Overseas Property Investment

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

Formerly a resident of British Columbia, Victoria Pratt migrated to the Costa Vallarta area of Mexico’s Pacific Coast ten years ago. Pratt has an extensive background in tourism, hotels and property management in both her native Canada and Mexico. After a number of years in her own property management company and as public relations director [...]

The global financial crisis has taken its toll on Mexico’s economy. According to Mexico’s Finance Secretary, Agustin Carstens, Mexico’s GDP could contract by 4.1 percent this year due to a decline in exports to the US and the national shutdown in response to the swine flu outbreak. However, despite the current recession, there is a [...]

The latest global rankings survey by Mercer shows that the best places to live worldwide according to their survey are Switzerland, Germany, Canada and Austria. Being featured several times in the "top 20 cities to live in" each of these countries is present not once, but several times. Based on a point-scoring index, the top [...]

Slow food advocates grow support for farm housing project at UC… – Santa Cruz Sentinel http://tinyurl.com/d58fmo # Sarkozy’s Big Plans for a Greater Paris – TIME http://tinyurl.com/d28wwx # Renegotiated loans will ease fallout, one broker says – Palm Beach Post http://tinyurl.com/ct2oqq # New property rules aim to carify residency issues – Al-Arabiya http://tinyurl.com/c23qwc # Dubai [...]

With the record level of foreclosures in the US, it is easy to assume that the same is occurring in Mexico real estate, but this is not necessarily true. While the Mexican housing market is definitely not immune to the global financial crisis, it is a different market than the US. In the following article, [...]

If you are considering buying estate in Mexico, the timing may be ideal to find discounted properties. Mexico has been hit particularly hard because their economy relies on exports to the United States and the Mexican Peso has fallen considerably in value, which gives US buyers additional buying power. If you do have the ability [...]

City realtors are set to woo the non-resident Bengali community in recession-hit North America with their first “comprehensive” real estate roadshow in that part of the world. Credai Bengal, the state chapter of the national umbrella body of real estate developers, will hold the realty expo during the North American Bengali Conference (NABC), scheduled for [...]

by Jim Scherrer, Puerto Vallarta Real Estate Buyers Agent The major Mexican inland retirement communities are located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, and the Lake Chapala / Ajijic area. For the most part, these inland retirement communities are located in beautiful colonial cities with moderate temperatures year round. Most of the modern amenities and [...]

OFFICE rental rates in Kuala Lumpur are expected to drop by 10% to 15% from their peak of about RM8 per sq ft this year amid the economic slowdown. Although office occupancy rates are still holding up quite well, rental rates are expected to fall from their earlier highs due partly to new office space [...]

Crunch time for building sector – Straits Times http://tinyurl.com/c4od5n # Persian Gulf shares soar – Wall Street Journal http://tinyurl.com/d2bmt4 # Can’t afford a home in city? There’s one up for grabs in homeland – Indian Express http://tinyurl.com/c8rbg7 # Despite downturn, 2008 was record year for sales of high-end homes – San Jose Mercury News http://tinyurl.com/cbufzr [...]