Property News
Welcome to the GEM Estates news archive page. Below is a list of all articles that have ever featured on www.gemestates.co.uk:
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Date: 7/31/2008
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Property prices have rocketed in Brazil over recent years and if investors could turn the clock...
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Date: 7/31/2008
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The Nicaragua of the 21st century is all the things that most people probably thought it wasn’t...
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Date: 7/31/2008
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Small (about the size of Scotland) but perfectly formed, Panama is continually ranked amongst the...
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Date: 7/31/2008
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It has been announced by Cape Verde news agency Infopress that the end of 2009 will see the first...
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Date: 7/30/2008
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When the Sunday Times put Tropea at number one spot in its ‘Top 20 Beaches’ report in January 2007,...
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Date: 7/30/2008
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Surprisingly dainty with a population of just 3.5 million, less than half that of Greater London’s,...
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Date: 7/22/2008
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The increase of tourism and foreign investment has also spawned improvements to Nicaragua’s infrastructure....
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Date: 7/22/2008
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The amount of mortgage finance in Egypt is expected to double in thenext year as it catches up...
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Date: 7/22/2008
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Cape Verde is being hailed as a model for emerging nations on how to create positive conditions...
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Date: 7/22/2008
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Mexico is the new frontier with increasing numbers of Americans andCanadians investing in property...
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Date: 7/22/2008
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The Dominican Republic is spending $25 million dollars improving its beaches to make them more...
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Date: 7/22/2008
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A new marketing plan to boost Brazil overseas will emphasize thecountrys history, culture and...
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Date: 7/21/2008
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Often overshadowed by its larger and louder neighbours, Brazil andArgentina, Uruguay has so far...
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Date: 7/10/2008
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The FIA World Touring Car Championship will expand to Africa in 2009. With the addition of a...
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Date: 7/10/2008
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The Panama government has just extended its tax-exemption law forretirees, which were due to...
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Date: 6/30/2008
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A couple of newsletters previously GEM Estates highlighted Palm View Resort on the Cape Verdean...
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Date: 6/30/2008
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Marrakech has now become synonymous with the well-heeled trendy set looking for chic nightclubs,...
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Date: 6/30/2008
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Many overseas property buyers make several unforced errors in the process that it’s little wonder...
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Date: 6/30/2008
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Such was the popularity of the stilt-supported villas on Malaysia’s Sepang Gold Coast Palm that...
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Date: 6/30/2008
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Midway between Hurghada and Sahl Hasheesh sits a resort that pushes the definition of ‘all-inclusive’...
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Date: 6/15/2008
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Radisson Hotels & Resorts, part of a leading hotel chain operating over 330 establishments...
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Date: 6/3/2008
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Off-plan purchase in a newly emerging market is undoubtedly the property investment with the highest...
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Date: 6/3/2008
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As part of GEM Estates’ timely shift towards dollar markets, the Dominican Republic has emerged...
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Date: 6/3/2008
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One of the world’s leading hotel companies operating across the continents has put pen to paper...
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Date: 6/3/2008
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The Great British pound is anything less than ‘great’ against the euro right now with a pound buying...
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Date: 5/22/2008
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Despite attracting some 11 million tourism visitors annually and making Egypt something of a leading...
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Date: 5/2/2008
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The vast majority of Cape Verde property purchasers are hoping for consistent rental income coupled...
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Date: 4/30/2008
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As the air seeps out of many global property markets investors face the ever-toughening challenge...
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Date: 4/30/2008
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Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Hurghada enjoys enduring popularity with...
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Date: 4/30/2008
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Deep in the instep of Italy’s boot sits arguably the most beautiful...
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Date: 4/30/2008
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Aside from the six Plan Azur coastal resorts, the Moroccan Government has various other Action...
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Date: 4/30/2008
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As an IFA, Tony Sharp, 40, is used to giving out best advice on how to make the pennies work hard...
