The Government calculated that it would add up to £25m to the existing £30m cost of running this scheme if these overseas properties were included.

I suppose some of your people have overseas property.

Rightmove also lists overseas properties for sale and to let.

Following that she moved into selling overseas property and spent two years living and working in Cyprus.

The fee is £1 in the UK and £10 for overseas properties.

While pondering that question, Eva inherits some overseas properties from a rich uncle.

"But after this recent lull we expect interest in overseas property to return, possibly quite strongly."

"Most buyers want to use their overseas property themselves, as a holiday home, for inheritance reasons, or retirement purposes," concludes the report.

Putting savings into an overseas property is an idea my husband and I keep returning to.

The leading UK daily newspapers regularly include details of overseas properties for sale.