With the continuing worldwide rush to buy overseas properties and real estate in general, this zine is here to publish what is rumoured to be going on, state some opinion on what might or might not be a good idea to invest in right now...
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With the continuing worldwide rush to buy overseas properties and real estate in general, this zine is here to publish what is rumoured to be going on, state some opinion on what might or might not be a good idea to invest in right now, and generally comment on the industry and the factors effecting it.
Astonished, flabbergasted, lost for words. If any of you have watched Channel 4's aptly titled "The Price of Property: Fools Gold" with Jon Henly, you too are probably picking up your jaw from the floor. Personally, I have not lived in the UK for over a decade now and whilst no-one has been able to escape the rising house prices in the UK and Europe in general, I find it almost unbelievable to see a woman who managed to spend the best part of a million pounds on property she hadn't seen over... Read Full Story
An incredibly busy week this week in the world of real estate and high finance! Lehman Brothers running around to re finance their failing business , several developers off to the liquidators, MRI's Darragh MacAnthony being hauled through the courts, and the demise of XL airways ! Still, all these stories hit the news and fade away shortly afterwards, often subject to the "Fish and Chip Wrapper" effect. ( Today's news, tomorrows chip paper.) We did promise we would bring people up to speed... Read Full Story
It's a hot sunny day and whilst browsing around for some inspiration, what should pop up? a report from PropertyWire about the idea that car parks and marinas are a good idea for investment! OK, I can understand the asset point of view, the old adage of you "you cant make more land" and all that, but what is the reality, and is there any sense? Well the report does specifically talk of Australia and says "We have had a higher than normal number of inquiries about car parks and marinas,' said... Read Full Story
This week we take a look at what Ocean Estates is (or perhaps isn't) up to. As the title would suggest is a tale of much peril and trepidation. Ocean Estates has been around for some 22 years under different owners and guises, of late though, it all seems to be coming to an end with their application for voluntary liquidation of the main business. A different story from that of Viva Estates that we reported on last week with Ocean having had the foresight to spread its wings into the... Read Full Story
Well folks, after a long break we are back! The summer tends to be a fairly quite period in the investment property game with many companies either taking time off, or spending some time finding new products or, dreaming up some elaborate new marketing ideas. Whilst browsing around the search engines, we came across a very strange marketing tactic indeed, especially as far as the web is concerned. As a rule, if you have a web site, all of your content and articles really should be relevant to... Read Full Story
After having taken a break for a wee while, we though we would see what we could find that might make us giggle. The industry being as it is, it wasn't long before something popped up, courtesy of property news agency Property4Media. Property4Media is a very useful agency for reaching large numbers of journalists who want high resolution pictures and enormous interviews and stories in a rush to meet their deadlines. Great for new companies to gain exposure, and more established ones to keep... Read Full Story
According to Arabian Business.com, preparations are underway by a UK based lawyer against developers and culinary experts DAMAC after the revelation that two projects being sold off plan (La Residence and La Residence 2 at the Lotus) are actually on land that is, or at least part occupied by the United Nations. In nutshell, DAMAC have been selling the projects since 2006/7 off plan, taking installments as they go. Fair enough one would think, however the sticking point seems to be as to... Read Full Story
Well, this is the second part of our " Great Bait and Switch " article, and for this instalment, we thought we would take a piece freely available press released by a certain party, and take a look with our "fact goggles". To avoid confusion, the press release parts are in italics , and our interjection is in bold type. MRI Overseas Property Has Been Able To Help Clients In These Troubled Times In A Noteworthy Way. We are intrigued, first time for everything! MRI Overseas Property has met... Read Full Story
For this post, we are going to enlighten you as to what can happen in the world in which we work. First of all, we need to make a few things clear. The content of mails that have been submitted to us have had some data removed (contact details only) to prevent them from suffering from spam. Other than that, the body of the mails are left intact and as is. We have sought legal advice from a number of jurisdictions to understand exactly where we stand, and how we can most objectively deal with... Read Full Story
Well there was us thinking we might be able to continue with the mammoth task of continuing the "Great Bait and Switch" article, when all of a sudden a couple of e-mails pop up about a new "saving" to be made from are chums who also like to change names, directors and companies at a moments notice, Instant Access. (or Inside Track, or IAP UK, or IAPG, or IAPI, or IAP Global, or indeed iaprops.com) "Dear Client, We have recently been contacted by a number of International purchasers requesting... Read Full Story
