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Brazil Grows From Strength to Strength 1969-12-31 18:00:00 Once again, my views on the Brazil
ian economy have been backed up by one of the leading financial institutes in the world (which one?). I have, for a long time been a huge fan of this South American powerhouse as, in my opinion, it has probably the greatest potential for growth out of all the emerging markets, without the reliance on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) like many other of the emerging countries. I think the reason why so many people are so interested in Brazil is the fact that as a commodity exporter, the country in far less likely to be affected by a global slowdown.
Investment Property in Dubai - Old Hat or a Shrewd Move? 1969-12-31 18:00:00 Like many of you, I can remember property investment companies offering property in Dubai
for what feels like forever. With so many other emerging markets being debated on the television, radio, internet and magazines every day, I had the feeling that Dubai was pretty much yesterday’s news…
Top Spot in Turkey! 1969-12-31 18:00:00 Year after year we have seen foreign direct investment (FDI) to Turkey
increase: It was reported in the Turkish Daily News that FDI in 2007 alone it increased by 9.8 percent to net $21.87 billion, while total FDI was $19.91 billion in 2006.
Ever Increasing Egypt Enquiries 1969-12-31 18:00:00 The tourism industry is hardly a new idea in Egypt
; after all, there are reports that suggest the first visitors were arriving from Rome over 2000 years ago to gaze in amazement at the unbelievable site of the Pyramids. When visiting today you can still see some of the graffiti etched into the walls by these early visitors, showing that the human desire to mark where they have been is something that isn’t just restricted to the youth of today and visitors of public toilets! Read more:Increasing
IPIN Records February Surge in Property Enquiries 1969-12-31 18:00:00 Well it’s been all doom and gloom for the property investment industry over the last few weeks and months. Generally people have been watching the news and then their wallets in direct proportion. Obviously the majority of the Western world wakes up in January with a hang-over from Christmas and the New Year, struggling back to work and into what feels like a hectic routine once more. Read more:Surge
, February
, Records
Panama - A Latin Heavyweight Grows in Popularity 1969-12-31 18:00:00 With IPIN soon to launch its first Panama
project, I have predictably started to open my eyes to Panama as an investment location. If I’m honest, what I have found out through my own research and that of our product team has surprised me. Read more:Popularity
, Latin
Just a Storm in a Tea Cup 1969-12-31 18:00:00 They say when you are feeling seasick, you should look to the horizon to stop the queasy feeling. This is advice that could well be applied to the financial and investment property markets in some areas of the world at present. Read more:Storm
Fresh Back From Dubai 1969-12-31 18:00:00 I have just come back from meetings in Morocco with Emirati real estate giants, Emaar. We have been appointed as one of their partners in the marketing and sales of their high quality developments in Rabat and Tangiers. I am sitting in a 19 passenger Beechcraft 1900 from Regional Airlines Maroc; just a slight difference from the Emirates Business Class I was sitting in 3 weeks ago from Heathrow to Dubai
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Mortgages Boost Istanbul Property Market 1969-12-31 18:00:00 Turkey’s emerging property market has recently taken an important stride forwards by offering long term LTV mortgages to foreign investors from January this year. Read more:Market
, Boost
Great Things Ahead in Tangier 1969-12-31 18:00:00 Today Tangier is a city fast on the move: recognising its enormous potential, largely driven by its ports and close proximity to Spain and the rest of Europe, King Mohammed VI has implemented a regeneration programme for Tangier. Read more:Great
America Still Number 1! 1969-12-31 18:00:00 I have found myself in a state of turmoil. A quagmire of confusion surrounds my every thought. I find myself wondering if I have lost the power of rational reasoning or are these thoughts just a difference of opinion? What is causing this mental debate? Well, in general I tend to agree with all I hear from the hallowed halls of investment bankers, Morgan Stanley, but if I’m now to believe all I hear from this trusted institute, America
has officially gone into recession! Read more:Number
Dubai Home Loans at 5%! 1969-12-31 18:00:00 In my last blog I wrote how mortgage rates in Dubai
are expected to become more competitive. Just a few days later, I read that The Commercial Bank of Dubai has firmly laid down the gauntlet to rivals offering home loans from just 5%. This is a huge step, especially when you consider that the previous lowest market rate was around 7.5%. Read more:Loans
Whats next for international real estate? 1969-12-31 18:00:00
Next month I will be off to the SIMA exhibition in Madrid, one of the largest industry exhibitions in Europe. Now in its tenth year, the exhibition gives a fantastic insight into what’s on the horizon for the world of international property.
The exits are here, here and here, we hope you enjoy investing with IPIN and choose to invest with us again! 1969-12-31 18:00:00 There is so much choice and temptation available to today’s property invest
or that selecting what and when to invest can be quite a daunting decision. With the current volatility of the currency and stock markets, land and property is still the weapon of choice for many due to its historic long term security but when it actually comes to placing a deposit the choice is mesmerising. Read more:enjoy
, choose
Does the Spanish property market sill have a pulse? 1969-12-31 18:00:00 Over the last few weeks and months I have heard and read literally hundreds of negative stories about the property
market in Spain. Wasn’t it strange then that I was actually paying far more attention to the property magazines and for sale sections of the local Spanish
newspapers, if the market was that bad with major estate agents like Viva Estates and Ocean Estates along with a reported 40,000 others closing down or in serious danger of going out of business, why am I so interested in potentially purchasing my first Spanish property now?
