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Published on 15 May 2008 at 10:01 am
Filed in Property News for Panama
Well, the world and his wife have discovered the property potential in Panama and they are believing the reports that mortgages are easy to come by, they are making the classic mistakes of believing everything that the very first real estate agent they meet says and they are buying condos in high-rises in Panama city because they’ve heard, been told and now believe that they can’t lose.
Marvellous. Meanwhile back on planet reality, if you’re an investor keenly aware that there is potential in Panamanian real estate but you’re just not sure where, here are the Amberlamb ideas about where to and where not to invest in property in Panama – bearing in mind that we may be wrong of course!!
Published on 10 May 2008 at 07:06 pm
Filed in Property News for Montenegro
Oh magical, marvellous and majestically magnificent Montenegro (sorry!), what are you doing? On the one hand you have everything and then some going for you – a flourishing tourism industry that is going the right direction to become a booming and thriving tourism industry for example, as well as significantly strong levels of foreign direct investment. And then on the other hand you risk tearing your fledgling real estate industry apart with inter political party quarrelling about who has the right to buy what.
In recent weeks there has been a heated debate raging in Montenegro about whether foreigners should have such liberal rights to purchase what they like in Montenegro in terms of real estate, and all of this fighting means that Montenegro’s property market could potentially be ripped apart. But – that might not be such a bad thing! We actually think that some of the politicians in Montenegro have got a very good point…
Published on 08 May 2008 at 07:45 am
Filed in Property News for Brazil
There comes a time in every real estate writers life when you have to stop beating about the bush and that time at Amberlamb is now! Yes, it’s true, we believe in Brazil and what’s more, we believe in Brazilian property and here’s why…
For one thing, Standard and Poor’s have upgraded the nation’s credit rating to ‘investment grade’ – really at this point we need say no more…but we will! For another thing the rate at which the population is expanding in Brazil represents increasing demand. The population is also slowly but steadily enjoying an expansion of personal wealth. Then there’s the oil, the housing shortage, the booming tourism industry and the amazing economy…
Published on 07 May 2008 at 09:35 am
Filed in Property News for Croatia
Croatia has been given something of a hammering in the media of late because of its high property prices and the fact that the government seems to be doing less than a good job of protecting prime real estate from being sold off to overseas investors.
Added to these issues is the fact that internationally speaking, there is less money about to be ploughed into property just now and so is it worth buying property in Croatia now or has that bubble burst and is it a market that has emerged in terms of presenting all of its appeal?
Published on 28 April 2008 at 09:26 am
Filed in Property News for Brazil
The legendary US real estate investor and entrepreneur Sam Zell has intimated that Brazil is one of the few markets in the world where there is room for property investment speculation and success in the short term. His comments are backed up by positive economic data emerging from the nation, and by the fact that on the whole, business and foreign direct investment sentiment relating to Brazil is positive.
But rather than just head for the north-eastern coastline and the Natal province in particular and target the strong tourism market, there are more than enough opportunities to be had in Brazil if you align your investment approach with the strong emergence of housing demand in the middle to lower income brackets.
Published on 20 April 2008 at 10:11 am
Filed in Property News for Romania
The rest of the world is worried about the lack of credit available from mortgage lenders, the high levels of debt that many consumers and businesses have found themselves in, the gloomy economic prospects in the likes of the US and the UK and the fact that housing markets everywhere are starting to feel the pinch of all this negative financial energy…so why is the Romanian property market expanding?
Seriously – why?
Published on 17 April 2008 at 02:14 pm
Filed in Property News for Bulgaria
We’re tired, oh so tired of it all already – all the talk of an untenable global credit situation, all the talk of house prices crashing and consumer confidence failing. But I suppose we’d better get used to it as nothing is going to change for a good few months yet! The new jazzy tabloid style reporting that even the great BBC seems to have adopted will whine on about it all for months and months and yet, you know what, it’s not all doom and gloom for the globe’s property markets!
In this article we’d like to impart some wise words for the future of the Bulgarian property economy. A property economy that many might think will be one of the first to fail as British and Irish investor interest ebbs away.
Published on 10 April 2008 at 09:22 am
Filed in Property News for Montenegro
Well, with the news that Montenegro is to get direct scheduled flights from the UK finally, we couldn’t resist the corny title for this article! Yes folks, it’s the news that we’ve all been waiting for, Montenegro Airlines are starting a scheduled service from Gatwick from June – not Stansted or City airport as had been previously suggested, but good old Gatwick. This bodes positively for the country’s booming tourism industry and is of course fabulous news for property investors.
But the good news for Montenegro doesn’t stop there – this really is a nation with a healthy property market that is bucking the global downturn! There has been a massive upward pricing trend of 26% for prime property in Montenegro, and now the government says it is well on track with its ‘homework assignments’ for EU entry.
Published on 01 April 2008 at 09:01 am
Filed in Property News for Thailand
After the bloodless political turmoil that Thailand has encountered of late and which is hopefully resolved now that a democratically elected government has been returned to power, there are those who are coming out strongly in favour of property investment in Thailand.
So, we thought we’d revisit the investment property market in Thailand for our readers because we feel the picture is far more complicated than simply a political one! After all, the entire globe is on the cusp of a financial squeeze thanks to the adverse credit situation that probably really arose because of ignorant lending behaviour among banks that should’ve known better. You know we’re right!
Published on 31 March 2008 at 08:50 am
Filed in Property News for Malaysia
Despite the continued strength of the Malaysian economy which is predicted to enjoy growth in the region of 5.8% this year, and the popularity of the nation as a business hub in the still affluent Asian region, the recent ‘United Nations Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific’ report highlights the fact that the Malaysian property market is not immune to the global financial situation.
Whilst Malaysia is relatively well positioned to survive any pending global economic slowdown in many sectors of its economy thanks to the fact that it is an oil exporter and has managed to diversify its export base to include emerging markets, real estate is one area of the economy that could well be hit hard.
