People seeking property in the UAE may be interested in Dubai after new figures indicated the emirate performed well last month.

Reidin.com has published its latest Residential Property Price Indices for the UAE for March 2012 and revealed Dubai enjoyed a positive performance for the month, with a two per cent rise in sale prices.

Apartment sales prices were up two per cent month-on-month and 1.24 per cent year-on-year, suggesting the market has been bouncing back recently and for villas the monthly increase was 1.89 per cent and the annual rise 18.11 per cent. Add new comment

The Dominican Republic is emerging as a strong property market prospect as Caribbean holiday bookings rise, a new report has stated.

Investment firm Macleesipps has noted a report by Hayes and Jarvis has identified an 800 per cent jump in such bookings in the country in the past year and suggested this will inevitably bolster the holiday rental market.

Investors seeking property in the Dominican Republic may be encouraged by this trend and Macleesipps managing director Gary McArd said: "The growth of tourism in the area has been staggering and this can only...

Some people looking for property in Spain may consider Marbella to be a place to buy beachfront villas, but that is not the only option.

A Daily Telegraph feature on the resort notes that the historic centre further inland offers an alternative charm, revealing the experience of British expats Diane Langford and John Taylor, who are both in their 60s.

Ms Langford said the couple rejected the idea of buying an off-plan property when they started house hunting in Marbella in 2005, instead buying a 150-year-old home that they find they can rent out all year round, not...

Legally-aided advice desk at Clerkenwell and Shoreditch county court is a vital service for clients who may lose their homes

There is something Dickensian about repossession day in our courts. Recently I spent a day Clerkenwell and Shoreditch county court as part of the Guardian's Live Justice project. The court is on the fringes of the City and, unlike most of our dilapidated court network, is ultramodern, light and airy. Nonetheless the work of courts like this harks back to a different, darker era - something I had noted when I spent a...