Buying Overseas Investment Property

Archive for July, 2008

Continued Strength of Montreal Good News for Investors

Montreal is to be the site of the next massive Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Complex. A partnership between Hilton, and Monit Investments, the 32 storey tower is scheduled for completion in the summer of 2011. The entrance of such a major player is a massive testament to the continued strength of the Montreal tourism market, which is [...]

2007 a Record high for Global property investment

Despite the global credit crunch, 2007 was a record high for global property investment, with cross-border flows rising steeply and more money crossing between the main regions of Europe, Asia and the Americas. And although the credit crunch took its toll in North America and Europe, pushing down global transaction value by 8 percent in [...]

Dominican Republic Property – Perfect All-Round

Dominican Republic property is attracting masses of media attention at the moment along with several other Caribbean islands and sun-drenched coastal locations around the world that offer similarly affordable properties. A recent David Stanley Redfern release announced that the Dominican Republic had retaken the top spot of having the most affordable Caribbean properties, and focussed [...]

Germany, Berlin: A unique property, a unique opportunity

The overseas property specialists, David Stanley Redfern, have a unique opportunity in the German capital, Berlin. The Landhaus Carrée, in Zehlendorf, comes with a 10-year rental guarantee (providing additional income security); a 10-year modernisation guarantee (covering all aspects of modernisation work undertaken to keep property standards up to date); a 10-year maintenance guarantee (protects against [...]

Dominican Republic: Cheapest Property in the Caribbean

According to independent investment analysis, the Dominican Republic is the most affordable market out of 20 Caribbean countries assessed: Bermuda, was the most expensive at $7,861 per square metre, compared with Dominican Republic’s $1,324 per square metre. Tourism arrivals to the Dominican Republic in the first four months of 2008 have also grown by 5.6 [...]

Investment Potential Heats Up in Dominican Republic

Visitor numbers to the Dominican Republic grew by 84,000 in the first four months of 2008 compared to the same period last year. The total number of visitors was 1.6million in four months – very impressive. People who have long been avid lovers of the Dominican Republic referred to it as the Caribbean’s best kept [...]

Panama Property to Benefit from Sustained Growth

The Panama government has just extended its tax-exemption law for retirees, which were due to expire next year. Panama is currently the foremost destination for American retirees, and the Panama government is, understandably keen to ensure this continues. Panama is regarded as being the American version of what popular parts of Spain — i.e. the [...]

Apartments Milanese, Calabria – Affordable Holiday Homes

For those on the look-out for the perfect holiday home in the sun for under £100k, and who also have investment in mind, David Stanley Redfern‘s new apartments in Milanese Calabria will be right up there quaint Italian street. Speaking of quaint Italian streets, Milanese is full of them, with quintessential Italian coffee shops and [...]

Apartments Milanese, Calabria – Affordable Holiday Homes

For those on the look-out for the perfect holiday home in the sun for under £100k, and who also have investment in mind, David Stanley Redfern ‘s new apartments in Milanese Calabria will be right up there quaint Italian street. Speaking of quaint Italian streets, Milanese is full of them, with quintessential Italian coffee shops [...]

Albania and Montenegro: Safer than Western Europe

The Balkans, a region once known as a hotbed of crime and violence, has become one of the safest zones in Europe according to the United Nations. “The vicious circle of political instability leading to crime, and vice versa, that plagued the Balkans in the 1990s has been broken,” said Antonio Maria Costa, head of [...]