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Overseas Real Estate: $55,000 for a home in paradise

October 14, 2008 · Filed Under Real Estate · Comments 
by Lee Harrison, International Living Four years ago, Fray Bentos had the charming feel of a waterfront town that was left back in time. But not anymore. It’s still charming…but it’s now at the leading edge of Uruguay’s prosperity. Fray Bentos is perched on the banks of the four-mile-wide Uruguay River. Tall sycamores shade its nicely maintained [...]

Why Now is the Time to Invest in Fortaleza, Brazil

August 21, 2008 · Filed Under Real Estate · Comments 
By Ronan McMahon, International Living Brazil’s state of Ceara—especially its capital, Fortaleza—is booming. But there was an obstacle preventing U.S. visitors from taking part in this action: a lack of direct flights from the U.S. to Fortaleza. Fortunately, that’s all in the process of changing… Since Bismarck Maia became Ceara’s secretary of tourism [...]

Overseas Real Estate: Beachfront Homes for $65,000 in the Undiscovered Yucatán

April 24, 2008 · Filed Under Real Estate · Comments 
“With the ocean to the north and estuary to the south, the vista here is flatter than western Kansas—not a hill anywhere. This makes the vibrancy of color of the big azure sky more marked. The gulf water appears richly emerald on the horizon, becoming a transparent seafoam green as it [...]

Overseas Real Estate: Ranches and beach houses in Panama from $65,000

April 11, 2008 · Filed Under Real Estate · Comments 
‘The bargain-beautiful Panama you’ve been reading about for years is alive and well…The town center of Las Tablas greeted me with vestiges of Spanish-colonial Panama: houses with red-tile roofs and ornate grillwork, and even some quinchas, traditional homes made of earth and clay. Property prices are unbelievably low for such a desirable [...]