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Jan 19, 2022 · Welcome to our top Ten Best Places to Buy Abroad in 2022 index, our annual look at searches on properties across aplaceinthesun.com to see which countries and locations British buyers are most interested in when it comes to buying a holiday home or making a permanent move.
- Spain. As sure as night follows day, Spain is top of our Best Places index. Is France hot on its heels? As much as French estate agents might wish it, the answer is no – Spain is pulling away like Max Verstappen in the F1 Championship.
- France. The budgets of Francophiles are falling! It’s slipped down from £181,888 two years ago, to £158,249 last year, and now it’s £148,086. This is perhaps a reflection that getting small mortgages in France is quite tricky for British right now – those shopping at this level are now often cash buyers.
- Portugal. The year of 2023 will be the end of an era for Portugal as we saw the end of its low-tax regime, the NHR, and also the real estate type of golden visa.
- Florida. Florida is very much back! Last year it zoomed up the rankings from number seven to number four and we thought – was that just one-off, a post-Covid spike, its moment in the sun?
- Spain. Solid at the top for every year since our records began, Spain is again numero uno. Property searches could not quite meet the pent-up demand of 2021 levels – they were 20 per cent down on that year – but the average spend is back down to roughly where it was in 2020: £159,395.
- France. Just like the recent FIFA World Cup, France takes second spot. It wasn’t exactly a penalty situation – total French searches are a quarter of that of Spain, but they’ve fallen slightly less in the past year – by 18 per cent on 2022’s figure.
- Portugal. Portugal continues on its strong run, with enquiries only down 2 per cent on the previous year, and the average spend actually increasing – at £342,276 from £339,639 in 12 months.
- Florida. Well the Sunshine State blasts up our rankings from number seven in 2022’s index to its highest position for a few years. America is back. The pent-up demand from Covid flight restrictions was delayed but now we are looking to spend even more there – a plus-sized £371,949, up from £321,823.
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