Overseas Property Investment

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

Recovery in Spain’s commercial property market is currently ahead of the residential sector. Madrid in particular is a hub of office activity, offering better than average occupancy rates, which adds to its investment appeal. A recent flurry of massive, and even record-breaking, office investment deals…

Many overseas property agents could will and should be excited by a new event announced this week. Global Edge have partnered with AiGroup — the Russian media company behind Russia’s biggest overseas property portal (1-property.ru) — to set up and host Russian Summit, a chance for the world’s overseas property agents to learn about the [...]

Law for the Promotion of Foreign Investment (Law No. 344) The main legislation that governs foreign investment consists of Law No. 344 for the Promotion of Foreign Investments and its bylaws, as well as other sector-specific laws that provide incentives for investment. Law No. 344 provides: a) equal treatment of foreign and domestic investment; b) [...]

Many of the world’s biggest economic crises in recent years originated from property bubbles. The list includes the US “subprime” crisis (2008), Japan’s economic stagnation (1992 onwards); and the financial crisis in Sweden (1991), Finland (1991), Norway (1987) and Spain (1977). They were all largely triggered by property bubbles popping. Today, it is therefore understandable [...]

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s second integrated resort, the Marina Bay Sands (MBS) formally opened Wednesday, with its owner Sheldon G. Adelson, Chairman of Las Vegas Sands Corp saying it would become the benchmark for future tourism development elsewhere. “The MBS is not a casino-centric development project as in the old days,” Adelson said. He explained that his [...]

Hospitality major Carlson Group sees South Asia as the most happening region. The group has 74 new properties in the pipeline for the region of which 52 are coming up in India. The new properties will come up under the Regent, Radisson, Park Plaza, Country Inns & Suites and Park Inn brands. “The group sees [...]

Spain’s real estate market has been the beneficiary of currency trends which are maximize buying power in the Euro zone, spurring interest in places like Minorca and Marbella. In contrast, Rightmove reports the US market is suffering from exchange rate changes and declining interest in Florida and other…

Spain’s real estate market has been the beneficiary of currency trends which are maximize buying power in the Euro zone, spurring interest in places like Minorca and Marbella. In contrast, Rightmove reports the US market is suffering from exchange rate changes and declining interest in Florida and other…

The heavily indebted Spanish economy is in almost as bad shape as that of Greece. But the Spanish economy accounts for 12% of European Union gross domestic product, 4 times the size of the Greek economy. Some say this makes it too big to fail. Undoubtedly its failure could mean the death of the EU [...]

The International property market has experienced a gloomy couple of years but it now seems that fresh optimism is spreading across the globe with an assurance that the market is back on track for growth in 2010 and beyond. New York and London properties markets have mirrored the continuous price increases in the East (Hong [...]