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Date: 4/2/2008
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Italy’s property market is on the move and it’s all in one direction, and that’s up. A leading...
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Date: 4/2/2008
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Boa Vista, the furthest east of the Cape Verde archipelago and known as the ‘island of beaches...
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Date: 4/2/2008
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Egyptian Pearl is a small scale European-styled development of just 53 apartments in the resort...
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Date: 4/2/2008
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It seems that as airline travel gets cheaper and as ordinary as making a cup of tea, many of us...
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Date: 4/2/2008
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Once you’re financially ready to purchase, the best way to get a feel for Calabria’s natural assets...
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Date: 4/2/2008
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Sepang Gold Coast is Malaysia’s tropical showcase to the world. 22km of sheltered sandy coastline...
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Date: 3/4/2008
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Monte Carlo, Puerto Banus, St Tropez, these names trip off the tongue as being the epitome of chic...
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Date: 3/4/2008
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Having contributed to the runaway success of several Natal-based developments, GEM Estates has...
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Date: 3/4/2008
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Property isn’t the kindest of industries to the environment. According to the Green Building...
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Date: 3/4/2008
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With interest-free payment terms from as low as a £499 a month over just two years, investors can...
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Date: 3/4/2008
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EasyJet is comprehensively conquering the skies. Adding new routes on a seemingly daily basis,...
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Date: 2/5/2008
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The Hilton international hotel chain will open its first resort in Cape Verde on the island of...
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Date: 2/3/2008
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Date: 2/3/2008
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If you’ve always dreamt of buying a property abroad but have erred on the side of caution and never...
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Date: 2/3/2008
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The masterminds behind the purpose-built Moroccan resort, Mediterrania...
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Date: 2/3/2008
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Strange as it may seem for an archipelago of sandy islands submerged in constant sunshine off the...
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Date: 2/3/2008
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Whilst property markets can rise, peak and plateau, a perennial favourite tourist destination can...
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Date: 2/3/2008
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EXCLUSIVE
By Sean Hamilton Showbiz Editor 27/01/2008
David Beckham is about to...
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Date: 11/30/2007
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The resort of Marinella Marina in Italy’s Calabria, the warm region that occupies the toe of the...
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Date: 11/30/2007
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Last month we explained how you could buy a dream holiday home in the Caribbean for just a thousand...
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Date: 11/30/2007
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An investment is dictionary described as “an asset or item that is purchased with the hope that...
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Date: 11/30/2007
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GEM Estates has used its powers of negotiation to secure an exclusive deal for GEM Estates clients...
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Date: 11/30/2007
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Jon Halpenny, 42, from London is not the sort to follow the crowd. When he was looking for...
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Date: 11/1/2007
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The next time your credit card bill comes through wouldn’t it be nice to see something really worthwhile...
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Date: 11/1/2007
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In emerging markets the property developers are much faster out of the starting blocks building...
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Date: 11/1/2007
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No, we’re not talking three nights half board in a three star, we’re talking a second home overseas,...
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Date: 11/1/2007
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Would you rather step out of your home on to a cold, hard, grey pavement that reflects the colour...
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Date: 11/1/2007
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Retailers have often inspired confidence in their products by offering money-back guarantees. ...
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Date: 10/3/2007
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The National Flag Carrier of Cape Verde, TACV, has announced a date for its first flights between...
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Date: 10/3/2007
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Loft Living descended from the...
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Date: 10/3/2007
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MD Adam Cornwell and Egypt expert, Sam Mond, conducted an all-important field trip to the resort...
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Date: 10/3/2007
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Richard Lee-Smith (35) and partner Gemma Mugica Zufiaur (33) certainly took a circuitous route...
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Date: 10/2/2007
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GEM Estates, in conjunction with the developers of Tortuga Beach Resort & Spa, is pleased to...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 9/3/2007
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Hurricane season 2007 is now well underway and the desperate news for many Atlantic coastal residents...
