House prices in Canada have been growing over the last year mainly thanks to the Toronto (Ontario) and Vancouver (British Columbia) markets, which are by far the most active and attractive, according to Tranio.

Tranio.com, an international real estate broker, is changing the face of online property with its new listings search system.

In most Spanish autonomous communities, property owners require a special licence to set up short-term rentals.

The brutal ruble devaluation and economic recession in the Russian Federation are the main reasons behind this steep drop off in overseas property activity.

In Europe, a home doesn't just have to be a house; it can be a UNESCO world heritage site too.

Oleg, a businessman from Kiev, can hardly be called a first-timer buyer. At the end of last year, he added three apartments in Budapest, Hungary, to his portfolio of overseas property.

The lending process is broken down into three stages. The bank provides a loan against the property and the money is used to finance another purchase like income-generating commercial property.

The minimum investment threshold for high-quality retail property is €2.5M. Prices for shopping centres often start in the tens of millions.

The EB-5 visa programme for investors may have survived its American lawmakers, but changes could be inevitable as the country's financial regulators get in on the game.

If the Senate of the Czech Republic approves the bill submitted by the country's Ministry of Finance, buyers will soon be paying the real estate purchase tax that was previously shouldered by sellers.

Yulia Dorokhina has been working at Tranio as a property sales manager since 2014. In this time, she has closed 22 deals in Georgia, Portugal, Spain and Cyprus.

The current state of capital and commodity markets has investors seeking new horizons to balance their portfolios and generate revenue, and often they want overseas property with high yields.

In 2015, foreign buyers were responsible for over 50% of all commercial property investments and made history by injecting €78.4 billion into the market, beating the record set in 2007.

Tenant rights in Germany are well protected by law and contain clauses that limit landlord rights.

Investing in property is a profitable and dependable venture but rising interest rates and an unpredictable global economy are making investors apprehensive.

Holidays are meant for relaxing and often that means getting away from it all with a club, a cart and a scorecard.

Many people all over the world have enjoyed the beauty of Italy's weather, architecture and scenery.

Director of Tranio in Turkey, Maria Zharaya, has been living in Antalya and working with Russian-speaking clients for two years now.

House prices grew by 3.8% on average in the EU last year and the construction volume increased by 0.8%. These positive figures show that European residential property is now truly on its way to recovery.

During the last quarter of 2015, a couple from Denmark was paying interest on their mortgage at a negative rate of -0.0562%.