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Brazil attracts younger buyers

Brazil attracts younger buyers

Buying a second home abroad used to be the domain of the neighbours’ chat over the proverbial garden fence and the need to find out what the Jones’ were up to.

Beat the blues, invest in Brazil

Beat the blues, invest in Brazil

For those who were thinking of investing in UK property in the new year, the recent reports of a slowing housing market coupled with the mortgage market clamp down, investing in UK property doesn’t promise the security it did a few months ago.

The cup runneth over for Brazil’s property market

The cup runneth over for Brazil’s property market

The outlook for Brazil’s property market has been nothing but sunny for a few years now, but the news that the country has been named as the host nation for the 2014 FIFA World Cup will only serve to turn up the heat.

Eco-friendly luxury, the future for Brazilian property

Eco-friendly luxury, the future for Brazilian property

The environment is no longer a ‘political issue’ or a ‘trend’, it’s one of the biggest moral challenges facing global civilisation. Anyone who has seen the film ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ will know that the world has reached its tipping point and the scientific evidence of global warming is overwhelming.

Brazilian loft living

Brazilian loft living

Loft Living descended from the iron-framed buildings erected at the turn of the 20th century to accommodate sweat-shop style workhouses.

Terravista – Brazil’s most sophisticated golf resort

Terravista – Brazil’s most sophisticated golf resort

As all eyes turn to Brazil for fruitful property investment, the northeastern ‘bulge’ is the focus of speculators’ attention. Lying just south of the Equator, this portion of the world’s fifth largest country has the most spectacular climate, the cleanest air, picture postcard beaches and is easily accessible from Europe with flying times of less than ten hours.

Reasons for investors to celebrate Brazil's Independence Day

Reasons for investors to celebrate Brazil's Independence Day

September the 7th is an incredibly important day in the Brazilian calendar – it’s a significant national holiday when all Brazilian citizens come together to commemorate Independence Day and to remember when, in 1822, their nation finally achieved its autonomy from three centuries of Portuguese rule.

Natal, Brazil - Land of colors, flavours, sun and sea

Natal, Brazil - Land of colors, flavours, sun and sea

Tropical D'Santo Cristo Resort; located 1 hour drive north of Natal on BR 101, on the "corner" of Brazil, where the coastal line turns parallel to the equatorial line.

Invest in Brazil … are you nuts?

Invest in Brazil … are you nuts?

Well no, actually. In 2003, Goldman Sachs selected Brazil, along with Russia, India and China, as one of the four “BRICs”—the developing countries that would share dominance of the world economy by 2050.

Kaká invests in Brazil’s real estate market

Kaká invests in Brazil’s real estate market

World football player of the year, Kaká, keeps his eye on the ball by investing in Brazil’s real estate market.

Brazil - Carnival Time for investors

Brazil - Carnival Time for investors

‘Carnival Time’ might be the best way to describe Brazil, as investment into property is at an all time high, particularly with the current market growth estimated at between 20% - 30% per annum and tourist numbers increasing annually.

Resort Group’s sales in Brazil exceed all expectations

Resort Group’s sales in Brazil exceed all expectations

British buyers are creating a real buzz in Natal, Brazil, increasingly considered as a hotspot for international property. Long regarded as a vacation destination for Brazilians, Natal is experiencing something of a land rush. In just six weeks, 73 properties have been sold to British clients at Elegance Natal Golf in Brazil by Resort Group.

$1.8 billion investment over 5 years for the Natal area of Brazil

$1.8 billion investment over 5 years for the Natal area of Brazil

An investment of up to $1.8 billion is planned over the next five years for the Natal area of Brazil to ensure that it becomes one of the most popular tropical destinations for the international community.

Brazil – The darling of the pink pages

Brazil – The darling of the pink pages

Forget the travel and property writers; it’s the financial analysts that can’t get enough of the Brazilian success story. Jim O’Neill, Head of Economic Research for Goldman Sachs, invented an entirely new acronym in 2001, BRICs, standing for Brazil, Russia, India and China, just so that he could track their phenomenal growth.

Beautiful Brazil is closer than you think

Beautiful Brazil is closer than you think

It is summer virtually all year round in Brazil but, until recently, this semi tropical paradise, the fifth largest country in the world, attracted fewer tourists than Ireland or Austria. Prime Properties International says things are about to change as Brazil sets out to attract more European visitors and property buyers.