Brazil
Property prices continue to rise on Brazil’s “Island of Magic”
Pristine and affluent, the southern Brazilian island city of Florianópolis (Floripa) has seen some steep house price rises in recent years. Yet, whilst many global property markets are faltering, values here continue to climb.
Middle class Brazilians provide holiday programme investment opportunity
According to a report out last week, 35 million Brazilians climbed out of poverty in the last decade and now 53% of the 194 million-strong population is middle class.
UK now second largest overseas investor in Brazil
Until recently, the primary connection between the UK and Brazil appeared to be a shared love of the beautiful game with legends Juninho, Emerson and Ramires gracing Premiership pitches but now focus is shifting from football to investment as the UK is named as the second largest overseas investor in Brazil according to Ernst & Young's first annual Brazilian Attractiveness Survey.
Escape the Euro crisis in these high growth property markets
With France and Europe's other large economies heading for recession (Source: Daily Telegraph), Colordarcy.com recommend that investors should look to other countries such as Turkey, Brazil and the USA for high capital growth.
Brazil developer avoids government-fixed price increases
Brazil’s INCC (Indice National da Construcao Civil or National Civil Construction Index) adds interest onto stage payments and can come as an unexpected shock to property purchasers.
Brits pay less for Brazil property
Whilst Cameron tries to dodge his double dip, Britain’s currency is at least showing strength and trading at a two and a half year high against the Brazilian Real. Suddenly, a holiday home or investment purchase in this alluring Latin American nation is an even more affordable prospect.
Brazil estate agent uv10.com takes top property award twice in three years
“For a small company, the level of expertise outpaces even the largest players” – this is what the judges had to say when they awarded Brazil specialists uv10.com “Best Small Agent” in the Association of International Property Professionals (AIPP) Awards 2012.
Go nuts for Brazil! Natal voted top beach in South America
Synonymous with bronzed bodies and itsy bitsy teenie weenie bikinis, Brazil undoubtedly has some of the finest beaches in the world with Natal, positioned on the nation's north eastern Atlantic coast voted as one of the best beach locations in South America according to the 2012 Traveler's Choice Awards, compiled by travel review site TripAdvisor.
Experts say Brazil property bubble will not burst
A side-effect of today’s precarious global economic climate is the expectation that if a real estate market grows rapidly, at some point prices will become unsustainable and crash.
Lonely Planet reviewers place Brazil’s Ponta Negra in number one spot
Users of independent travel guide website Lonely Planet have voted a visit to Ponta Negra number one out of a huge 654 “things to do in the northeast” of Brazil.
Brazil estate agent uv10 ends 2011 on a high
Another year and another set of silverware for uv10. Having taken Silver for Best Estate Agency 2011 in the OPP (Overseas Property Professional) Awards for Excellence in October, this month the Brazil estate agent scooped a top five star award for Best Estate Agency Website in the Americas Property Awards, in association with Bloomberg Television and Google.
World Cup announcement throws spotlight on Natal’s infrastructure
FIFA has this month announced its schedule of dates and venues for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Natal, capital of Rio Grande do Norte, will stage four matches in its new Arena das Dunas stadium including a high-profile ‘Group A’ game, the very Group that host nation Brazil will find itself in.
Eolic energy development saturates Brazilian rental market
The traditional northeast Brazilian fishing village of São Miguel do Gostoso has become an overnight tourist sensation thanks to year-round sunshine and kitesurf-friendly winds.
The ultimate Brazilian land investment opportunity
Landcorp International is currently introducing UK investors to an excellent pre-development land investment opportunity at Ecoland Brasil. One of the first developments at Ecocity Brasil, it is a 20,000 acre site which is expected to become the largest eco-friendly residential tourist resort in the country.
Brazil claims world’s fifth largest economy spot ahead of schedule
2016, the year of the Brazil Olympics, has long been cited as the time that Brazil will become the world’s fifth largest economy. However, on release of the 2010 GDP figures showing the highest economic growth in 25 years, some reports suggest that epic milestone may have come five years early.