The Destination Factbook
Where are you buying?
One guide per country: who can own, what buying costs, and the market seen through three lenses — prestige, rental income, and rural & farm. Then everything we have written on that country’s destinations.
65 markets · 10 regions · indicative figures for screening only, not advice
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Where are you in this?
Pick a country below, or follow the path the decisions actually take.
I am buying
From the questions that come before any viewing, through to completion.
- 1Start with introspection: what you and your family actually want
- 2Plan your finances: outright, mortgage, land to build, or income
- 3Narrow to a shortlist, then go and stay there off-season
I already own
Letting it, running it, staffing it and keeping it worth owning.
- 1Rent or not: the decision, and blocking your own weeks first
- 2The rules, permits and your HOA or condo board
- 3Preparing the house: owner’s closet, linen and guides
North & Central America
6 countries · 81 articlesThe Caribbean
12 countries · 27 articlesAntigua & BarbudaFactbook onlyOpen →Barbados1 articleOpen →Cayman Islands3 articlesOpen →Dominica5 articlesOpen →Dominican Republic4 articlesOpen →Grenada2 articlesOpen →Jamaica1 articleOpen →Saint Barthélemy1 articleOpen →Saint Kitts & NevisFactbook onlyOpen →Saint LuciaFactbook onlyOpen →The Bahamas3 articlesOpen →Turks & Caicos4 articlesOpen →
South America
5 countries · 7 articlesWestern & Southern Europe
13 countries · 125 articlesCroatiaFactbook onlyOpen →Cyprus2 articlesOpen →DenmarkFactbook onlyOpen →France11 articlesOpen →GermanyFactbook onlyOpen →Gibraltar1 articleOpen →Greece6 articlesOpen →Italy12 articlesOpen →Malta1 articleOpen →Montenegro8 articlesOpen →Portugal24 articlesOpen →Spain16 articlesOpen →United Kingdom61 articlesOpen →