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A PLACE IN THE SUN

20 Best Places to Make Money

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5 - Sweden
Dotted with lakes and forests Sweden is the biggest country in Scandinavia, however it is one of the least populated places in Europe. It's also one of the cheapest: on average property is just over £50,000.
352% return
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4 - The Baltic States
The Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are located in northeast Europe on the Baltic Sea, neighbouring Belarus and Russia. Old towns of these countries’ capitals (Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius) are seeing huge interest from foreign buyers.

All three states joined the EU in 2004 and property prices have been booming for several years as rental investors pile in and local wages increase leading to increased ownership. Estonia is Europe’s fastest-growing tourist destination with both Easyjet and Ryanair links to the UK. These countries all have a low flat-taxation regime.
356% return
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3 - Portugal
Portugal is one of the cheapest places in the EU to live (a three course meal with wine for two costs around ten pounds!) The country is recovering from a recession but has shown strong property growth for a couple of years now. The Silver Coast is still relatively undiscovered but has cheap flights to the UK and a 4-bed habitable period house will only set you back around £90,000.
360% return
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2 - Poland
Poland is one of the wettest countries in Europe, but it is also the one with the best prospects of all current EU members. Huge numbers of international companies, such as Tesco and GSK, are setting up here and the country is set to get the lion’s share of EU funding over the next eight years – up to EUR70 billion.
393% return
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1 - Romania
As an applicant country to the EU Romania has extremely good economic prospects. Historically, applicant countries’ property prices rise strongly up to and through integration. Currently a house to renovate in the countryside can be snapped up for as little as £5,000.

Massive regeneration and infrastructural investment is predicted in this eastern European neighbour which, when underway, look set to provide property investors with massive returns.
414% return
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Formula
Statistics specially commissioned from a leading accountancy firm have predicted how quickly countries’ economies are expected to grow. Amanda’s ranking formula takes into account where house prices are over and undervalued at the moment, and adds in how much money you could make from renting out a property.

What you end up with is one way of predicting how big a return you could see on your property investment in each country over the next 10 years. The top 20 best performing countries have made the chart.

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