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Blog: Bacolet Bay Resort Spa in Grenada a Caribbean property pre release opportunity

Bacolet Bay Resort Spa
Bacolet Bay Resort & Spa on the island of Grenada is a brand new 5 star opportunity we are marketing pre-launch prior to this off plan property development releasing globally in January 2007.


This tiny Isle of Spice as Grenada’s known, just 18 miles by 24, lies on the most southerly Property Grenada for saletip of the Windward Islands. A heady cocktail of banana trees, tropical flowers, pungent spice plantations, lofty mountains and 80 miles of creamy white beaches set against azure waters.


Small but ...

Caribbean Property, Grenada Property, Luxury Property, New Developments
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Blog: Nubricks podcasts feature in the Guardian Newspaper

GuardianWell news of our property podcasting series has now reached the eyes and ears of the mainstream. This morning we featured in an article entitled ‘More than just idle talk’ by Guy Clapperton who looks into the rise of podcasting as a business communications tool.


Take a look a some excerpts from the article below:


We’ve all heard the hype: podcasting can help your business


Overseas Property Advertising, Podcasts
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Blog: Channel Four Best and Worst Places to Live 2006 cont.

Best Worst Places Phil SofieThursday this week saw a return of the Best & Worst Places to Live in the UK for 2006 on Channel Four. As promised, following on from yesterday’s mention of Phil & Sofie’s (this year) 10 Worst places to call home I have detailed Phil and Sofie’s verdicts on the ten Best places to live in the UK.


Contrary to my prediction of a home counties postcode sweeping the board, as it turns out Winchester came out on top, so it seems anyone whose anyone is/should be enjoying ‘vibrant’ living in Winchester these days???!!!


I ...

Property Polls, UK Property
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Blog: Property Investor Tips Podcast with Ajay Ahuja

MicrophoneAjay AhujaIn Podcast 18 we find out how Ajay Ahuja turned £500 into a £10 million property portfolio in 7 years. Ajay explains the route he took to suceed in property and that buy to let is still a route to make substantial returns if you know what to look for and where to look.


Ajay runs a website Ahuja.co.uk, which helps other property investors source high yield rental properties in the student and buy to let sectors. He has also written 9 books on different property investing related subjects and tells us why he wrote ...

Podcasts
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Blog: Best and Worst Places to Live in the UK 2006 on Channel Four

Tomorrow at 8pm Channel Four’s The UK’s Best and Worst Places to Live is screened once again, but this year we are treated to a younger version of new mum Kirsty Allsop in the form of sister Sophie along with regular sidekick Phil Spencer. The hour long special is quoted as being based on 5 criteria:


- crime levels


Property Polls, UK Property
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Blog: Sama Dubai Snap Poll shows Dubai Property Outshines China and India

The real-estate sectors of India and China continue to grow at a blistering pace and the ongoing economic prosperity has naturally had a knock-on effect on these countries real-estate markets. However, they are yet to challenge rival market known collectively as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC); the Persian Gulf region and in particular Dubai has been the real power house so far in terms of economic development growth.


Real estate developer Sama Dubai, a subsidiary of Dubai Holdings, recently conducted a MIPIM Asia 2006straw poll at September’s recent prestigious MIPIM Asia 2006 property expo in Hong Kong. Surveying ...

Dubai Property, Events and Exhibitions, Overseas Property News
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Blog: Phuket Thailand Property Podcast with Andrew Howard

MicrophoneAndrew HowardWe are now 17 podcasts into the Nubricks Property Podcast series. This show focuses on Phuket and this week’s guest is Andrew Howard, who puts his money where his mouth is and has invested in two properties on the Island of Phuket in Thailand, as well as owning a number of properties back in the UK.


Andrew Howard, Commercial Director of The Village on Coconut Island, is realistic about his market and states that the Tsunami and recent Coup in Thailand have slowed the property market a little, but recently he has seen visitor numbers ...

Podcasts
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Blog: Joe Calzaghe makes the Right Move Abroad to Apollon Holiday Village

It seems these days that everyone is getting in on the overseas property investment act. Joe CalzagheBoxer Joe Calzaghe recently invested in not one but two apartments off plan. Firstly, Bansko Royal Towers which Nubricks featured last week, which he chose due to its proximity to Bansko’s ski gondola which is all important when it comes to renting and resale. Joe purchased through The Right Move Abroad, selecting a one bedroom apartment at 67,200 euros it will complete fully furnished and be ready to rent 1st March next year in time to catch a portion of the 2007 ski season. ...

Beach Property, New Developments, Turkey Property
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Blog: Croatian Sun markets Zagreb City living in Santa Domenica Complex

Croatia PropertyCroatia has slipped of the overseas property radar of late due to the rise of other Eastern Europe nations jostling to steal the real estate media limelight. A surge in low cost travel to these nations and the expanding menu of ‘city-break’ destinations on offer has meant Croatia has become one mightZagreb Parks even say, mainstream. Eagerly awaiting almost certain accession to the European Union, Croatia has been busy building up a ‘classy’ tourism profile whilst other markets shout and scream about their bargain-basement offerings.


Currently Croatia’s rate of tourism growth exceeds that ...

City Property, Croatia Property, New Developments
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Blog: Overseas Property Investment Podcast with David Cox

MicrophoneDavid CoxWe have hit our 16th podcast in the Nubricks Property Podcast series. This show is for those of you who enjoy crunching the numbers and this week’s guest is David Cox, who admits that his property investing misfortunes inspired him to create his own real estate company which gets to the financial heart of overseas property investment.


David Cox, Managing Director of Property Frontiers, states that many who like to refer to themselves as property market “Investors”, are far from it and infact are more likely to be “Property Speculators”. David makes it clear that whilst speculation, of course, has it’s ...

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