Overseas Property Investment

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

The most expensive single-family home ever sold in America has just been bought for $100 million by a Russian billionaire. The lush mansion in Silicon Valley has been compared to a French Chateau, thankfully they said on steroids because apart from its size, the mansion has little else in common with any Chateau! With 5 [...]

Aerial view of Seri Tanjung Pinang phase one, showing Straits Quay festive retail mall.The upcoming Quayside Seafront Condominiums is superimposed on this actual site photo. PETALING JAYA: Eastern & Oriental Bhd (E&O) is targeting to commence reclamation work next year for 740 acres of land in Tanjong Tokong in the north-east coast of Penang for [...]

Kuala Lumpur: The Cheung Kong Group, owned by Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing, has emerged as the front runner to buy three shopping complexes put up for sale by TMW Asia Property Fund. Cheung Kong, which also helps manage AmFirst REIT in Malaysia via its affiliate ARA, is said to be going through the books [...]

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 survey of 60 international investors (including private equity fund managers, investment bankers and real estate developers) released this week by Ernst & Young has found that Brazil will continue to be one of the most popular destinations in the world for residential property investment in 2011, and in fact will see the level of [...]

We recently reported on the massive Dubai property buying spree as members of the Afghan government and Kabul Bank directors bought up dozens of properties using suitcases of cash — literally. But it is only in new US diplomatic cables that have been released by Wikileaks that we find out the true extent of the [...]

Goldman Sachs is a name we all know, well those of us who follow international investment of any kind for any reason. At a time when banks were the salem witches for their part in the collapse of the American economy, Goldman Sachs was Melinda Warren. While the fires are only hot coals now it [...]

Cruises have long been the choice of many people as a way to enjoy the ultimate vacation experience. The fact that they offer its travellers great cruise deals, dining, entertainment and recreational activities all in one place is only one of the main attractions. It also presents the opportunity to visit an assortment of ports [...]

Entering the world of international property ownership can be exciting when faced with choices such as a tropical hideaway in the Maldives or perhaps a converted farmhouse in Southern France. Gone are the days when only the super-rich could afford that second home abroad and investors no longer have to stick to one property a [...]

LONDON: Guoson Centre, a flagship project by Malaysia’s Hong Leong Group property arm, Guocoland China Ltd, won Best International Mixed-Use Development at the International Property Awards here recently. This award signifies the transformation of the company, from a single project company to one that does mega-size integrated development. It means world recognition of the efforts [...]