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March 4th, 2008
Yes, there is hope for the overseas property industry. In AIPP Takes Action we see the first public shaming of a company that has failed to live up to a set of standards they volunteered to uphold. I’m not at all familiar with the specifics of the case but I’m ...
Continue reading Reasons to be Cheerful
February 29th, 2008
Kyero.com was the first Spanish property portal to voluntarily join the AIPP in 2006. Since then, the AIPP has emerged as one of the leading trade associations dedicated to protecting the rights of consumers when buying property abroad. The Association of International Property Professionals (AIPP) has expelled overseas property specialist ...
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February 5th, 2008
Did you watch Panorama on BBC1 last night? Reporting on irregularities in house pricing, overvaluation and buy-to-let mortgage scams in the UK, the programme could just as easily have been made about Spain, or Turkey or Bulgaria or .. We know that any unregulated market which deals in high-value items ...
Continue reading The Best Estate Agents in Spain
November 9th, 2007
If surveys show 40 percent of the UK adult population would like to make an overseas property investment, why have only four percent actually done it? This is one of the questions which Richard Brady of Olive Tree International hopes to find an answer to. He said: “Buyers looking to ...
Continue reading Why So Few People Buy Overseas?
September 7th, 2007
The AIPP is conducting a consumer survey and are asking for your help in identifying how the international property market can be improved. By promoting the highest standards of professionalism in the overseas property industry, the Association of International Property Professionals (AIPP) aims to provide the consumer with confidence, and the ...
Continue reading New AIPP Consumer Survey
May 4th, 2007
As fears grow in Spain that the housing market bubble will burst, should you sell up or hold tight? Half a million Britons who own properties in Spain are being urged to hold their nerve after experts warned of an impending property crash that could wipe tens of thousands of pounds ...
Continue reading How to Survive the Crash
April 18th, 2007
Natwest International has become the first bank to become a member of the Association of International Property Professionals (AIPP). As part of the NatWest International Personal Banking product set, NatWest offers a ‘Spanish Mortgage’ product to its customers wanting to buy a home in Spain. The AIPP, a non-profit organisation, was ...
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April 10th, 2007
Investing in property abroad? Good news - there’s a new watchdog protecting you from the market’s rip-off merchants. We can spend months planning our summer holiday abroad but, incredibly, few of us spend enough time doing our homework when we are shopping around for a foreign home. It’s a ...
Continue reading Chasing out the Cowboys
December 22nd, 2006
The Association of International Property Professionals (AIPP) estimates that nearly £20 billion will have been spent in the international property market by UK buyers in 2006 - but they have wasted up to £700 million in unnecessary costs. Commenting on the launch of the report at OPPLive 06, AIPP’s Chief Executive, ...
Continue reading Brits Spent £20 Billion on Overseas Property in 2006
September 11th, 2006
Spain and France are still the top two for Brits buying abroad despite the rise of new markets, reports the industry body AIPP. In its first annual report on the international property market, the Association of International Property Professionals (AIPP) estimates that nearly 20 billion pounds (GBP) will be spent in ...
Continue reading Spain Still No. 1
July 31st, 2006
New land laws aimed at cutting house prices in Spain will have the opposite effect, warn the country’s housebuilders.Spanish property developers are warning that proposed land laws will push up house prices by 10 per cent - not reduce them, as is the intention of the Spanish government.The law proposes ...
Continue reading New Laws Push Up Prices
June 13th, 2006
Following reports last week that victims of the LRAU in Valencia may take their case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), professionals in the Spanish property market have expressed concern over continued negative press. Brenda Waddington, of Rusticasa Spain, called for more accurate reporting and researched claims to ...
Continue reading Spain Attacked over Land-Grab
March 21st, 2006
The couple who bought a piece of land that turned out to belong to someone else. The developer who vanished with the deposit. The builder who hadn’t got planning permission before building a dream villa.For the thousands of success stories of new homes in the sun, there is ...
Continue reading AIPP to the Rescue!
