International real estate

Can anyone buy Florida real estate for $41 million then sell it for $95 million four years later? This is what has happened between a Russian Billionaire and Donald Trump. The incredible deal between President hopeful Donald Trump and Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev reveals how profits can be made from international real estate and provides an insight into Trumps business relationship with a...

Recent International real estate news has centered on reports from the New York Times regarding luxury houses in Finland, coming from New Zealand’s News Hub a story about Auckland being named top city for luxury real estate. Further news from Canada’s Macleans website on how the Chinese are buying up Canadian real estate, report that proclaims the Miami is ranking high in the international real...

European and US real estate stand to benefit from the $billions being spent by Chinese property investors. They are now leading the way in investing in international real estate markets. The China influence could prove to be one of the biggest factors in helping the US and European property sectors rocket in the next 12 months. Investment coming from China has the real potential to have huge impact on the...

Overseas property options in Asia are set to increase in the coming years as it has been announced that an Indian real estate developer has received $65 million (£35.5 million) of investment from finance group Morgan Stanley. The company focused the funds in Alpha G: Corp Development in a move which represents its second venture in the Indian property market. According to Finance Asia, Morgan Stanley...

The value of apartment properties in Manhattan is currently increasing, boosted by foreign investment, according to reports. A strong local economy and Wall Street bonuses have also played an important part in supporting this sector of US property, according to Reuters, despite the fact that sales have fallen by 14.8 per cent. According to the Prudential Douglas Elliman Manhattan Market Overview, Manhattan...

Fears that commercial Australian property is headed for a slump have been dismissed by forecasters, although potential future points of concern were identified. Retail and industrial property in the country were recognised as positive by John Talbot, head of capital markets at property and investment managers Jones Lang LaSalle, according to the Western Australian Business News. "The retail and industrial...

The state of the South African property market has been described as buoyant in the latest bulletin from the South African Reserve Bank (SARB). Throughout the first five months of the year, conditions in the market remained fairly stable, despite the rate of increase in property prices slowing down, the Sunday Times of South Africa reports. In January the year-on-year rate of increase was measured at 15.2...

Property Arabia 2006 has opened in Bahrain, providing pointers and other information for those thinking of property investments abroad. Open to the general public as well as the trade, the various exhibitors present will showcase many of the major property investment opportunities in the Gulf region, as well as new developments in countries such as Malaysia and Australia. Within the Middle East region,...

More people from the UK are looking to buy US property on the strength of the pound-to-dollar exchange rate, but many are looking further than the obvious choice that is Florida New Hampshire-based Badger Realty explains that while travelling to Florida from London can take up to 11 hours, a flight to New England takes around half as long, making it an attractive overseas property investment opportunity....

The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) in the US has said that some parts of a recent Florida property insurance reform bill could be used by Congress for national insurance legislation to help storm victims. Given final approval by Governor Jeb Bush on May 16th, the new legislation includes a flex-rating system allowing rates to be adjusted by up to ten per cent, and the option of...