Until relatively recently, mortgage lending in Brazil was highly restricted, due to a combination of limited products, chronically high inflation rates and a prolonged financial crises that impacted confidence in the financial market. There are only 6 operational lending institutions and the market is dominated by one major player, the main lender in Brazil has been [...]

According to an article written in the Los Angeles Times and the Economist magazine, oil rich Venezuela is the fastest growing economy in the world behind China. The trade balance is currently a positive $22.1 billion.  That’s A LOT OF MONEY for a country with a population of only 26 million people.  Even more impressive industrial [...]

I see the Dominican Republic as one of the most popular countries for the investment buyer. Tourism there is on the the increase, and the Dominican’s Minister for Tourism recently highlighted that 25% of all travelers to the Caribbean pick the Dominican Republic as their destination. Plans are in place to invest US$1billion into tourism [...]

IF ENJOYING EXOTIC HOLIDAYS AND MAKING MONEY APPEALS TO YOU (AND WHO WOULDN’T IT APPEAL TO?), THEN YOU NEED TO SPEAK TO OFF PLAN PROPERTY ABROAD. MARK TRENT DID AND THIS IS WHAT HE LEARNT… not your typical. What could be more perfect that owning a luxury vacation home at a landmark resort and receiving rent revenue whenever [...]

The Las Canas Beach Resort on the Dominican Republics Amber Coast (North Coast) is being sold by Off Plan Property Abroad , Staffordshire. The resort boasts a range of properties and facilities including water bungalows that will be built on stilts in the water with five star luxury throughout offering a private Jacuzzi per unit. [...]

As property investors and people hoping to retire abroad struggle to find a safe haven in the slump, St Lucia could offer a solution.   Paradise regained? St Lucia is hot property thanks partly to high profile holiday guests The credit crunch has put paid to property booms around the globe, right? No, not quite. While the US, [...]

A few months ago we visited the site of Halcyon Hills on the island of Samos in the Aegean Sea, Greek Islands. We have been to many of the Greek islands - Crete, Corfu, Kefalonia and Zante.   A British developer is planning a luxury spa resort nestled on the hill side in a beautiful bay [...]

Work by the government in the Dominican Republic to boost investment is working as the latest tourism figures show a record 8% increase in arrivals in 2008 so far. The government and private sector of the Caribbean island have been working together to encourage investment and maintain a macroeconomic balance and a major part of that [...]

At a glitzy gala evening held on board a luxury cruise liner on the River Thames, Off Plan Property Abroad, Staffordshire based property consultancy were delighted to receive the prestigious award for BEST SMALL AGENT at the 2008 AIPP Awards. ‘There are only nine winners of an AIPP Award 2008,’ explained Paul Owen, AIPP’s Chief Executive. [...]

You can now use your pension funds to invest in selected developments within our portfolio using a SIPP.A Self Invested Personal Pension, known as a SIPP, is a personal pension for which the person investing for retirement decides what their pension fund is invested in. Traditionally pensions are managed by a pension fund manager who may [...]