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MenuWhat to look for when buying a property in Europe?
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The answer to your question will depend on many factors that are not clear in your question: what is your nationality? do you hold an EU passport? What is your budget range? What is your risk profile like? Expected/desired ROI? What is your present age and retirement timeline? What is your preferred retirement weather (Helsinki and Dublin will, of course, be much different than Athens and Madrid)...
That said, there are too many "expert sources" predicting best bets but some good sources I've come across and based on my knowledge and travels through Europe are the following:
Good brief overview of hottest (Budapest, Hungary comes in as pick #1 for 2015)
More in depth analysis of European real estate market with Berlin coming in as pick #1 (see page 29, Chapter 3 "Markets to Watch"
http://www.pwc.com/en_IM/IM/publications/assets/emerging-trends-in-real-estate-europe--2015.pdf
Also citing Berlin as #1
http://ee24.com/articles/europe/the-best-cities-in-europe-for-real-estate-investments-2015/
Hope this helps a bit in making a decision.
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