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Commercial property investors pointed towards Scandinavia and Poland

January 26, 2012

Commercial property investors in the UK have been encouraged to consider purchasing stock in Scandinavia.
According to Knight Frank, investment prospects are particularly favourable in places such as Sweden and Norway at the moment. Finland and Denmark were also flagged up as good options, due to the "strength of their wider economies".
UK-based investors could therefore benefit [...]

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Brits ‘keen to buy property in the US’

January 24, 2012

Many overseas property buyers in the UK are turning their attention to the US, an expert has noted.
According to Liz Rowlinson, editor of A Place in the Sun Magazine, demand for real estate in the country is quite strong at the moment. Indeed, she noted that some of the best properties are attracting interest from [...]

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Brazil recommended to overseas property investors

January 23, 2012

Foreign property buyers in Britain who are planning to make a purchase have been pointed towards the Brazilian market.
According to Housetech Developments, the South American nation offers great prospects for anyone who is buying for investment purposes.
This, it said, is partly because its economy is growing at a time when many other countries around the [...]

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Weak sterling draws property investors to UK

January 19, 2012

More and more international property investors are choosing to transfer money to the UK in order to take advantage of favourable exchange rates.
According to London Central Portfolio, sterling remains fairly weak when compared with other major currencies around the world, including the renminbi in China. As a result, some overseas property buyers are seeing places [...]

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Overseas property buyers sticking to traditional destinations

January 18, 2012

In today's globalised and connected world, it has become easier than ever to arrange an overseas money transfer to some exotic and far-flung destinations.
Similarly, the increased affordability of flying around the world has made these places far more accessible to consumers than they were in previous decades.
As a result, the world has become a much [...]

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London ’seen as safe haven for commercial property investors’

January 17, 2012

With conditions in the global economy remaining uncertain, it is difficult to predict how much international money transfer activity there will be among commercial property buyers this year.
However, London has been flagged up as one destination that could remain an attractive option with investors around the world over the next few months.
Capital Economics believes the [...]

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