Luxury villa with potential rental income near Carvoeiro

Charming villa in country setting near Carvoeiro

Price: 1,100,000 Property Ref: EAV-816 Beautifully renovated villa located in the countryside minutes from Carvoeiro. The villa is divided into 3 apartments and is ideal for an income producing property. The villa is equipped with air conditioning and heating. The grounds offer a landscaped garden with sitting and leasure areas, heated swimming pool and bbq area. Sold Furnished. http://www.eavillas.com/property.php?id=3918&title=charming-villa-in-country-setting

Nice country side farmhouse for sale in Messines

Enchanting Country Cottage, Fully renovated in Sao Bras de Messines

Price: € 250,000 Property Ref: EAV-639 Recently renovated single level farmhouse is set in a quiet rural hamlet 4km from Messines in the beautiful Algarve countryside. Comprising a spacious open plan lounge, dining room, fitted kitchen, two double bedrooms (one en-suite) and family bathroom. The plot is fully fenced with easily manageable gardens and has the added benefit of a 1,000m2 paddock. The house has been restored using traditional methods and is full of rustic charm throughout. There is also the possibility of creating substantial extra living space if required. http://www.eavillas.com/property.php?id=3074&title=enchanting-country-cottage-fully-renovated

Great 4 bed villa for sale in Carvoeiro

Great 4 bed villa for sale in Carvoeiro

4 Bedroom Villa in Vale do Milho, Carvoeiro

Price: € 795,000 Property Ref: EAV-552 This 4 bedroom villa has been fully renovated but has kept much of its original character. Within a residential area with views over to the sea. Air conditioning, alarm system, double glazing with mosquito nets and a solar panel system have all be installed. The salt water swimming pool is surrounded by beautifully landscaped gardens with automatic irrigation and the property also has its own tennis court. Close to the beaches and town of Carvoeiro, this property is an ideal permanent or holiday home.

http://eavillas.com/property.php?id=2528&title=4-bedroom-villa-near-carvoeiro

Fresh evidence of property market ‘mini-boom’ in UK

Further evidence of a stabilisation in the housing market came today as official data showed that property prices jumped at the fastest rate in years in July.

The 1.7 per cent increase in the prices paid for properties in England and Wales last month was the biggest monthly jump since May 2004, and takes the annual decline to 11.7 per cent, the smallest decrease since October last year.

The average house price is £155,885, close to levels seen at the beginning of the year, figures from the Land Registry show.

Figures released this month suggested that prices continued to climb in August. Nationwide said that prices, based on mortgages it approved, rose by 1.6 per cent during this month.

While activity in the housing market has picked up, it is still well below average levels, the Land Registry said.

There were an average of 35,848 house purchases a month between February and May, down from 61,743 in the same period last year.

Although figures from the Land Registry lag behind other monthly indicators, they carry weight because they record the actual prices paid for properties.

Source

From Times Online

August 28, 2009
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article6813415.ece

ea view apartments in alvor centre with DISCOUNT

Luxury Apartments in Alvor

Price: € 155,750 Property Ref: EAV-448 Surrounded by ocean views, you can live in luxury and enjoy the outdoors by the ocean right at your own apartment. The interior of the apartments is equipped with a fully fitted kitchen, pre-installation of air conditioning and parking underground. Some of the units have their own swimming pool in addition to the communal pool on the rooftop. There are also shops on the ground level for commercial use. A beauty that must be seen. Special promotion on only 7 apartments: one T1 at a reduced price of €155,750 and 6 T2 apartments reduced at prices from 275,000! http://www.eavillas.com/property.php?id=1478&title=luxury-apartments-in-alvor

2 construction plots for sale in the centre of Carvoeiro

Urban plot for villa, walking distance to the beach in Carvoeiro

Price: € 275,000 Property Ref: EAV-821 Plot of land within a mature urbanization with approved project for a south facing 3 bedroom villa with swimming pool. The property would consist of two floors, two bedrooms on the top level and one on the main floor, large living room, separate dining room, and exterior carport. There will be seaviews from the 1st floor. There is a neighbouring plot with 1500 m2 and a similar villa project also for sale at 300,000 euros. Special price for both plots 550,000 euros! http://www.eavillas.com/property.php?id=3943&title=urban-plot-for-villa-walking-distance-to-the-beach

Banking on sun, sand and sea: Spain may be struggling but Portugal is prospering

While neighbour Spain suffers from a catastrophic property downturn, Portugal continues to prosper by focusing its appeal on an increasingly upmarket clientele.

Prince Edward tip-toed into trouble recently when he went to the Algarve to present Duke of Edinburgh awards to local children.

His visit – paid for by developer Andre Jourdan – was seen as a publicity stunt for Jourdan’s latest development, The Residences, in the purpose-built resort area of Vilamoura.

