Brazil
Brazilian property market bolstered by burgeoning middle class
In 2003 Brazil’s Middle Class (Class C) numbered 64 million people. Today this figure has risen to a mammoth 91 million earning a substantial 46% of the total Brazilian yearly income.
Paragliders discover Pipa – Brazil’s hippest hang-out
Famed for its reliable weather, superb flying conditions and welcoming locals, Pipa in northeast Brazil is emerging as a paragliding paradise. Particularly whilst Europe is under the cloak of winter, crowds of brightly coloured fabric wings dot the skyline taking in the stunning coastal scenery as they fly.
Brazilian developers offer bulk-investment opportunities
Under the landmark 2009 policy ‘Minha Casa, Minha Vida’ (My House, My Life) the Brazilian Government has pledged to build one million affordable homes for low-income families by 2011 alone.
Brazilian Homes launches beachfront development in Natal
Brazilian Homes, the 2009 International Property Awards winner of the “Best Estate Agency Website” under the Americas region, is launching a new beachfront property development in Natal, Brazil.
Brazilian Homes launches Brazil rental property department
Brazilian Homes, the 2009 International Property Awards winner of the “Best Estate Agency Website” under the Americas region, is launching it’s new Brazil rental property department.
Olympics & FIFA World Cup - Invest in Brazil from £40k
With Brazil now hosting the world’s two biggest sporting events in the space of just two years – the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympics – the country’s got plenty to celebrate, and so could you.
Profit from middle-class housing in Brazil
Brazil is now officially a middle class country with 52% of the 190 million-strong population falling into this bracket.
Safe sensible Brazil property
“People want security these days”, according to Samantha Gore, Sales & Marketing Director for Brazil real estate specialists uv10.com, “and in Pipa Park they get just that”.
Boutique property projects in Brazil
Like bees to honey inexperienced off-plan property investors are all too often drawn to Brazil’s megaresorts which launch amongst a fanfare of mass marketing and celebrity endorsement.
Prospects for Brazil investment booming
Economic facts and figures from Brazil are improving in leaps and bounds and not a week goes by without yet another positive addition to Brazil’s economic track record, says Obelisk International.
Brazil leads race out of recession
“Brazil is emerging from the crisis, and next year we are going to have surprising growth” President Lula da Silva said last month. A bold but not inaccurate statement. There’s enough evidence to suggest that Brazil is amongst the first to rebound from the economic slump in an emphatic manner.
Can ‘green’ construction survive a recession?
Green construction doesn’t come cheap. King Sturge’s ‘European Property Sustainability Matters’ report published in February of this year estimates that creating a zero-carbon home could increase build costs by 25 to 42%.
Natal secures World Cup stage
Natal in Brazil’s north east has just been given the honour from football’s ruling body FIFA to become a host city for the 2014 World Cup. Already a favourite with property investors, this coastal paradise will now be showcased on TV sets across the globe.
Brazilian property investors reassured by Lula’s resolute optimism
Brazil’s President Lula da Silva has never been one to mince his words. Asked what he thought of the economic crisis last autumn he said “What crisis? Go and ask Bush about that".
Last beachside development for Brazil’s Pipa Village
Thanks to a compelling combination of soaring popularity and stringent planning regulations, development land in the centre of Pipa village is rare to the point of near extinction.