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Real Estate Trend Alert

By Ronan McMahon

August 2016: Buy Europe: We Can Now Get Killer Deals in The Heart of Portugal’s Algarve

Maybe you’ve never heard of Amendoeira. Anybody who’s interested in championship golf courses in the Algarve, they know about this place. I know it. I’ve played here. You shouldn’t be able to buy luxury like this in this part of the world for less than €500,000 ($560,000). Yet here, you can get in for half that. And it’s all because of the crisis running across Europe…

A Secret Beach That’s Set to Soar

It was 2005. I’d just done a scouting trip along Panama’s Pacific coast. It had been a very long day and I hadn’t found anything worthwhile. Until my local friend showed me his favorite weekend retreat: Punta Chame. I’ve kept my eye on this location. And after waiting a decade, I finally got word of a project that looked promising.