Brazil
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.
134% increase in visitors to Brazil since 2004
Figures from the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) show that in 2008, Brazil’s tourism industry rose to 13th position in the world in terms of the economic activity it generates.
Hard hats and high heels
Men are from Mars women are from Venus, we all know that, so it follows suit that residential developers across the gender divide have slightly different priorities.
A Brazilian try before you buy
“Which country; which property; is it a fair price; is my estate agent telling the truth?” Buying overseas creates enough headaches to make anyone want to pack it all in and go on holiday.
How to play Brazil’s emerging property market
Brazil is a vast country boasting 7,400km of coastline so buyer beware that you don’t end up on an isolated beachfront with no nearby shops and restaurants. Or worse still, no subsequent end-users to sell on to or provide you with rental income.
Pents back on market at Brazil’s Pipa Beleza
At a development launch prime units sell quickly to the early birds and in the case of the boutique resort of Pipa Beleza that meant the penthouses. With sunny rooftop solarium and optional Jacuzzi from which to soak up the sunsets, these two bedroom duplex units literally raced off the plans.
Natal - The true meaning of Christmas
The winter property season tends to focus on ski property - apartments and chalets in popular resorts which cost an arm and possibly even a leg if you misjudge a black run. However, if the only part of chucking yourself down a mountain in the freezing cold that appeals is the promise of a drink in the bar afterwards, there’s an infinitely warmer festive property alternative.