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Author: Sarah Drane
Date: 9/3/2007
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The idyllic fishing village of Maracajaú, a 56km drive north of Natal, with white sand lapped...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 9/3/2007
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The birthplace of iconic fashion designer, Gianni Versace, Calabria is quite possibly the last...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 9/3/2007
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Thirteen years ago Simeon and Jennifer Lowe from the Midlands, aged 42 and 43 respectively, went...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 9/1/2007
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As all eyes turn to Brazil for fruitful property investment, the northeastern bulge is the focus...
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Author: Tour Operator
Date: 8/30/2007
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Malaysias tourism minister has asked tour operators to cool off as the nation runs out of hotel...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 8/1/2007
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In our last newsletter we introduced Calabria as the “low risk emerging market”, an undiscovered...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 8/1/2007
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City Stockbroker Scott Hood, 38, is surrounded on a daily basis by people with money. Most of them...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 8/1/2007
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Individuals investing in residential property within an emerging market tend to follow a much broader...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 8/1/2007
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GEM Estates is tipping two resorts for the top this month, both in Brazil’s northeastern state...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 8/1/2007
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When a young 43 year old king unveils to the world his ambitious strategy to boost tourist arrivals...
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Author: Sarah Drane
Date: 6/29/2007
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International exhibition ‘Nordeste Invest 2007’ took place in Salvador, the capital of Brazil’s...
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Author: Sarah Drane
Date: 6/29/2007
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David Street captures the essence of what emerging market speculation is all about. A man with...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 6/29/2007
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Recipients of GEM Estates newsletters will already be well-versed as to the investment prospects...
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Author: Sarah Drane
Date: 6/29/2007
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Italy has always been a very desirable spot for a holiday home. The Italian greats of Tuscany,...
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Author: Sarah Drane
Date: 6/29/2007
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GEM Estates is ever thankful for the day that it stumbled across Hurghada, a stunning Egyptian...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 6/26/2007
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Low-cost airline easyJet has welcomed the European Commissions (EC) move to limit the "abuse"...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 6/26/2007
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People who buy real estate in the Italian property market and other foreign sectors have been given...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 6/26/2007
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The southern Italian property market has been tipped as a good investment for prospective buyers,...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 6/8/2007
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The ‘New Wembley’ was supposed to stage the 2006 FA Cup Final, but setback after setback meant...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 6/1/2007
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By their very nature, emerging markets suffer in certain aspects from a lack of development – maybe...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 6/1/2007
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The village of Pipa in the northeast region of Natal, Brazil, is already an extremely popular beach...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 6/1/2007
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Julie Mark, 33, a sales manager in a kitchen company living in Portrush, Northern Ireland, found...
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Author: Bloomberg News, The Associated Press
Date: 5/31/2007
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The government will scrap capital gains taxes on property deals as of April 1, the prime minister...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 5/31/2007
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Thanks to the initial phase of PRODETUR, the Brazilian governments "Action Programme for the Integrated...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 5/15/2007
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Boa Vista in the Cape Verde Islands is to have a direct flight from the UK for the first time this...
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Author: Sarah Drane
Date: 5/1/2007
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Forget the travel and property writers; it’s the financial analysts that can’t get enough of the...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 5/1/2007
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All too often real estate agents and developers are guilty of focussing only on the product – the...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 5/1/2007
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An inspection visit for 500 euros doesn’t sound like the deal of the century, but when you scratch...
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Author: Sarah Drane
Date: 5/1/2007
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GEM Estates’ phone lines took a bit of a pounding in April as The Daily Telegraph ran a story on...
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Author: Adam Cornwell - Director GEM Estates
Date: 5/1/2007
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This month GEM Estates has two Star Buys as we seem to have become very proficient in negotiating...
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Author: Adam Cornwell
Date: 4/19/2007
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Brazil`s cheap property is one of the South American power`s less obvious attractions.The...
