Overseas Property Blog

When the Sunday Times put Tropea at number one spot in its ‘Top 20 Beaches’ report in January 2007, the automatic assumption was ‘best’ equals ‘expensive’. Imagining it to be the almost eponymous St Tropez of Calabria, estate agents practically herded potential buyers away from this trendy hotspot and into nearby up-and-coming areas not yet appearing on the radar. But whilst they were right about Tropea’s style icon status, they were less-so about price. At Tropea Beach Resort chic can also be cheap.
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Dubai, Ras Al Khaimah, August 2008: The Dubai-based luxury residential property developer, Select Group, today announced it had awarded its construction contract to the Ras Al-Khaimah based Construction Technology Contracting. (CTC) for its Pacific project on the off-shore man-made development of Al Marjan Island.

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A series of recent Jones Lang LaSalle reports highlight the growing strength of the Canadian economy and the future growth of its hotel industry.

Nubricks Overseas Property Expert, Chintan Mahida, comments, ” Often overlooked by investors, the Canadian hotel market plays second fiddle to its more popular North American neighbour, however strong economic growth fundamentals underpin a country set to benefit from its lucractive nature resources.”
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Property prices have rocketed in Brazil over recent years and if investors could turn the clock back 18 months, knowing then what they do now, they would have snapped up several prime units and be feeling pretty smug today. Prepare for some time travel. The Natal resort of Ocean Blue Paraíso has some distinctly retro prices.

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Prospective investors in Turkey were delighted with the recent news that the government’s temporary ban on the issue of title deeds (Tapu) to foreigners has been lifted. Now that the Turkish government has had time to re-draft the relevant law, title deeds are being processed as usual. This is welcome news for foreign investors, especially now that mortgages are more readily available in Turkey - the essential elements for overseas property investors are firmly in place.

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UK based overseas property developer Select Property has today launched West Avenue, a 32 storey luxury Manhattan style complex on one of the last remaining plots on Dubai Marina. West Avenue, a joint development partnership with Dubai based Select Group, is the seventh tower to be launched by the companies – who have already sold out six off-plan developments on Dubai Marina.
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There’s nothing like a good credit crunch to jangle the nerves. The brakes go on big financial decisions, an overseas property purchase being the most obvious. But if you could buy an apartment in a six-star Cape Verde resort for just 6,000 euros, take ownership upon completion in 2010, have absolutely nothing to pay until 2015 and 100% confidence you could get every cent back if the developer ran into financial difficulty – you’d probably put your foot back on the gas. We introduce the Exchange Bond.

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Even when times were considerably more comfortable than they are now, investment projects where the total capital outlay is under the magical £10,000 mark have always attracted a lot of attention. But in the current climate, where a more frugal investor is disinclined to outlay large capital sums on even the most attractive proposition, a low cost of entry is seemingly a necessity for a project event to come under consideration.

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