Chris Metalle's blog

The Portuguese government has recently announced a series of infrastructure investments in the Oeste region.  Much had been on hold pending the decision about Lisbon's 'new' airport, but now that...Read more

Some of us manage it only once a year.  The luckier ones amongst us make it a weekly or daily occurrence.  Visiting a spa for treatment, a massage, facial and relaxation therapy has become t...Read more

Now that we have moved into our new and spacious showroom just off the M5 - see here for details - we have begun to arrange a number of seminars and workshops to help you decide which property investm...Read more

After what has unanimously been called the worst week in the markets since 1987 (or perhaps earlier) the reasons for looking at overseas property as a home for your investment seem to have grown even ...Read more

At times like these more and more people are looking to property to provide a more reliable shelter for their hard-earned cash and who can blame them?  With amazing deals available in markets str...Read more

In the wake of the Property Investor Show at Excel in London recently it seems apposite to look at how the serious real estate investor should be creating his/her portfolio and what issues need to be ...Read more

The question on many people’s lips at the moment is to what extent the overseas property markets offer better opportunities than the UK buy-to-let market for property investors.  Is the continu...Read more

We have seen an unprecedented level of demand recently from property investors seeking value in markets across the world from Florida (one of the most popular) to Thailand, Brazil and many Euro...Read more

This week I have chosen my current top 5 investments that I believe all offer great value in different ways to investors.   They range from financed low-deposit villas to properties with long-ter...Read more

In case you didn't already know a recent study by the Centre For Housing Policy at The University of York (see this article in The Financial Times) has identified that younger people are finding it al...Read more