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City guide · CroatiaGrožnjanGrožnjan, Grisignana in Italian, is a walled hilltop town in north-west Istria above the Mirna valley and the seat of a municipality of 656 people across ten settlements (2021 census). The town itself has 142 permanent residents. Artists began moving into its empty stone houses in 1965, about thirty of them became galleries and studios, and since 1969 the International Cultural Centre of Jeunesses Musicales Croatia has brought more than 20,000 young musicians here for summer courses. Italian is co-official: 35.8 percent of residents declared Italian ethnicity in 2021, and in 2001 Grožnjan was the only Croatian municipality with an Italian majority. Asking prices averaged 3,817 euros per square metre in September 2026, down 8.8 percent year on year and just under the Istria County average of 3,878, across only 95 properties for sale. Buyers find stone houses in the old town and its hamlets, rural houses with land, and building plots at around 100 euros per square metre, with the Parenzana cycling trail running through the municipality.City guide · CroatiaBujeBuje, known historically as Buie, is an inland hilltop town roughly ten kilometres from the Istrian coast, called the sentinel of Istria for its position. It sits at the centre of Istria's most celebrated wine district, home to Momjan Muscat, a variety that won gold at the Brussels exhibition of 1935 and was served at the Habsburg and Italian royal courts. The buyer is typically Austrian, German or Slovenian, wanting a restored stone house, olive grove or vineyard and a view, ten minutes from the sea, at around 78 percent of the Umag coastal price, with strong Italian-language continuity also drawing buyers from Trieste and the Veneto. Asking prices are the cheapest in this northwest Istrian set at 3,454 euros per square metre. Two things buyers should weigh before committing: much of the attractive land around the hill town is classified agricultural, which non-EU buyers cannot acquire directly, and old stone houses commonly carry unresolved title spread across many heirs.City guide · AlbaniaSarandaSaranda is the jewel of the Albanian Riviera, a horseshoe bay on the Ionian Sea looking across to the Greek island of Corfu and a market that has become one of the Mediterranean's fastest-rising coastal investment stories. Modern sea-view apartments are priced from around EUR 1,500 per square metre, with city-centre stock at EUR 1,600-1,800, sea-view units at EUR 2,200-3,000 and beachfront product topping EUR 3,000 per square metre, still a fraction of comparable coastlines in Greece, Croatia or Italy. The growth has been dramatic: Albanian coastal prices rose around 12% on average over the prior year, and some Saranda and nearby Ksamil pockets recorded 25-35% annual gains in 2025 on the back of intense seasonal tourism. Roughly 40% of buyers are foreigners, drawn by low entry prices and short-let yields of a strong 8-10%. The catalysts are concrete: the new Vlora International Airport opening for full commercial flights in 2026 and a planned Gjirokaster airport serving the south are expected to lift Riviera values by 15-25%, while Albania's EU candidacy adds a structural tailwind. Investors should weigh genuine upside against clear overheating risk in the hottest micro-markets.Neighbourhood · BrisbaneBulimba

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