Overseas Property Centres has just had our busiest weekend ever for Investment property sales enquiries!
While many of the buyers of Holiday Homes and second Homes abroad are sitting on their hands, buyers of investment property are increasingly active - seeing great buying opportunities in key investment markets around the world.
Popular regions for Investment properties
The main areas of interest for property investors are the Americas and the Caribbean, the Middle East and selected Asian and Euro-zone markets like Koh Samui and Berlin. The attractions are variously the combination of a weak US dollar, continued growth in Oil -based wealth, availability of guaranteed mortgages and market specifics like Berlin's historically low property prices - or increasingly wealth driving investment in real estate in Warsaw and Prague.
Our top ten Investment property Regions
Florida (1) - when you can pick up a 3 or 4 bedroom house in the Kissimmee area just 15 minutes from Disney for around £50,000 - it's not surprising that property sales in Florida are recovering rapidly. We have had hundreds of enquiries in the last 2 months and if anything the levels of interest in Florida investment property is growing! Just a note - make sure you can rent your property out - not all Zones allow vacation rentals! We can advise you on this and other property investment issues. This is why dealing with Overseas Property Centres makes sense - we're open and honest and based in the UK.
Dubai (2) is always popular - and with the price of oil heading for the moon, Dubai's wealth will always attract property investors. Dubai is certainly the leading region for investment property innovation - check out the Park Towers!
The Caribbean (3) is still a dream holiday home destination for many. But we have been fortunate enough to source some very innovative property investments in growth areas like St Vincent and the Dominican Republic. We would strongly recommend that the serious property investor has a look at these amazing guaranteed mortgage and guaranteed rental investment deals.
Egypt (4) is a growing market for property investors. And not just in the Red Sea destinations like Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh. Cairo is possibly one of the best kept secrets for property investment and is attracting canny property investors - particularly the Hyde Park investment area.
Berlin (5) has been on the property investment radar since last June. Traditionally low rates of ownership in Berlin have kept prices far below comparable European cities and the case for investing in good quality tenanted and non-tenanted Berlin investment property is still very compelling.
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Brazil (6) is still a property market we believe in. And so do the many enquirers we have for this exciting investment market. Brazil property prices have steadily grown in the last year and the regions natural wealth in Tourists, Bio-diversity, Food and Oil is a compelling mixture! One word of caution - there are a lot of less than straightforward people selling property in Brazil - and we advise strongly that you go through Overseas Property Centres.
Koh Samui (7) in Thailand remains a very popular area for property enquiries. It's no surprise as it's very beautiful and good value. It's true to say that these enquiries are often not investment-driven - there is normally a substantial lifestyle element to the property enquiries. That said, we have some good property investments in Koh Samui that are proving popular.
Mexico (8) is an amazing country with huge natural and cultural resources. US-based real estate investors have been looking at it for years of course but now we are seeing real interest in Mexican property from this side of the pond.
Emerging Property Markets (9) - Qatar, Jordan, Hungary and Nicaragua are strong emerging property markets worth looking at.
Central European Cities (10) - Warsaw and Prague are very popular amongst property investors too. Especially with those returning home or moving to work in their ever-strengthening economies.
