UK TV BOOST FOR ALGARVE PROPERTY SALES.

Did you see the UK TV programme "A PLACE IN SUN" on channel 4 at the beginning of 2005 Well maybe not, unless you have SKY TV. Going out to UK viewers at prime time 8.p.m it was a special, hour long, edition titled " the best 20 destinations to buy property in the sun".

The criteria for evaluating the hot spots were the "three p's" price, position and potential and the 20 destinations were ranked one to twenty.

It was interesting to see mentioned,  the old advocate areas where the Brits buy abroad Normandy and the Côte d'Azure but these were not even in the top 10. Surprisingly the Costa del Sol , a firm favourite with the British, has lost some of its appeal and only managed 14th place. The up and coming destinations in Eastern Europe, such as Croatia and Bulgaria, did rank highly as did Turkey but with the potential to be politically unstable , could not justify them receiving the very top rankings. Surprisingly the ex Portuguese colony of Cape Verde was high up on the charts with the emphasis that the property market there was about to take off. One of the top 5 was Cape Town, in South Africa but due to its distance from northern Europe could not take the top spot.

The number one spot went to .The Algarve. Yes, millions of viewers would have seen the highly rated show "sing the praises" of the beautiful Algarve giving it, the best position, the best property prices and the best potential for growth. If you want to buy a place in the sun, the Algarve is the best place ...that's official.