I'm sure most people on this forum will remember the famous '80s acronym DINKY, Double Income No Kids Yet.

It would seem now that BARBies are the new emergering trend, as reported in Assetz Property News Service.

The article says, "The solidity of the French property market while all around is being credit crunched has been one of the major stories of recent times...

...the acronym stands for Buy Abroad, Rent in Britain and is a new trend that has emerged in French property investment"