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The Canary Island capitals of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife are seeing more demand than most of Spain’s other capitals.

Malaysia’s housing market has seen a surge in transactions recently, though prices are being held in check by a glut of inventory, brokers say.

Homes in the archipelagic state are often handed down from generation to generation, while foreigners are limited to vacation villa packages on resort islands.

Despite rapid population growth and an influx of foreigners, Bahrain has seen a softening residential market due to an oversupply of housing.

This January saw some of the island’s highest tourism numbers in recent years, lending some momentum to a rebounding sales market.

The sliver of an island off the Caribbean coast of Honduras has seen its longtime buyer’s market shift to the seller’s side as inventory dwindles.

‘There has been no tourism for almost two years’ in Grenada, agents say, leading to more opportunities for domestic buyers and savvy investors.

After enduring back-to-back crises in recent years, the British Virgin Islands are beginning to see the return of tourists and foreign investors.

Sitting just outside the Caribbean hurricane belt, the Dutch island of Aruba has seen its home market bounce back with pandemic buyers.

The absence of tourists in the popular Ubud area has been “dire,” with the few remaining foreign buyers gravitating toward other parts of Bali.