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Author: Adam Cornwell
Date: 4/19/2007
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Argentina however bans foreigners from buying property within 100 kilometers of the country`s borders....
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Author: GEM ESTATES
Date: 4/1/2007
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Thanks to airline deregulation, Marrakech is now well-placed to compete alongside Prague, Barcelona...
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Author: GEM ESTATES
Date: 4/1/2007
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“More than a million holidaymakers packed their factor 35 and headed for Egypt last year. And many...
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Author: Sarah Drane
Date: 4/1/2007
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Money management firm, Jones Lang La Salle, describes Europe as being “in the midst of a hotel...
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Author: Adam Cornwell - GEM Estates
Date: 4/1/2007
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Sanjay Chandarana from Harrow in Middlesex is a fairly typical GEM Estates customer. The 44 year...
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Author: GEM ESTATES
Date: 4/1/2007
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Back in December last year we cited the Venezuelan island of Isla Margarita as a stunning Caribbean...
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Author: Sarah Drane
Date: 3/22/2007
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The Spanish Development Ministry said two adjacent tunnels will run beneath the Straits of Gibraltar...
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Author: GEM ESTATES
Date: 3/22/2007
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The EU Presidency, Vice-President Jacques Barrot and Karim Ghellab, the Moroccan Minister of Transport,...
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Author: Francois Murphy Source Reuters
Date: 3/22/2007
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Paris- Morocco`s government, under pressure to double job creation to 400 000 per year to prevent...
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Author: Maghreb Arabe Presse
Date: 3/22/2007
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Some 6.4 million tourists visited Morocco in 2006 compared to 4.4 million in 2002, revealed, here...
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Author: GEM ESTATES
Date: 3/1/2007
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Beachfront Properties from just 99,500 euros on the Most Attractive of the Islands, Sal
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Author: GEM ESTATES
Date: 3/1/2007
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A New Series where you get an Insight into a GEM Estates’ Customer’s Property PortfolioKen...
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Author: GEM ESTATES
Date: 3/1/2007
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In Terms of Value for Money, Payment Terms and Facilities it’s UnbeatableWe realise that...
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Author: Craig Mander
Date: 3/1/2007
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With developments spread across the four corners of the globe, from Isla Margarita to Malaysia...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 3/1/2007
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104% of Purchase Price Back in 13 years - GuaranteedMalaysia is a very pleasant and hassle-free...
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Author: Adam Cornwell - GEM Estates
Date: 2/2/2007
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With so much media and individual interest in the vibrant Moroccan city of Marrakech and the runaway...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 2/2/2007
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A number of GEM Estates customers quickly fell for the charms of Domaine de l’Akhdar, an all villa...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 2/2/2007
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...Not in a footballing sense as five-time World Cup winners Brazil would be an unfair match, but...
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Author: From Egypt Tourist Board
Date: 2/2/2007
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New tourism figures released from the Egyptian Tourist Board make for encouraging reading for...
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Author: Adam Cornwell - GEM Estates
Date: 2/1/2007
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3% off purchase price and free top-spec furnishing pack in Ocean Breeze on island of Sal.These...
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Author: Sarah Drane
Date: 2/1/2007
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You Heard it Here First – One of the world’s most exclusive five star resorts, Ilha de Cajaíba...
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Author: Amberland site
Date: 1/17/2007
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The word’s out already - property in Morocco is a hot target for 2007 and beyond because the government...
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Author: HIFX
Date: 1/15/2007
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Almost two thirds of Brits (62%) see the main benefit of buying a property abroad as a chance...
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Author: The Guardian - Rory Carroll in Caracas
Date: 12/19/2006
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Venezuela`s surging economy means its world of country clubs, fine wines and luxury cars still...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 12/8/2006
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Since moving to Spain, GEM are pleased to announce that they have expanded their existing team....
