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What can you get for your money in… Nice?

BUDGET €200,000+ Centre
People on a budget should look for older, cosy flats in downtown Nice, where around €200,000 will get you a one-bedroom flat in a 1900s ‘bourgeois’-style building with hardwood floors, high ceilings, mouldings and balconies.

STANDARD €500,000+ Quartier des Musiciens
Quartier des Musiciens is one of the better neighbourhoods in Nice, and with its stately apartments in buildings on the tree-lined Boulevard Victor-Hugo, this is an attractive area for people with a medium-sized budget. A nicely renovated two-bedroom flat with marble entrance, wrought iron Belle Epoque stucco and a little terrace will go for around €500,000.

LUXURY €1,000,000+ Boulevard Franck Pilatte
For a highly coveted view of the blue sea, a luxury seafront four-bedroom flat on the attractive Boulevard Franck Pilatte – well hidden behind the port of Nice – is just the right thing. Big terraces, marble floors, large bay windows and a spectacular view is what around a million euro will get you here.

Nice web resources
www.scanazur.com
www.azurassistance.dk
www.french-real-estate.com
www.charles-loftie.dk

Don’t buy the whole house

Fractional ownership is the new buzzword in the property world. By owning part of a property abroad, it becomes both easier to manage and gives you the opportunity to buy in a price class that you couldn’t have afforded otherwise.

Fractional ownership has long been big in the United States, but is now starting to become very popular with European buyers – especially those looking to buy their first property abroad.

Andalucian Homes (www.andalucian-homes.com) is one place to look for part-ownership property in Spain, while Pezula (www.pezula.com) offers luxury property in the Seychelles that can be yours for 21 days a year. Grab a piece of the action.

Inland properties are in; the coast is out

The Spanish coast has always been popular, particularly with Scandinavian and British second homeowners. In some of the coastal towns, foreigners even outnumber locals. But things are changing. High property prices and a desire to live away from major tourist spots are making people looking for a Spanish holiday home turn to inland areas. Antequera, for example, a small market town in the centre of Andalucía, has seen a 13.25% increase in foreign residents in the past year.