Overview of Austria

On this page you will find links to details of Austria holiday homes for sale and Austria rental accommodation. Austria has a history of invasion from armies and clans such as the Celts, Romans, Vandals, Visigoths, Huns and Avars. Wars has been motivated by political power through Royal intervention and on behalf of religion. By the late 1500's the Austrian population was divided between the Protestant and Catholics faiths. By the early twentieth century German style political facism had spread to Austria. Consequentley, Austria saw heavy bombing during WW2. In 1995 it joined the European Union and opened its borders to promote economic prospecrity and movement of people and goods. Austria has a stable economy and a mature holiday home market, with a mixture of ski chalet and log cabin properties in the mountains to urban modern apartments in the major cities like Salzburg. Austria benefits from a mixture of snow and sunshine, mountains and valleys with pure glacial water for beachside recreation in the summer and picturesque beauty in the cold winters. The temperate climate of Austria attracts expatriates, investors in holiday home property and people seeking second homes in a relaxing, temperate alpine climate. There are excellent transport links in, out and around Austria, with low cost flights from the UK and an integrated railway system. The States of Austria are Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Styria, Tyrol, Upper Austria, Vienna and Vorarlberg. It is normal and expected practice to put down a deposit of 10% of the agreed price (similar to the UK), which is refunded able is no legal contracts have yet been exchanged. You should also budget for any loss due to currency fluctuations when you transfer funds in preparation of buying the property. The are other minor costs such as the cost of translating any legal documents involved, estate agents fees. The air many air and land links into Austria for property investors. The main airports are in Vienna and Salzburg for budget airlines boosting the 'fly to let' market. Austria can be entered by motorway from Slovenia, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Italy.