Overseas Property Investment

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

Ever wanted your own dream house in Canada? Why not build your own? That’s what friends of George Betemps did in British Columbia. Their log house in Takysie Lake, made from the trees surrounding the site, stood on a 140 acre plot of land with beautiful mountain scenery to accompany the small expanse of water. [...]

Phuket’s holiday season is set to feature the Smart Property & Lifestyle Expo at Royal Phuket Marina next week.

Luxury real estate experts Unique Living offer tips and advice on the world’s top high-end real estate hotspots. Chianti is famous around the world for its distinctive red wine but this Italian region’s pleasant climate and beautiful landscape make the prospect of buying a property in the area equally mouth-watering. Got an appetite for villa [...]

MALAYSIA Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) and Mitsui Fudosan Co Ltd will build the first upscale Japan factory outlet in Southeast Asia at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang. To be known as Mitsui Outlet Park KLIA, it will be built on a 20.25ha site, complete with F&B and entertainment facilities as its complementary components [...]

Letting a property is a great way for holiday home owners to earn some income during the vacant months. But what if you want to live there all year round? That’s not a problem for Denis Dragovic, whose home divides in two so he can rent it out but still stay put. “The home earns [...]

In the current day and age of the celebrity chef Mario Batali is continuing to export his gastronomic brand to Asia.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Government needs to address the issue of affordability of residential properties as persistently high prices have become an issue to many people. “We have computed the affordability (issue). Prices have risen to a level that has created some concern. In fact the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its Article 4 consultation report [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Fraser & Neave Holdings Bhd (F&N) will start seeing a new revenue stream from property development come its financial year ending Sept 30, 2016, as it will be launching a RM1.6bil mixed development in its ex-dairy premises in Section 13, Petaling Jaya, in June 2013. “Currently this 13-acre land houses F&N’s dairies production [...]

Young architects practising in Malaysia will have the chance to win the inaugural LYSAGHT® Malaysia Young Architect Award which aims to develop architectural talent in the country. Organised by BlueScope Lysaght Sdn Bhd, a manufacturer and supplier of steel products for the building industry, the competition is aimed at promoting excellence in architectural design. It [...]

Europe’s tech industry seems to have found base in East London, or at least that’s how the UK government plans on selling London’s newly expanded Tech City district. The Silicon Roundabout has been stretched out to accommodate a growing number of start-ups and other tech firms, with the government pledging even more support to help [...]