http://www.holidaylettings.co.uk/resources/property-news/a-2/en-gbAll contents are Copyright (C) 2009 Holiday Lettings Ltd 1998-2009Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:36:36 GMThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60HL Newsfeed Generator 1.0Jenson Button has bought a holiday home in Morocco. The Formula One world champion paid more than £5m for his new home.

Button is "clearly in the mood to celebrate being the new Formula One champion," writes The Sunday Times. The 29 year old now owns a holiday home in Marrakech.

The property measures 9,600 square feet and is set in landscaped grounds. Button's new home includes a gym, swimming pool and cinema room.

He will also have a handyman at his disposal. The Formula One star will be able to indulge his love for cars, with garaging for 12 vehicles.

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A total of 17 routes will be cut from Shannon from March 28, reports The Irish Examiner. The aircraft that were due to operate these routes will be moved to other Ryanair bases in Belgium, Holland and Spain.

The Ryanair Shannon routes that are being cut are:

• Alicante
• Birmingham
• Bristol
• Brussels
• Carcassonne
• Edinburgh
• Faro
• Girona
• Glasgow
• Gran Canaria
• Krakow
• Lanzarote
• Liverpool
• Lodz
• Milan
• Murcia
• Venice

However, seven routes will continue to operate out of Shannon: London Gatwick and Stansted, Malaga, Nantes, Palma, Paris and Tenerife.

Ryanair wants a 50 per cent reduction in operating costs at Shannon. The changes will see the number of aircraft based at the airport cut from four to one.

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A number of locations in south east Turkey are covered by the ban, reports the English language newspaper The Hurryet Daily News. The ban on foreigners purchasing Turkey apartments has been introduced after land purchases by foreign owners exceeded the 10 per cent limit imposed by the country's government.

As a result, overseas investors can no longer purchase property in certain inland areas close to the Syrian border. These are Mardin, Kilis and Hatay.

Nevertheless, industry experts are confident that the ban will not impact on second home purchases. "This has nothing to do with the holiday home market," Julian Walker from Turkish estate agent Spot Blue told Overseas Property Professional (OPP). "These are popular areas for commercial and industrial land purchasers but not for the residential market."

Darren Edwards, director of Network Turkey, added: "These are not tourist areas and will not affect real estate sales, nor do I believe similar [restrictions] will be implemented in the major cities or the coastal resorts of the Aegean and the Mediterranean."

Despite Edwards's view that the restrictions will not spread, OPP warns that "similar bans could technically be brought in in other areas of the country". This would be the case should foreign ownership reach 10 per cent.

However, such measures may be a long way off. Concerns were raised that foreign ownership could reach the limit in the Mugla region, which includes Bodrum, Marmaris, Dalaman and Fethiye. Mugla is "the prime area for foreigners purchasing," Ishik Ahment from World Abodes told OPP. Such fears were unfounded, he added: "As far as I am aware, Mugla region is still some way away from achieving this figure at this moment in time."

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Fry would be "honoured" to take US citizenship, according to The Daily Mail. Speaking at an awards ceremony in Los Angeles, the comedian and QI presenter said that he was looking for a home near his friend Hugh Laurie.

Laurie is based in LA, where he films the hit series House. Fry said: "I'm looking for a place in LA. I do love America. I had an apartment in New York for many years and have just sold that so I do want somewhere in America....I might just make it the West Coast."

Fry, who suffers from bipolar disorder, added that the sunny weather in LA would help his moods. "And of course I'd be close to my darling Hugh and his darling wife and his darling children," he concluded.

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Over 7,000 owners of cottages in Ireland have been fined, reports thepost.ie. Those who failed to pay the 200 euros tax on time are now subject to a 20 euros fine per property for each month that they don't comply.

Official figures show that 7,008 owners have paid the tax and fine online since November 1. Others have paid at their local county council office since the start of the month.

Overall, 232,384 properties have now complied with Ireland's second home tax, raising almost 46.5 million euros in revenue for local authorities. The tax applies to properties other than an owner's first home, granny flats, mobile homes and overseas property.

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80 per cent of the country is now covered by Google Street View, reports Global Edge. The service will allow holidaymakers renting villas in Spain to view the area where they will be staying before they depart.

The areas covered include destinations popular with both holidaymakers and second home investors. The Costa del Sol, the Costa Blanca and the Costa Calida are among the regions viewable.

Google Maps in Spain also contains a real estate option. It is believed that Google is scaling up this service and it could represent a "significant threat" to websites advertising properties for sale in the country.

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Brand's Hampstead "bachelor pad" is on the market for £2.5m, according to The London Evening Standard. The news has sparked speculation that the comedian is about to move to the US to live with singer Perry.

The London property has four bedrooms and a yoga room. The 2,000 square foot home also has a media room, three bathrooms and a hot tub in the garden.

In the property's brochure, the estate agent writes that Brand's home has "been the subject of a dramatic and stylish makeover". The master bedroom is described as "exquisite and very luxurious". Photos show the property as having a "retro, monochrome theme throughout".

It is rumoured that Brand and Perry have already started looking for a house in the Hollywood Hills. Brand's spokesman has been unavailable for comment.

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Ryanair will close its Basel routes from December 2. Six Ryanair routes will cease as a result.

Owners renting their Switzerland apartments and gites in France to holidaymakers should be aware of this change to Ryanair's services. A total of 18 weekly flights to/from Basel will be lost after the airport failed to lower its charges.

Ryanair had offered Basel an extra 13 flights per week if it lowered its airport charges. However, the airport declined and Ryanair's routes between Basel and Alicante, Cagliari, London Stansted, Marseille, Porto and Stockholm will now cease.

Passengers due to travel on these routes on or after December 2 will be contacted by Ryanair. A full refund will be provided.

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The new airport was opened by Cypriot president Demetris Christofias, reports the AFP news agency. Larnaca International Airport replaces a previous terminal, which was only intended to be a temporary facility after the island's airport in Nicosia got caught in no man's land following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.

Flights to/from Larnaca International Airport will begin tomorrow. Cyprus Airways and easyJet will be the only carriers using the airport until November 17. After this, the terminal will become fully operational.

At four times the size of its predecessor and with 67 check in desks, Larnaca International Airport is able to handle up to 7.5m passengers per year. Eventually, the new airport will be able to welcome 10m passengers annually.

An upgraded airport was opened last year in Paphos on the west coast of Cyprus. Along with the new airport in Larnaca, it is hoped that this will help attract more tourists to Cyprus.

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Knightley was spotted in Tuscany over the summer, according to The Sunday Times. The Pirates of the Caribbean star is now believed to be looking at Italy villas.

A source told the paper that Knightley is particularly interested in properties in Tuscany. Her "hunting ground" centres on Barga in the Garfagnana valley.

If she buys a villa in Italy, Knightley will add to her property portfolio. The 24 year old also took her pick of the London apartments and owns a £1.5m flat in Mayfair.

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