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 12/8/2006
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Adam Cornwell joins Life TV production team Tristar TV in Morocco to participate in a brand new...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 12/8/2006
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The Caribbean is proving to be a veritable cornucopia of tropical real estate at the moment. Just...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 12/8/2006
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Director of GEM Estates, Adam Cornwell, joins the journos and takes a peek at progress at Marrakech’s...
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Author: The Sun
Date: 12/5/2006
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Tour giant Thomson are tipping the Cape Verde islands as THE holiday hotspot for 2007. The company...
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Author: The Sunday Times
Date: 11/14/2006
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The spice city has a split personality: super-cool or super-traditional. It’s hard to decide which...
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Author: Sarah Drane
Date: 10/31/2006
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Bargains in Beautiful Brazil – beachside apartments from 40,000 euros in a progressive, stable...
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Author: Sarah Drane
Date: 10/31/2006
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GEM Estates Swap Rain for Spain – Director of GEM Estates, Adam Cornwell, explains why he simply...
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Author: Sarah Drane
Date: 10/31/2006
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Morocco’s mould-breaking Mediterrania Saïdia Resort makes good progress |
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Author: Sarah Drane
Date: 10/31/2006
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Enjoy the qualities of the Caribbean in half the flying time.In 2004 about only a thousand...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 10/31/2006
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Book your trip to arrive before the end of 2006 and GEM Estates will pick up the bill.
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 10/26/2006
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With another UK interest rate rise expected in November and falling rental yields, experts say...
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Author: Report by Phil Davies
Date: 10/26/2006
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Beach holidays are regaining popularity, according to a poll of 4,000 travellers worldwide by TripAdvisor.The...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 10/13/2006
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MOROCCO HAS EARMARKED 6.18 BILLION DIRHAMS ($711 million) TO DEVELOP ITS HIGHWAY NETWORK IN 2007.The...
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Author: Ginny McGrath
Date: 8/7/2006
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Fares drop from more than £200 to £38 because of record numbers of flights between London airports...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 6/12/2006
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The Atlantic Ocean islands of Cape Verde are to be linked with the first direct flights from the...
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Author: Tom Lyons
Date: 6/1/2006
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The Cape Verde islands off West Africa are to be transformed by an ambitious €2.5bn plan...
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Author: The Times Online
Date: 5/31/2006
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Property investors are heading for Morocco to snap up its old Moorish houses and new luxury...
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Author: M. Mills
Date: 5/31/2006
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A recent report from the Cape Verdean National Statistics Institute (INE) has shown that hotels...
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Author: Ryanair News Dept.
Date: 5/25/2006
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Ryanair, Europe’s leading low fares airline, today (Thursday, 25th May 2006) announced the...
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Author: A Semana
Date: 5/24/2006
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Praia, Cape Verde, 24 May – A group of 12 Chinese business people is visiting Cape Verde...
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Author: A. Semana - Afrol News
Date: 5/5/2006
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A survey carried out in the United Kingdom shows that Cape Verde stands at the top of the...
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Author: Helena Frith Powell - The Sunday Times
Date: 4/23/2006
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With plenty of sunshine and bargains still to be had, Morocco is luring buyers who once...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 9/6/2005
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GEM Estates recently hosted a brace of journalists from UK and Irish national press in Marrakech,...
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Author: GEM Estates
Date: 9/6/2005
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The first of the King`s Resorts, and the only one destined for the Mediterranean coastline, Mediterrania...
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Author: Gordon Miller
Date: 8/12/2005
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Gordon Miller investigates the latest hidden gems amongst the bustling and ever evolving foreign...
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Author: International Property Investor Magazine
Date: 8/11/2005
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Cape Verde is the unknown paradise that everyone will be making a song and dance about. Sarah Drane...
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Author: Sarah Drane – IPI Magazine
Date: 8/11/2005
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Just a little hop over the water from Europe (14km from Spain to be precise) and not as culturally...
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Author: Adam Cornwell
Date: 8/10/2005
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Today saw the launch of the new GEM Estates website at www.gemestates.co.uk - over the next few...
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