When you decide to buy your first property, you may want to move quickly. However, it is absolutely necessary to avoid certain mistakes, so as not to regret your choice later. Here are the five most important mistakes to avoid. 

As a first time property buyer, it can be tempting to rush headlong into the housing market. You are probably excited about and optimistic about specific amenities, low prices, ideal locations, proximity to shops or municipal hubs etc. However, long before making an offer to purchase and attempting to negotiate price, there are certain key points that must be considered. Here are some of them. 

Have you spotted a property you want to buy? After studying the listing description in depth, you will now have to prepare for the visit. In addition to the condition of the apartment or house, certain questions must be asked of the former owners or the real estate agent in charge of the sale, during the property visit.  

Are you planning to buy your first property? Well done! This is an important decision, which will allow you to start building your wealth and have a "real home". For this, you will have to go through a few steps. We have listed 8 tips to help you to carry out your first real estate purchase with confidence! 

You have dreamed of owning a home in Switzerland and month after month, you have conscientiously saved to buy real estate there.

This is, indeed, a turning point in the life of any buyer.

If you're considering becoming a property investor in Spain, the first decision you need to make is which type of rental you want to be involved in - long term rentals or short term holiday rentals.

Both options can be lucrative, but they require different strategies to succeed in the property market.

You're thinking about buying a property. How can you make sure your purchase goes ahead without any problems or delays? Here are our top tips.

The map of French property prices always looked like this: the city of Paris first, then greater Paris, then the other big cities - Lyon, Nice, Bordeaux - then the Ile de France, and then if you skipped the middle and went right down to the bottom, you'd find two big areas of cheapness, on the periphery in Brittany, and right in the middle of France where the whole of Limousin, Auvergne, and Berry were good value.

First of all we should note that prices in Switzerland have gone up since 2004. The Swiss Residential House Price Index has risen from below 120 to nearly 180 over the period. Of course, rental rates have gone up too - but they haven't quite kept pace over recent years.