Overseas Property Investment

The most recent canadian property investment news from a variety of international property news sources.

Property values, prices and the number of properties for sale are all rising according to national average figures posted by the Canadian Real Estate Association. The gains mark a 2.6% increase in activity from last month, while home values are up 8.7% from last June. Analysts note that strong sales…

Foreigners bought $82 billion worth of American property in the 12 months ending March 2011 according to the latest data from the National Association of Realtors. A 24% increase on last year. Canadians led the way with a dominant 23% of all foreign sales going to Canadian buyers, China came in second with 9% and [...]

Vancouver Canada is the best place in the world to live. This is according to the top 10 chart of the world’s most liveable cities revealed by the Economist Intelligence Unit. This is the fifth straight year that Vancouver, with its world class services and facilities has topped the chart. This time the report put [...]

Vancouver Canada is the best place in the world to live. This is according to the top 10 chart of the world’s most liveable cities revealed by the Economist Intelligence Unit. This is the fifth straight year that Vancouver, with its world class services and facilities has topped the chart. This time the report put [...]

Today, we wake up to a new President-elect of the United States of America. Thank goodness. At last, Americans can travel the world and not feel embarrassed to open their mouths, lest someone hears their accent and vilifies them for it (I met an American couple at Heathrow Airport once, who were pretending they were [...]

Vancouver Canada is the best place in the world to live. This is according to the top 10 chart of the world’s most liveable cities revealed by the Economist Intelligence Unit. This is the fifth straight year that Vancouver, with its world class services and facilities has topped the chart. This time the report put [...]

Canada’s property market appears to be returning to normal after the recession lows, and subsequent recovery highs. It seems that the government regulations implemented earlier in the year are working. For more on the Canadian property market, read the following article from Property Wire. &nbsp…

According to reports demand is increasing in the Edmonton housing market, underpinning prices as the market looks to have finally bottomed. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs, after being the anti-sheep on Wall Street for month, predicting a weak demand and a “deflationary spiral” while other Wall Street giants including Morgan Stanley turned bullish, is now saying that [...]

A few months ago, a report by the National Association of Realtors told us that Florida is by far the most popular region with foreign buyers with 22% of sales. The next closest was California with 12%, followed by Arizona with 11% and then Texas with 7%. Also dominant in the market was Canadians. Taking [...]

Second Homes in the Riviera Maya USA Today Travel is highlighting why so many people from up North have second homes in the Riviera Maya.  The article’s headline is Second Homes: Ruins, reefs, and resorts mix in Mexico’s Riviera Maya.  There are numerous reasons for this and USA Today highlights several of them.  Flying into [...]