Hi Sonia,

The 25,000 is just from one company - I hate to think how many there are in total.

Many people have been duped into buying off-plan holiday homes with the 'promise' that they could flip and make a decent return. A chap living in the middle east who bought five apartments contacted me a couple of weeks ago desperate to sell.

There is a lot of resale property around at the moment. But the agencies are more interested in promoting off-plan. One pundit here believes some agencies receive as much as 15% from the developers by way of commission, so there's little incentive for them to promote resales on which they receive just 5%. (Also, a number of the agencies are in partnership with the developers and helping to fund the construction).

Have you tried promoting your property on one of the many holiday home rental web-sites? I also came across a good site with information and advice for those renting property - Lay My Hat.

Cheers,