Albania’s government has told the International Herald Tribune that it has taken out a 66.2 million euro loan from the Japanese government to modernise and overhaul its canal system and build a sewage treatment plant. The deal, which gives Albania a forty year period to repay the loan, was signed June 30 2008. This is [...]

The David Stanley Redfern sales team has revealed that Albania is the most popular location with investors in 2008 so far. Surprisingly investors are drawn to the safety of Albania property, based on the fact that EU money, stabilising the country and ensuring the economic growth of late continues on its path to becoming a [...]

According to data from Nationwide the average first time buyer in the UK is handling over 49 percent of their post-tax salary on repaying their mortgages – the highest level since 1990. And despite falling house prices, those wishing to get onto the housing ladder are being hit by rising mortgage interest rates and demand [...]

At April’s NATO meeting in Bucharest, U.S./Russia relations caught the international spotlight, but property investors should have been watching the other news. NATO extended a full invitation to Albania and Croatia to join the fold. This is a major step in Albania’s integration into Europe, and a pivotal point in its path to achieving full [...]

It’s commonly thought throughout the overseas property investment marketplace that Europe has few remaining opportune locations from which to reap a worthy reward. This year, Albania could be the country to disprove that preconception. It’s true that more and more investors are looking further afield to the emerging property markets of what were once considered [...]

Recently Albania has put itself firmly on the map, both as an increasingly popular tourism destination, and an emerging market on the international property investment scene. Things that shrewd investors and experts in the field like David Stanley Redfern look for are rapid growth, and/or reasons and factors that make rapid growth in the near [...]