Category: Overseas Properties
New Ruling For South African Investors
Property investors who own or are leasing out their properties in South Africa need to be mindful of the new ruling that was introduced in the country recently. Attie Pretorius, director and head of the national real estate practice at law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, explained the Rental Housing Bill will have implications for landlords. [...]
Dubai Property Value up by 4%
In the latest survey conducted by Knight Frank on Prime Global Cities Index, United Arab Emirates (UAE) has recorded a 4% climb in property value in the first quarter of 2012. They are also the highest compared to other cities included in the survey. Although they are the best performing location in the Middle East, [...]
China Masters The Art Of “Instant ” Buildings
The Broad Group, a private company based in China who are global manufactures of a vary of products have managed to achieve the impossible by mastering the art of “instant” building which enables them to build up to 6-storeys in just 24 hours! Their innovative flat pack techniques has allowed broad sustainable building (BSB) to [...]
LTV Loans Help Boost Portugal’s Property Market
Thanks to the current offer made by Portugal’s banking sector,who are offering higher Loan-To-Value (LTV) mortgages, the property market is looking more and more attractive to investors. According to Stephen Anderson, managing director of infinito real, an estate agency in Portugal, interested buyers are most likely to obtain a 100% LTV loan on repossessed homes [...]
Investors Eyeing Malaysia’s Retail Sector
Savills latest report on property investments in the Asia-Pacific region has found that many investors are turning their attention to Malaysia’s retail property sector. The firm also believes that there will be a “Major shopping centre transactions” from April to June, with several deals currently in the pipeline. Apart from the retail sector, Malaysia’s hospitality [...]
The “Water Discus Hotel ” – Dubai’s Latest Architectural Challenge
Designers design, creative people create, put these two fields together and you will get the latest blueprint for the next most outlandish, over-the-top inventions for a hotel. Already home to the worlds tallest building in the world – the Burj Khalifa, Dubai has come up with it’s newest challenge – a half-submerged hotel, complete with [...]
Top 10 Of The Worlds Property Hotspots
Knight Frank, the global real estate consultants recently conducted a research ranking countries according to their highest average growth in housing prices from the fourth quarter of 2006 to the same period in 2011. Here are the list of the top 10 hottest properties locations worldwide. 10. Switzerland 5-year price growth: 27.5 percent Home to [...]
Zona Norte – Brazil’s Property Hotspot
Brazil’s rapidly expanding suburb of Zona Norte in Natal holds huge opportunities for real estate investment as a recent study also reveals an increase in interest from foreign investors. Situated on the North-East of the country, Natal is the fasted growing city in Brazil, with some 300,000 people moving there in the last few years. [...]
Australian Real Estate – Brits Tops List Of Investors
The latest annual report by Australia’s foreign investment review board (FIRB) shows that Brits are the top investors in Australian real estate compared to any other nationality of overseas financier in 2010-11. According to the organisation, investors from the UK spent AU$4.61 billion (£2.94 billion) on property in Australia during this period. Coming in second [...]
E&O Acquires Prime London Property Worth £20.25m
Malaysia’s lifestyle property development group, Eastern & Oriental Bhd (E&O ), has agreed to purchase a prime freehold office cum retail building in Central London, also known as Princes House, worth £20.25million (RM 99.63m).The purchase of the property is expected to be completed by June 2012. The property in London was acquired by Oriental Light [...]
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