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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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.

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Canada has caused quite a stir in recent weeks with Canadian officials in the UK actively ‘touting’ for skilled British workers who may be tempted by a new life ‘over the pond’. This sustained positive approach to UK workers is likely to result in the biggest mass exodus from these shores since the days of the ‘ten pound poms’. However with 603,000 Brits already enjoying the Canadian lifestyle and benefiting from substantially reduced living costs, one can start to understand why Canada is so attractive to overseas property investors.

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The Nicaragua of the 21st century is all the things that most people probably thought it wasn’t – safe, affordable, peaceful, culturally diverse, environmentally stunning and teetering on the edge of a property boom fuelled by foreign interest. Like neighbour Costa Rica to the south, Nicaragua has both Pacific and Caribbean shorelines, a tropical climate and a wealth of natural phenomena from virgin beaches to living reefs and from volcanic chains to dense rainforests. There is however one main difference, Nicaragua’s property prices are 30 to 50% cheaper than Costa Rica’s. Property investors take note.

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Romania is making its mark with all the right people and institutions. Standard & Poor, the financial evaluation agency, have recently upgraded Romania’s banking industry risk assessment profile, reflecting the healthy growth and profitability of the banking sector. In addition, specialist investors in private equity funds have given the green light to Romania, along with Poland, voting them the most attractive destinations for Western risk capital investment funds.
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Atlantic Canada with its’ abundant natural resources and sound, strong economy is becoming one of the new hot spots for international property investment, as investors move away from faltering European markets.

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Surprisingly dainty with a population of just 3.5 million, less than half that of Greater London’s, Uruguay nonetheless manages to pack a great deal into a small area from beautiful colonial towns to immaculate beaches. Once visited by only very few, word has got out, and buyers are now flocking to the flourishing internationally-renowned beach resorts offering ideal locations for overseas homes.

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