FIVE FUTURE TRENDS IN CAPITAL MARKETS
Posted by Micheal Thomas on Jun 13, 2016 |
We are now seeing the landscape emerge of the post-Global Financial Crisis (GFC) real estate investment market. The new environment is characterised by growing cross-border money flows, a push to diversify portfolios, and a willingness to think laterally by looking beyond the traditional sectors of offices, retail and...
Residential sales in Hong Kong up 45% month on month, prices down
Posted by rpg on Jun 3, 2016 |
Residential sales in Hong Kong increased by 45% month on month in March from their lowest level in 25 years, reaching 17,106, according to the latest data from the Land Registry. The rise was attributable to a number of primary project launches after Chinese New Year and a reviving resales market, with some flat owners willing...
How To Invest In Mexico
Posted by rpg on May 23, 2016 |
Looking at the country through an economist’s lens, Mexico’s economy can be described as mostly predictable and rarely volatile. However, the same cannot be said of Mexico’s stock and bond markets and currency. Given strong links to the United States’ economy, Mexico’s macroeconomic variables tend to move broadly in...
8 Things to Consider When Buying Investment Property
Posted by rpg on Apr 27, 2016 |
For months now, the U.S. and Europoen housing market has been hampered by too few homes being chased by too many buyers, limiting choice for potential buyers and pushing up home prices – and even resulting in bidding wars in hotter markets. The persistent shortage of properties resulted in the fewest number of contracts in a...
Cyprus property markets rescued by domestic buyers
Posted by rpg on Jan 19, 2016 |
Cyprus’ property markets are recovering. Overseas buyer interest has fallen recently, but during the first ten months in 2015. property sales to the domestic market went up 8% compared with the same period last year, according to the Department of Lands and Surveys. Because inter-domestic sales outweigh sales to...
Strong demand low income and vacation properties in Brazil
Posted by rpg on Jan 16, 2016 |
STRONG DEMAND FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING But not every homebuilder is suffering. ch as MRV Engenharia SA and Gafisa SA’s Tenda division, have been reporting strong sales even as Brazil wades into its worst recession in 25 years. “There is still gigantic pent-up demand in the low-income market,” Trotta said,...