A 14 per cent increase in the number of people searching for foreign property has been seen by Primelocation.com.
Spain is the primary destination. Notwithstanding, the property portal found searches for property in Croatia had risen by 30 per cent in the past year, and interest in South Africa was up by ten per cent.
Primelocation.com revealed world events had caused a shift in where abroad home buyers were looking to purchase, with Croatia's bid to join the European Union one possible cause for interest in the country. On the other hand, South Africa is hosting the football World Cup 2010, which may have attributed to the increased desire to acquire property there.
In adittion the 'Obama Boom' may well have been a causal factor in the 150 per cent increase in Brit desires to move to the USA in the past year.
Website Primelocation.com top ten search rankings in March this year were: Spain, France, USA, Italy, Portugal, Australia, United Arab Emirates, and Cyprus.
Spanish market offer discounts over per cent debt to the financial crisis. It suposses and fantabulous opportunity for investment in property abroad.
The advice of an attorney is always very helpfull in order to make a purchase safe, by the legal differences between countries.