OPP Live '08

We are delighted to have been asked to attend this year's OPP Live 08 exhibition at the ExCel in London on November 25th and 26th. Organised by Overseas Property Professional magazine and events the show is now in its fourth year and has gone from strenght to strength, despite ongoing turmoil in property markets worldwide.

If there's anyone out there who wants to meet up with us at the exhibition just drop a line to tara@overseascafe.com or ring Tara on 00353 86 044 9278 and we'll do our best to arrange something.

Alternatively, if you're visiting the exhibition and are a registered visitor, you can log in to OPP's online diary and arrange a time to meet up with us.

We will be giving a seminar on the current state of the Irish overseas property industry and where it might go in the future. If you wish to attend it will be in Theatre 4 at 3pm on Tuesday November 25th.

Top 5 Overseas Properties

Our blog on the top five articles from the site proved a hugely successful one so we've decided to continue the theme, outlining the five most popular overseas properties on the site over the past month.

The most popular property over the past month has been IP Spain's Acacias Resort in Lanzarote, Ireland's favourite Canarian island. Number two on the list has been removed, it is no longer for sale. The third most popular property on the site is Thurlesman, PJ Broderick's, Peroj apartments in Istria, Croatia. In fourth position comes HomeSwedHome's Manor Home in Ornskoldvik, Sweden for just €79k. In fifth place, and the first placed of our 'For Sale By Owner' properties is a wonderful property in Garajau, Portugal, which featured in our last newsletter. The picture accompanying our blog is a pic of this particular property. Nice, eh?

The eagle eyed among you will notice that most of the top five most popular properties are featured Premium Properties (which means that they rotoate on the homepage, this brings much more traffic than being listed as a standard property). Those that are not have featured in our monthly newsletter, another great way to promote your property. 

If you are an overseas property agent, check out listing your property as a Premium Property, you can be guaranteed it will maximise your exposure on Ireland's favourite Overseas Property Portal. If you would like to have your property featured on our monthly newsletter please contact Tara O'Toole on 00353 (0)86 604 49278 or email tara@OverseasCafe.com.

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For a selection of property from around the world click here. 

For a listing of agents selling overseas property click here.

For independent articles on overseas property click here.

For advice on purchasing property overseas click here.

For news on the world of overseas property click here.

For new releases and product updates from agents around the world click here.

For a list of upcoming overseas property exhibitions around the country click here. 

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How Informed are Overseas Property Agents?

You would sometimes have to seriously question how much knowledge certain overseas property agents actually bring to the equation when they are selling you 'their product'.

On a recent trip to Portugal I was staying in Lisbon the evening before a trip to the Blue Coast which stretches south of the capital. An agent looking to get some editorial into the paper emailed me to tell me that he was launching a new project on this very same Blue Coast. Intrigued, seeing as I was in the area, I emailed back to find out where the project was located on the off-chance that I might be passing it and could drop in to take a look. I didn't recognise the location in the replying email so I asked my Portuguese colleagues where it was. They informed me that it was on the Silver Coast, north of Lisbon and actually closer to Porto than it was to Lisbon.

When I queried the agent he agreed that it was indeed a good deal north of Lisbon and asked me if I was passing 'to take a photo for him'.

It sounds pretty ridiculous, but the consequences of such actions are potentially financially crippling for those being suckered by 'agents' who are selling property in every corner of the planet without any knowledge of the areas in question.

It begs the question about how many agents have actually even seen the products they are selling into the Irish market, let alone done proper due diligence on them.

When you are looking for information from an overseas property agent make sure you give them a good grilling to find out if they actually know their product and have, at the very least, actually seen that it exists.

Caveat Emptor

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