Canadian Land Catches On

Introducing an exciting new Pre-Development Land Investment Opportunity from Landcorp International, half acres from £11,500, up to 300% expected returns.

It’s official – the British love Canada. More and more of us are holidaying there and more and more of us are making the decision to build a new life in this stunning and diverse land. Faced with housing shortages, spiralling property prices and the chaos of modern UK living, the British are swapping island living for the second largest country in the world, pushing up land prices in tow and creating a brand new investment opportunity.

Canadian government figures just released by Statcan show a hefty 663,000 overnight visits to our former colony in the first quarter of this year – a 7.2% increase on the same period in 2006. And Britons lead the way, making up almost a quarter of those visits.

Of course skiing is the big attraction in the winter months, with world-renowned centres such as Banff, Panorama, Apex and Whistler proving a big draw from across the Atlantic. But year-round visits are on the increase too, with tourists keen to explore the vastness of the world’s second-largest country – its jaw-dropping scenery; sporting possibilities; romantic rail journeys and cosmopolitan cities.

These are big factors for the visitor but bigger still for the potential migrant. Increasing numbers of Britons are packing up their belongings and going west for a country which offers a high standard of living, a very low crime rate, a booming housing market and an economy to match (Canada had no less than three cities in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s recent ‘top ten best places to live).

The comfort factor is also a huge draw for UK emigrants opting for the ease an English-speaking country with a familiar infrastructure and a United States-influenced service culture where the customer/client always comes first.

Much of the country’s four million square miles may be covered in snow and ice or blanketed with acre upon acre of wheat fields. But southern Canada is as beautiful, sophisticated and welcoming as anywhere in the world. The province of Nova Scotia on Canada’s Atlantic coast offers the very best of everything synonymous with this exciting, beautiful country. From rugged coastline to stylish, modern North American cities like the provincial capital, Halifax, you can have it all.

Halifax was the site for the first British town in Canada and is now a relaxed waterfront city with a vibrant 19th century seaport, large naval base and wonderful mix of architecture including white clapboard churches and Victorian red brick public houses. It’s the site of the world’s second biggest natural harbour (only Sydney is larger) and has been a site of great strategic importance for many centuries. Today, the Halifax region is experiencing strong economic growth, up by 2.6% in 2006 and forecasted to increase by 2.9% in 2007*. The population is also on the up growing by nearly 4% between 2001 and 2006*. Regional multinational companies are expanding to create new job opportunities and a strong demand exists for new housing within commuting distance of Halifax metro. Halifax also boasts an award-winning airport with excellent connections to Britain and the rest of North America – and no-frills Canadian airline Zoom will get you from Gatwick to Nova Scotia for less than £200.

Forest Lakes Country Club, Halifax, Nova Scotia

The pinewoods and forest glades of the area, which stretch for mile after mile, provide the staggeringly beautiful backdrop to a brand new development site where Landcorp International is offering discerning investors the chance to become involved in a pre-development land investment opportunity which is likely to realise a return of up to 300% on the original investment.

More than 1,000 acres of land in maritime Nova Scotia have been set aside for Forest Lakes Country Club – a luxury lifestyle resort complete with 40 acre private lake and 18-hole golf course - surrounded by rich Canadian forest. The developer is releasing 30-35% of the land in order to raise development capital and there’s a double attraction for British investors: Not only do half acres cost from £11,500 – with a projected return of around £40,000 - £50,000 after three years – but it’s also possible to protect investments from UK capital gains tax using a Self Invested Pension Plan (SIPP).

Ailse MacFarlane, Marketing Director of Landcorp International which was formed specifically to source lucrative land opportunities across the globe and offer them to a wider audience, comments, “The site for Forest Lakes Country Club boasts extreme natural beauty but more importantly has huge potential. The developer will create a luxury lifestyle resort packed with amenities that benefits the initial investors, the homebuyers and the local community without sacrificing the beauty of the surroundings. In fact, we expect many of the end-users to be not just overseas clients purchasing a second home in Canada but also local business people who are able to move out of urban Halifax to the tranquility of Forest Lakes Country Club yet remain within comfortable commuting distance.”

Investing in land is viewed with some suspicion in Britain, largely because plenty of schemes have been marketed for land which has almost no chance of being built on – so the investor will never realise his original stake, let alone a profit. Things are a little different in Canada – a country where land is in abundant supply and with a population of only 33 million (just over half that of Britain), there’s a plenty of room to expand.

Ailse continues “Landcorp only offers land with a clear path to development, and emphatically does not offer greenbelt, agricultural or protected land for sale. The developer is essentially giving up a share of future profits in return for funding now – a win-win situation for both the investor and developer.”

The developer is expected to secure planning permission in 2010 or soon afterwards and the land for sale on the site is already zoned to permit development of residential units and a variety of commercial and recreational facilities. The required modifications to develop Forest Lakes Country Club are expected to be granted without difficulty.

Once planning permission has been secured, investors will have the option to take their profits or to buy into Forest Lakes at a favourable rate with its different types of housing and full amenities including a 40 acre private lake, boutique hotel and 18-hole golf course.

So this is really a Canadian land investment with a difference ! Forest Lakes Country Club is offering early investors the opportunity to benefit from the highest profits by releasing a limited number of half acres of land for sale at the entry price of £11,500.The price of the land increases as the developer progresses towards achieving planning permission as will the minimum acreage available for purchase.

For more information call the UK office on national rate 0871 218 3002, the Spanish office on 00 34 952 868 or email Landcorp International on info@landcorpinternational.com

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