Upmarket: High-spec developments in Portugal, such as those in the Vale do Lobo resort, are popular

The Residences is the newest and smartest development in the Algarve, intended to provide everything you need on site – from several championship golf courses on your doorstep, shops (yet to be built), property management and spa and restaurant facilities.

It is one of a number of Algarve developments looking to entice those who still have money to spend.

It is also the first development in Portugal to embrace the concept of privately owned apartments managed by a five-star hotel, in this case the Tivoli Hotel, including discounted access to the hotel’s facilities and a managed rental scheme.

Stuart Robson, chairman of a Newcastle-based advertising company, and his wife Denise have traded up to a three-bed penthouse in The Residences from the timeshare they had in the longestablished Vale do Lobo golf resort.

‘We found that Vale do Lobo has become overpopulated,’ says Stuart. ‘Portugal was becoming very much our second home, and we had been looking for four or five years to buy something. We thought we wanted a villa.’

When the properties were nearly built, however, they looked again.

‘We realised we didn’t want to worry about a management company. We just wanted to lock up and leave. And with the concierge service here, it’s like having your own apartment in a five-star hotel.’

The Robsons paid ‘around £508,000′ for their apartment, and developers claim the whole development is 80 per cent sold.

But this includes investors who bought and are looking to resell, which suggests room for negotiation.

If you join the rental scheme, run by the Tivoli Hotel, it markets your property in return for 50 per cent of the return.

The Robsons also pay a service charge of about £4,500 a year. The Residences have a spacious feel, both in the apartments – with 10ft ceilings and 8ft windows – and in the landscaped and pool areas.

The Portuguese have generally been more discerning about over-development than the Spanish – with ever-tightening planning restraints.

Nothing built now in the seaside area is higher than three storeys, and provision of green space has to be taken into account.

No building can be closer than 500 metres to the sea front. In the more developed heart of the Algarve, some areas are not a pretty sight – particularly in Albufeira, with its infamous ’strip’ and all its fish-and-chip shops.

But even here the focus has changed. The Eden development, planned for completion in 2011, is a classier proposition.

Being built by Grupo Duarte on the edge of Albufeira, Eden also has a hotel tie-in – with Radisson.

It has one and two-bedroom apartments, three-bedroom townhouses and four-bedroom villas. Prices start at £230,000.

Elsewhere, the Vale das Flores development, under construction in Vale do Lobo, with its pools, spas and sports complexes, also has a hotel on site – Le Meridien Dona Filipa – although it does not have any direct involvement with the development.

Prices are from £390,000 for a one-bedroom flat to around £1.5 million for a villa.

For these and more properties www.ExclusiveAlgarveVillas.com

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/

Beach front villas for sale in Lagos, Portugal

4 Bedroom Clifftop villa near Lagos

Price: € 1,395,000 Property Ref: EAV-484 ONLY 4 REMAINING! – Cliff top beach villas! Minutes from Lagos centre & Golf. Luxury finishes throughout – Oak & steel security entrance, video porter, remote control electrical gates & garage doors, German insulated double glazing & sun protection, oak interior doors, double lounge doors with smoked glass panes, matching oak floor, designer fitted oak wardrobes, built-in safe, underfloor heating incl. bathrooms & wardrobes, dual action air conditioning / dehumidifiers, solar panels, luxury fitted & equipped kitchens w/ granite worktops & breakfast bars, non-slip exterior terracing , heated pool w/ electric cover, etc. Prices up to €1,995.000 http://www.eavillas.com/property.php?id=1623&title=4-bedroom-clifftop-villa-near-lagos

Development land for sale with project for apartment block near Ferragudo

Plot of land for 13 apartments in Ferragudo

Price: € 850,000 Property Ref: EAV-788 Plot of land with approved project for construction of one block of 13 apartments in 4 floors. The project includes one, two and three bedroom apartments, swimming pool, parking and terraces. The building faces the lake front village of Ferragudo. http://www.eavillas.com/property.php?id=3873&title=plot-of-land-for-13-apartments

Lovely country side villa for sale just 5 minutes from Portimao and Praia da Rocha

Beautiful villa at an attractive price for sale near Portimao

Price: € 595,000 Property Ref: EAV-817 This well built villa is located within minutes of Praia da Rocha, golf courses and is within a very quiet urbanization. The villa features 3 ensuite bedrooms, double glazing windows, air conditioning in living room and master bedroom, fireplace, underfloor heating and surround sound system. The exterior offers landscaped gardens, two car garage, swimming pool, jacuzzi, bbq area, fully enclosed plot and electric gates.

http://www.eavillas.com/property.php?id=3919&title=beautiful-villa-at-an-attractive-price-for-sale-near-portimao