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Co-founder of One Place. Writes about how the product gets built, what the team is shipping, and how AI is changing the way people search for a home in Europe.
Anna-Maria M.43 articles
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Every listing on One Place is read by AI that turns free-form property adverts in any European language into one clean, comparable structure. Here is how that works, and why it is the foundation every filter stands on.
A look inside the technology that lets One Place return accurate property results in seconds, from pre-computed vector indexes and distributed infrastructure to computer vision on listing images.
A direct comparison of One Place and Properstar: where each platform reaches, how filter-based search differs from natural language search, and which engine is more likely to surface the property you are actually looking for.
A direct comparison of Residaro and One Place across inventory depth, search capability, and geographic coverage, so you can decide which tool actually fits your European property search.
A country-by-country guide to the rules foreign buyers face when purchasing property in Europe in 2026, covering EU and non-EU buyers, agricultural land, border zones, reciprocity rules, and what changed this year.
Where European property prices stand in 2026, the trends shaping buyer behaviour, how local agents differ country by country, and what to expect before you make an offer.
A practical guide to buying property in Spain as a foreigner in 2026: the real costs beyond the asking price, the legal process step by step, where to buy, and why filter-based portals fall short.
A practical, room-by-room checklist for property viewings, including the red flags that should give you pause and the green flags worth chasing. Save it or print it and take it to every viewing.
Green-Acres does its job well for buyers searching in France. Here is where a specialist portal stops short by design, and what a genuine cross-border alternative looks like.
European property search has specific, structural flaws that no filter tweak can fix. Here are five of them, and how artificial intelligence is beginning to address each one.
The financial and practical case for each path, the key differences across European markets, and the situations where renting or buying clearly wins.
How the European rental market actually works for expats in 2026: what to expect in the most popular cities, how to search across borders, and what to verify before you sign a lease.
The ten questions every international buyer should answer before signing anything, from legal eligibility and financing to what to actually ask the agent on the ground.
Zillow is built for the US and offers almost nothing for European buyers. Here is how the main alternatives compare in 2026, and where a single cross-border search fits in.
A practical, neutral guide to the best aggregator sites for searching property across multiple European countries at once in 2026: what each one does well, where it falls short, and how to pick the right one.
A neutral comparison of Tranio and Kyero for buying property abroad in Europe: what each one is, how they work, who each suits best, and where a single cross-border search fits in.
