Foreign real estate news
Montenegro's statistics recorded a 19% rise in new-build prices over 2025.
The Statistical Office of Montenegro (Monstat) has published data on new-build housing prices for 2025. The average price per square metre in newly constructed residential buildings was €2,200, compared to €1,844 a year earlier — an increase of 19.3% over 12 months. Data for the...
Montenegro
18.05.2026
19
Ljubljana housing market in 2026: prices rise as sales fall
Slovenia's real estate market in 2026 is showing a pattern that confuses buyers used to the logic of other markets: the number of transactions has been falling for the third year in a row, while prices continue to rise. According to official data from the Statistical Office of Slovenia...
Slovenia
18.05.2026
28
A Greek island has dropped in price from €8 million to €247,000 in six years.
On May 11, the Greek publication THEMA reported on preparations for a new auction for the island of Makri — the fifth largest in the Echinades archipelago in the Ionian Sea. The starting price of the auction, scheduled for November 13, 2026, is €247,000. Six years ago, the same island...
Greece
18.05.2026
33
Off-plan controls 73% of Dubai's real estate market.
Data from Cavendish Maxwell, published by Gulf News on May 13, highlights a structural paradox in the Dubai market for the first quarter of 2026: off-plan real estate simultaneously dominates sales and slows down in launches.
The share of off-plan in total residential transactions stood at...
The share of off-plan in total residential transactions stood at...
UAE
17.05.2026
15
Idealista: the province of Alicante overtook Málaga and Barcelona in the number of cities with the highest housing demand pressure.
On May 13, the research unit idealista/data published a ranking of Spanish cities with the highest demand pressure relative to supply for the first quarter of 2026. In the national top 10, Madrid remains the leader, followed by Zaragoza and Valencia. However, by the number of cities in the...
Spain
17.05.2026
17
Dubai's luxury property market has recovered after the March downturn.
March 2026 marked a month of sharp slowdown for Dubai's real estate market: buyers paused amid regional geopolitical tensions linked to events surrounding Iran. Data from Property Finder, cited by Khaleej Times in an article from May 14, shows that transaction volume fell significantly below...
UAE
17.05.2026
16
Foreign real estate sales in Turkey have fallen to a nine-year low.
Turkey's statistical office TurkStat has published the results of the first quarter of 2026: foreign buyers made 4,165 residential property transactions — 14.9% less than in the same period of 2025. In March alone, 1,353 transactions were recorded, which is 20% lower than the March...
Turkey
16.05.2026
13
Bali Home Immo and Bamboo Routes warn: the word "freehold" in Bali does not mean what you think it means.
The average buyer considering a villa in Bali for the first time faces the same situation: the developer's marketing materials say «freehold», the agent says «full ownership», and only at the contract signing stage does it become clear that Indonesian law reserves the...
16.05.2026
16
The Israeli diaspora is buying real estate in the homeland. What is happening in the market — and why a tour of New York synagogues gathers hundreds of buyers.
The interest of diaspora Jews in buying property in Israel has been growing for the fifth consecutive year — and the events of last week in New York provided yet another documentary confirmation. On May 5 and 11, two stops of the "Great Israeli Real Estate Event" tour, organized...
Israel
16.05.2026
13
England's housing market in spring 2026: rates are falling, demand is recovering
Spring 2026 in the UK housing market is unfolding in conditions the country has not seen since early 2022: the Bank of England has consistently lowered the base rate from its peak of 5.25% — by the start of 2026 it had fallen to 4.25%. This is gradually feeding through into mortgage...
England
14.05.2026
11
Phuket real estate market in May 2026: the west coast has pulled away from the rest of the island
MORE Group published an updated overview of the Phuket real estate market on May 10, 2026. The main conclusion is concise: the market remains positive but has become selective. The west coast — Bang Tao, Laguna, Kamala, Surin — has shown price growth of 23–29% since 2023. Other...
Thailand
14.05.2026
14
Bulgarian housing market in Q1 2026: fewer transactions, more expensive rent
According to Arco Real Estate data published on May 11 and cited by Novinite, the Bulgarian real estate market entered 2026 in a fundamentally different phase. After five years of continuous acceleration — in the first quarter of 2025, prices were rising by 15.1% year-on-year — the...
Bulgaria
14.05.2026
28
U.S. housing market in April 2026: sales barely grew, inventories reached multi-year highs.
