Overseas Property Investment

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

The prospects for commercial real estate in the United States have brightened as of late. Once considered to be a pitfall on the road to economic recovery, the commercial real estate market is now becoming a positive indicator for recovery. See the following article from Money Morning for more on this…

Berinda Group chief executive officer and Tanjung Bintang group managing director Frank Goon Swee Kheong (right) briefing Johor Baru mayor Jaafar Awang (centre) and Charlie Taka on the Molek Pine 3 Tower. The Macau firm has just acquired two condo blocks there for RM200mil JOHOR BARU: Global Asia Investment (Macau) Ltd (GAIM) is looking to [...]

JOHOR BARU: Iskandar Regional Development Authority (Irda) chief executive officer Ismail Ibrahim says attracting new investments to Iskandar Malaysia is going to get tougher and more challenging. He said although the country’s first economic growth corridor was making significant progress and moving in the right direction, albeit uncertainties in the global economy, Iskandar could not [...]

More tourists came to Nicaragua in 2010 than ever before, and the country continues to gain in status as an outstanding place to visit, retire and live. These developments are supported by Nicaragua’s growing economy and increasing international investment in the country.  A few stats: 1.01 million foreign visitors came to Nicaragua during 2010, an [...]

Hong Kong has the world’s least affordable housing, according to an international survey, a finding that is sure to stoke anger among many residents already fed up with runaway property prices. Buying a home in the Asian financial hub, synonymous with its super-rich tycoons and glittering financial district, costs more than 11 times the city’s [...]

2011 is starting with new records in terms of traffic for Mondinion.com International Real Estate Portal. According to Google Analytics, Mondinion.com constantly had over 10,000 unique visitors every day in this year and even Quantcast numbers (which shows usually 10-15% less traffic than any other measuring system) show a big increase in traffic in every [...]

A few months ago, a report by the National Association of Realtors told us that Florida is by far the most popular region with foreign buyers with 22% of sales. The next closest was California with 12%, followed by Arizona with 11% and then Texas with 7%. Also dominant in the market was Canadians. Taking [...]

The dream of homeownership is very much alive in the emerging world. The financial crisis that began in 2007 had its roots in excesses in the housing market that remained unresolved in 2010 and that will continue to roil economies in 2011 and beyond. Everybody now knows about America’s dodgy “subprime” mortgages (the term says [...]

The Securities Commision premises is a good example of a green building. WITH leading multinational corporations at the forefront to lease green office space, the demand for green buildings in Malaysia will continue to rise as environmental awareness grows and more companies embrace the practice of corporate social responsibility. Another driver is the growing body [...]

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 [...]