Frozen Turkey but Christmas has been postponed 1969-12-31 18:00:00 A shocking statement by one of Turkey
’s newspapers Hurriyet reads:
“Turkish property sales to foreigners are to be temporarily halted from Wednesday, declared a Ministry of Public Works and Settlement inline with a Constitutional Court ruling three months ago. A new regulation was delivered to the Board of Ministers for approval.” Read more:Frozen
, Christmas
Brazil is Primed and Ready to Go! 1969-12-31 18:00:00 I’ve just come back from an interesting trip to Brazil
. As the writer for propertyshowrooms.com and IPIN’s latest promotions in this awe-inspiringly vast country, it was with great excitement that I could at last ‘put a face to Natal.’ So, donned as a typical package holidaymaker to Natal, I was intrigued to get a first-hand view on just what this growing tourism regi Read more:Primed
Deposit Bonds aim to attract new buyers 1969-12-31 18:00:00 A new product has been launched aiming to provide a substitute for cash down payments or deposits, when purchasing off-plan property abroad, particularly in Australia. Read more:Deposit
, Bonds
Back to the future 1969-12-31 18:00:00 I turned on the telly today, and what did I see? Presenters, commentators, and so-called property experts moaning on about house prices falling in the UK and what a disaster it all is, and how it’s now so difficult for the first time buyer to get onto the housing market. It’s enough to make you want to commit property suicide (if there was such a thing).
Marvellous Morocco 1969-12-31 18:00:00 I have just returned from a weekend trip to Morocco
. I went partly out of curiousity and partly out of pure shame – after all, here I am living on mainland Spain, almost literally a stone’s throw from another continent, and yet it was to be only my first trip. What was my excuse?
On the crest of a wave 1969-12-31 18:00:00 And so there we were, messing around in a catamaran in the Mediterranean, taking in the view of the harbour and watching the sun glistening on the sea. There was a cool breeze wafting in across the waves and the sound of the water lapping against the hull...
The Seven Deadly Sins 1969-12-31 18:00:00 I was watching a property programme the other night, and pondering the fate of a couple who were complaining that the villa they’d bought in the Valencia region of Spain had turned out to be illegal. Read more:Seven
, Deadly Sins
The Next Big Thing? 1969-12-31 18:00:00 When it comes to property investment, the question on everyone’s lips is always “where’s the next big thing?” By that, I mean the relentless search for a region which most people wouldn’t bother with at the moment in terms of property investment, but which will someday gain the investment respect that countries like Brazil, Panama, Morocco, and Dubai have achieved tod Read more:Thing
, Big Thing
The Terror of Television 1969-12-31 18:00:00 Companies in general (and property companies in particular) are often scared of Television
. No, not scared – terrified. It’s because they’ve all seen those undercover TV programmes where secretly recorded dodgy sales people promise clients the Earth in exchange for their hard-earned cash, with unrealistic claims over property appreciation etc... Read more:Terror
Cyprus is flying high 1969-12-31 18:00:00 Skydiving is a cool (if somewhat mad) activity, and I’m told that the island of Cyprus
is now a trendy place to do it. It basically entails jumping out of an aircraft at about 10,000 feet, enjoying the exhilaration of freefall, before opening your parachute for a (hopefully) soft landing.
Could China be next? 1969-12-31 18:00:00 It is an undisputed fact that China
’s economy has been booming beyond recognition. Unprecedented growth rates and out of this world building construction (Shanghai wouldn’t look out of place in any science-fiction movie) have led to a country which is unrecognisable from twenty years ago – well, the cities anyway. All of which has stunned the world.
Banking Blues 1969-12-31 18:00:00 Blimey, what a few days it’s been. Every Tom, Dick, and Harry of a financial expert has been jumping on the bandwagon using the word ‘crisis’ to describe the current banking chaos enveloping the United States and beyond. And they’re not wrong. The astonishing collapse of the Lehman Brothers investment bank (the fourth largest in the US) and the even more astonishing bail ou Read more:Blues
The investor mindset 1969-12-31 18:00:00 Now that the dust (or most of it) has apparently settled following the almost cataclysmic worldwide banking meltdown, the question many property investors are asking themselves is: ‘where is now the best place to buy?’
Short term memory 1969-12-31 18:00:00 It’s a fact that people have short memories. I mean, after the shocking bombing of the London Underground in 2005 (was it really three years ago?) it seemed that no one was ever going to use the Tube again. Everyone went out and bought bicycles. But how short-lived all those healthy intentions were. The London Underground is now as packed (and miserably sweaty) as it always was... Read more:Short
A New Dawn 1969-12-31 18:00:00 Today, we wake up to a new President-elect of the United States of America. Thank goodness. At last, Americans can travel the world and not feel embarrassed to open their mouths, lest someone hears their accent and vilifies them for it (I met an American couple at Heathrow Airport once, who were pretending they were Canadian, just to avoid abuse)....
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