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Freedom comes in the form of a Golden Visa! The Golden Visa Scheme was started in 2012 in Portugal and 2013 in Spain to enable foreigners to reside in either country with their families for a relatively small property investment. 

Residents in the Algarve are eagerly awaiting the 12th round of the Grand Prix happening this weekend, 23rd-25th October, at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão.

Portugal has officially been introduced to the air travel corridor list for the UK meaning anyone travelling to the country will not have to quarantine when they return to the UK.

Portugal’s Golden Visa Program was adopted from a massive real estate residency program that provides non-European nationals and their families the right to travel within the Schengen zone freely.

Ideal Homes International has just announced they will be hosting another three day webinar following on from the success of their Virtual Vantage event at the beginning of July. For anyone interested in buying a property in Portugal or Spain this summer, make sure to sign up in order to tour reduced properties across the Algarve and Costa Blanca first hand.

On July 3rd, the UK government released a list of the countries it had air bridges with and a variety of the UK’s popular holiday destinations such as Spain, Italy, France and Greece were mentioned but one of the most noteworthy absences was Portugal.

Ideal Homes International have just announced they will be participating in two weeks of webinars and virtual tours from 1st July to 16th July, 2020. They will be hosting two webinars a day rotating between Portugal and Spain at both 1pm and 5pm GMT+1.

The Consulate General of Portugal in Macau and Hong Kong have recently expressed the noticeable increase in the interest from citizens currently living in the former British colony wanting to relocate to Portugal. 

As Portugal continues to be praised internationally for the way it has handled and contained COVID-19 across the country, it has announced that as of May 4th, the State of Emergency will officially come to an end.

It's business as usual (actually it's better than usual!) here at A Place in the Sun Live in Manchester!

The Overseas Property Show announces its return to Bangkok, Thailand on 15th and 16th February, 2020. After a successful show in Bangkok in November 2019, it is coming back and this time it’ll be at Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit Hotel running from 10am-5pm each day.  The show will feature award winning agents and expert advice about buying properties in the popular hot spots of Portugal, Spain and Florida. Attendees will receive all of the information that they need as well as free personalised consultations. Entry is free. 

If you’re looking to buy or rent your dream Portugal property this year, then Ideal Homes can help to unite you with your perfect match.