France is latest property hotspot

13-Jul-2005

Aspiring homeowners should look to France for the best buy to let mortgages investment, according to new research from a leading UK property investment specialist.

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The latest property investment tracker from Assetz showed that investments in France outperformed those in the UK or other countries such as Bulgaria, Cyprus or Spain.

However, Assetz has cautioned aspiring first time buyers against buy to let investments in Bulgaria's growing property market.

While capital gains on property have been as high as 20 per cent there, Assetz reveals that the risks are high as the emerging market is being driven almost entirely by investors.

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Despite a rush in recent years to head a little further afield in the search for that first property to get onto the first rung of the property ladder, common wisdom now appears to be that aspiring first time buyers should look closer to home, following another recent report that suggested the UK remains a profitable place for buy to let properties.

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