With the UK economy and property market struggling, and investing in the Euro appearing less and less appealing by the day, many people are scratching their heads and wondering: just where is the best place to buy investment property?

Tips on buying investment properties abroad often tend toward the well trodden path, but Sterling’s current relationship to the Euro means that the appeal of, for example, Spanish or French property is not what it was. So, without the nearby sunshine and perceived security of Spain and France as an option, many would-be UK property investors have to ask themselves; just where can I buy property abroad?

Many people, including a large number of Russian investors, currently think that the best place to buy investment property is North Cyprus. Property prices are low – around half to a third of those in the south and far less than in other Mediterranean countries, but those low prices are entirely predicated on the division that has existed on the island for the last thirty years.

However there are many factors that lead to an optimistic view on the current reunification efforts in North Cyprus. Both Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders – Demetris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat respectively – share a left-leaning world view and, perhaps more importantly, both have independently announced that they hold the aim of reunifying the divided island close to their hearts. Compared to the attitude of predecessor Christofias’s premiership bares a huge boost to the issue of reunification, and this was made apparent by the welcoming of the result that Jos