and mean that three or four friends can buy a home together. Legally, the property belongs to all the owners whose names are on the deeds, and time spent there is split accordingly.
Thatched cottages are the marmite of the property world – you either love them or hate them, according to Charlie Comber from estate agency Hayman-Joyce in the Cotswolds.
Few things can split a rural community more sharply than footpaths and rights of way over land, as ardent fans of The Archers will know…
Cheryl Markosky 