Overseas Property Investment

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

Rising commodity prices and increased demand could drive farmland prices in the United Kingdom substantially higher in 2011, according to industry analysts. Farm land prices already rose substantially in 2010, as foreign buyers increased their investments in the sector. See the following article from…

Singaporean and Malaysian investors today announced a partnership to jointly develop a RM500 million new waterfront residential and commercial project in Johor. To be known as Azea Properties, the high-end development will be coming up on a 1.68 hectare site in Danga Bay – one of the key flagship zones within Iskandar Malaysia. The Singapore [...]

Emerging markets are by far the best place in the world for expats to live according to the latest HSBC Expat Economics report for 2010, which compares expats’ wealth. The report compares the number of expats earning over $200,000 per year, the number with disposable income of more than $3000 per month, the number who [...]

Oversupply, budget cuts and tighter lending have all contributed to three straight months of falling asking prices on UK real estate for sale, eroding earlier gains. Although signs of a slowdown in new supply may prevent a double dip, sustainable property price growth could be delayed till 2012 or beyond…

KUALA LUMPUR: Over the weekend of Sept 4 and 5, Malaysian home-buyers parted with £785,000 (RM3.7mil) for a one-bedroom 530 sq ft apartment and about £2mil (RM9.6mil) for a 1,500 sq ft three-room apartment in prime London. The yet-to-build project in Kensington High Street, considered a prime London location opposite the Hilton chain, was also [...]

UK residents expressed more positive long-term sentiments about the housing market, in a recent survey, than Americans did. While young adults in the United Kingdom expressed the strongest desire to own a home, less than half of them felt that it was likely they would buy a home in the short term. See…

UK residents expressed more positive long-term sentiments about the housing market, in a recent survey, than Americans did. While young adults in the United Kingdom expressed the strongest desire to own a home, less than half of them felt that it was likely they would buy a home in the short term. See…

Investors cautious about government spending cuts and dubious planning policies could dampen the outlook for UK land sales, despite promising price performance of late. The development land market is ripe for investors – including overseas buyers exploiting the sterling’s weakness. See the following…

Investors cautious about government spending cuts and dubious planning policies could dampen the outlook for UK land sales, despite promising price performance of late. The development land market is ripe for investors – including overseas buyers exploiting the sterling’s weakness. See the following…

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) [...]