The National Association of Realtors published data on the existing-home market for April 2026 on May 11. Sales rose 0.2% compared to March, reaching 4.02 million transactions on an annualized basis — a result that only slightly exceeded the market forecast of 4.05 million. The median...
USA
13.05.2026
16
Greek Golden Visa in 2026: a record number of issuances and an unexpected bonus from the launch of the European EES system. What this means for property buyers.
Data published yesterday by the specialized publication Varnavas Law record a sharp acceleration of the Greek residency-by-investment program. In 2026, Greece issued 8,879 residence permits under the Golden Visa program — a figure that analysts call one of the highest since the...
Greece
13.05.2026
21
Turkey has introduced mandatory verification of licenses on Airbnb as of April 2026. For foreign real estate investors, this changes the logic of purchasing.
From April 1, 2026, every homeowner in Turkey renting out a property on Airbnb must include the official short-term rental permit number for tourism purposes in their listing. The platform directly notified hosts: properties without verified data will not be able to accept new bookings. This is...
Turkey
13.05.2026
16
11.6 million tourists in 2025. Why the North Coast of the Dominican Republic is increasingly being chosen over Punta Cana — and what this means for the investor.
The Dominican Republic closed 2025 with a record 11.6 million international tourists, according to the country's Ministry of Tourism (MITUR). This puts the country in first place for visitor numbers in the Caribbean region and confirms the investment logic on which the coastal real estate...
Dominican Republic
12.05.2026
15
Montenegro enters summer 2026 with a record number of flights. From May 13 — direct flights from Amsterdam to Tivat. What this means for the real estate market.
On May 13, 2026, TUI fly Netherlands is launching direct flights from Amsterdam to Tivat — twice a week, through the end of September. For Montenegro's rental market, this is not just a new tourist flow: it's a new source of solvent demand for short-term housing in one of the most...
Montenegro
12.05.2026
18
The Bank of Israel keeps the rate unchanged and freezes mortgages. The housing market is on hold — and this is a rare opportunity for patient buyers.
On February 28, 2026, Israel and the United States launched a joint military operation against Iran, codenamed "The Lion’s Roar." That same day, the Minister of Defense declared a "special situation on the home front" across the entire country. The real estate market,...
Israel
12.05.2026
13
Spain has allocated €7 billion to housing. For foreign buyers on the Costa Blanca, this changes almost nothing — and here's why.
On April 22, Pedro Sánchez's cabinet approved a €7 billion housing package — the largest state commitment to affordable housing in recent decades. The program will triple budget investments in social construction over a four-year horizon, subsidize young renters, and close...
Spain
08.05.2026
17
Mortgages in the US have become more expensive again. Freddie Mac: 6.37% annually — and a market where the buyer finally has leverage.
Freddie Mac released its weekly mortgage rate survey on May 7: the average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage stood at 6.37% annually. A week earlier, the rate was 6.30%. In the same period last year, the rate was 6.76%.
The increase — modest in absolute terms — reflects...
The increase — modest in absolute terms — reflects...
USA
08.05.2026
13
Bali introduces a "licensing barrier" for villa rentals. Nearly half of Airbnb listings risk being removed from the platform.
When Bali Governor Wayan Koster personally oversaw the demolition of 48 illegal structures on Bingin Beach in July 2025, it looked like a show of intent rather than systematic policy. A few months later, it became clear: this was exactly a system.
From March 31, 2026, all villas and...
From March 31, 2026, all villas and...
08.05.2026
16
Dominican Republic: Record Tourism, Northward Property Shift
The Dominican Republic does not have a centralised property price registry. There is no equivalent of a land registry data release that a journalist can cite with the same confidence as the Dubai Land Department or Spain's Notaries. What the country does have is tourism data — and in a...
Dominican Republic
06.05.2026
15
Bulgaria's property deals drop 10% as listings surge 25%
The Bulgarian property market spent most of 2025 running on anticipation. The announcement that Bulgaria would join the eurozone on January 1, 2026 — with the lev-to-euro exchange rate fixed at 1.95583, unchanged from the existing currency board peg — triggered a wave of buying...
Bulgaria
06.05.2026
16
The end of the Chinese era? Indians are entering Thailand's residential property market
For most of the past decade, the conversation about foreign buyers in Thailand's property market began and ended with China. Developers in Phuket and Bangkok built their sales funnels around Chinese investor demand — compact studios, short-stay rental programs, and payment structures...
Thailand
06.05.2026
14