Archive for November, 2008
Blog: Win A Property… Or Not
Not another one, I hear you cry. Yes, the property competition phenomenon is still raging on, fuelled by sellers eager to escape the economic downturn. But now these jackpot vendors are being warned by the Law Society to tread carefully or risk breaking the law…
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Blog: Latin America, Middle East & Africa Property Markets Fair Better
In the recent Global Commercial Property Survey from RICS, there has been a notable downward trend in both investment and rental growth.
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Blog: Spanish REITs A New Way to Invest in Spanish Property
Spain is a well-established overseas destination to invest in property and a prime favourite with investors from the UK – the Foreign and Commonwealth Office estimates that around 1 million Britons own a property in Spain. However, after a decade (1996 to 2006) of spectacular price rises when property values increased by a huge 190%, the Spanish property market is currently suffering from a downturn.
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Blog: Dubai Property Prices Halved
Even Dubai, the seemingly invincible ‘nothing can stop me now’ emirate is feeling the effects of the credit crunch, with property prices in some of Dubai’s most prestigious developments falling by as much as 50 per cent…
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Blog: No Sign of the Credit Crunch in São Paolo
This weekend the world’s leaders got together in Washington at the G20 summit in a global attempt to solve the so-called global credit crunch.
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Blog: Obelisk Launch Laguna Beach Tabatinga With 4 x Olympic Gold Medallist Chris Hoy
Chris Hoy, Great Britain’s triple gold medal cyclist at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and gold medallist in the 2004 Athens Games, will be joining the team of investors at award-winning Obelisk as they launch their latest project, Laguna Beach in Brazil. Now ranked among the most successful Olympic athletes in history, Chris has decided that investing in Obelisk’s luxury development is the most effective way to ensure his financial future.
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Blog: Positive Cyprus Peace Talks Continue
Following a series of reunification talks scheduled weekly between the leaders of the Turkish Republic of Cyprus and Greek Cyprus since September 2008, recent news indicates discussions this month continue in “a very positive atmosphere”.
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Blog: Abu Dhabi Beating the Credit Crunch
At a time when many nations in the world are fearful of the credit crunch, it appears that Abu Dhabi is resisting the trend.
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Blog: Spanish Sierra Nevada Ski Resort Season Starts Early
Over 7000 skiers took Spain’s Sierra Nevada ski slopes a week early. For the first time in 20 years, the Granada based winter ski resort opened for business with bright sunshine and nearly 20 to 50cms of freshly fallen powder due to heavy snowfall the previous weekend. With sunny days and temperatures reaching 20º on the Andalucian Costa’s, a cheap fortnight of ski and snow might be the perfect credit crunch holiday solution.
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Blog: International Golf & Resort Management unveil one of the most prestigious private residential communities in the world at OppLive
International Golf & Resort Management in association with Global Development will launch their luxury Anguillan development at the forthcoming overseas property trade show Opp Live at Excel on 25 and 26 November. The Long Bay project as it is known is an exclusive beach front club residence that combines luxury homes with first class concierge services.
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