Overseas Property Investment

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

Few people have even heard of Slovenia – a tiny country located in Central Europe – and with good reason. It was part of the former republic of Yugoslavia and didn’t come into being until 1991. With just over two million citizens and a land that is the size of New Jersey, it doesn’t make [...]

Regular readers to the site will know that this is the next installment in a series of articles giving how to tips on buy to let property investment abroad, the first covered the potential pitfalls of buy to let investment abroad, and the second covered the potential pitfalls of buying off plan property overseas.

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South Florida property developer Joe Milton has put up $100 million of his company’s cash to set up a mortgage company to fund loans for foreign buyers, because foreign buyers are often locked out of the market if they don’t have cash. Although sixty percent of Milton’s buyers are foreign, the few loans that [...]

A worrying trend appears to be emerging in Ireland – overseas ‘property investors’ seem to be walking away from their foreign property investments in their droves.
People who bought during the boom years are now finding the value of their properties has slumped to the point that they are having to simply hand their keys back [...]

Around the world the recession is easing, or, at least according to economic indicators that is what is happening.
Much of Europe emerged from recession in the second quarter, including the big duo of France and Germany. Most of the rest followed in Q3 including Italy. US GDP grew 0.9% in the third quarter, and Italy’s [...]

Having been on the market for just over a year, the US embassy building in London’s Grosvenor Square is to be bought by Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Co. The building was designed by Eero Saarinen and built in 1960, although the American embassy has been located in Grosvenor Square since [...]

With a temperate climate, medieval castles, beaches, olive groves, vineyards, wooded hilltops and a soon to be completed new airport, the Alentejo region of Portugal has much to offer foreigners seeking an attractive and quiet European getaway. With residential home prices in Evora ranging from 50,000…

The commercial property forecast for 2010 calls for cautious optimism among investors, with bargains still to be found as prices recover. Across the globe progress has been uneven, however, from stagnation in Central Eastern Europe to promising prospects in the Asian market. In the US market recovery…

The return of investor confidence is ushering in a turnaround in European commercial real estate, led by surging UK and German markets. Rebounding from a dismal 40% decline in 2009, commercial property sales are on track to grow by 20% in the year ahead, bringing new challenges to meet the rising demand…

PROPERTY developer YNH Holdings Bhd may revise the proposal to build a 45-storey Grade A office building in Jalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, after Kuwait Finance House (M) Bhd (KFHMB) aborted plans to buy part of the property.
The proposed YNH Tower was to have featured two wings on a luxury three-level retail podium. The development [...]