Alison Gregor

Low mortgage interest rates, affordable homes and a large inventory are drawing more international buyers to rural Normandy.

Milan continues to outpace its Italian neighbors in home prices and sales volume, while the smaller areas in its orbit remain quiet and affordable.

Consumer confidence and falling interest rates are helping the capital city of Bogotá compete for international home buyers.

In the rustic southern region of Occitanie, investors can find more value and space than they’ll get in nearby Provence or the French Riviera.

The bucolic Istrian Peninsula offers ‘tremendous value’ compared with similar areas along the Adriatic coast.

The eastern Canadian province has managed to make up for the loss of foreign buyers with more domestic transactions, staving off the worst of the pandemic.

As the market for midrange properties struggles to regain its footing, Thailand’s high-end sector has remained resilient, with foreign buyers waiting for the chance to return.

In Budapest, where foreign buyers vanished and domestic buyers moved out, many properties that were once short-term rentals are now on the market.

The Highlands region, with its towering mountains and dramatic coastline, is seeing an ‘explosion of interest’ as more buyers leave cities.

Following a severe recession in 2015 and 2016, Brazil’s housing market began a period of slow recovery, which accelerated during the pandemic.

Sitting just outside the Caribbean hurricane belt, the Dutch island of Aruba has seen its home market bounce back with pandemic buyers.

This January saw some of the island’s highest tourism numbers in recent years, lending some momentum to a rebounding sales market.

Homes in the archipelagic state are often handed down from generation to generation, while foreigners are limited to vacation villa packages on resort islands.

Malaysia’s housing market has seen a surge in transactions recently, though prices are being held in check by a glut of inventory, brokers say.

The Canary Island capitals of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife are seeing more demand than most of Spain’s other capitals.

An industrial loft in La Villette, a former workshop in Sainte-Avoye and an updated apartment with 19th-century touches on Île Saint-Louis.

A three-bedroom houseboat, a duplex in a 19th-century brick building and a renovated townhouse with a roof terrace.

A mews apartment, a two-bedroom in a semidetached Victorian villa, and a three-bedroom in a rowhouse with a private backyard.

On Ambergris Caye, the Belize island known for its water sports and pristine beaches, buyers can find resort condos and single-family homes.

A five-bedroom estate with 18th-century origins, a semidetached seven-bedroom Victorian house, and a converted corn mill with six bedrooms.