Our Take

headline image A few modest suggestions for saving the world
The house price bust we’re now in was completely foreseeable. We (collectively) just didn’t get our act together to do anything about it. A few suggestions about how to make things different, next time…
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Agent's Corner

headline image Brennan promises 26% to 40% gross yields!
Investing abroad can be tough. But here's a company which - apparently credibly - suggests it can help you earn 26% to 40% gross rental yields in Western New York State, in Buffalo... Read on »


 

headline image Interview with Francisco Alacid
Francisco Alacid, the managing director of Lavilia, runs a development company which also doubles, in a way, as an investment management company. He’s pointing investors squarely towards Latin America.
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INVESTMENT RATINGS

Middling yields don't compensate for Moscow's high taxes and corruption

Gross rental yields on residential property in Dubai have dropped to an average of 5.52%. We're downgrading.

 


OPINION Our forecasts for the world's principal regions

EUROPE

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Few good choices in Europe
After over 10 years of property price appreciation, many European real estate markets are expensive, overbuilt, and are now falling rapidly in value.

AMERICAS & CARRIBEAN

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Avoid the US, Canada ok
Should you take advantage of the downturn in the US to rush in? No, no, no - not in our opinion.

Buy Latin America
Latin America is today's big opportunity. Our key 'picks' are Colombia, Panama, Brazil, Peru, Uruguay, Nicaragua, and Honduras.

MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA

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Crisis in the Gulf
The Middle East has been shocked by the rapid turnabout of the situation in the Gulf. "I thought it (real estate) was going to turn down 30% - but now it looks more like 50%," said a recent correspondent. And by the way, those stories of people who've lost jobs leaving Porsche at the airport are TRUE.

ASIA & PACIFIC

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There's good value in Asia
Investors need to watch out for high round-trip costs (characteristic of 3rd world housing markets) - taxes, registry fees, realtor costs.

Time to buy in the Pacific?
Collapse of the Australian and Kiwi dollars since July: markets are cheaper for non-residents, though prices are still falling.

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