Tag Archives: Overseas

Top 10 Overseas Property Investments in 2010

1. BrazilThe Brazilian property market has got a lot going for it. The country is attracting a lot of inward investment, has one of the world’s fastest growing economies, a rapidly emerging mortgage market, a general shortage of quality homes, and has been selected to host the 2014 football World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games. [...]

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Investing in Property Abroad – a Look at Overseas Investment Property

With globalization and liberalization at their zenith, the world is witnessing a rapid transformation towards a global village. The trend of ‘think global, act local’ (glocal) is also catching up pretty fast, whereby, the big and small business houses are increasingly looking to expand to offshore locations. The bringing together of all the nations closer [...]

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Global Warming Taxes Could Slow Overseas Property Markets

The call for new taxes on flights to reduce carbon emissions could impact the prices of properties, according to a UK based overseas property company. ‘There has been more discussion and calls for action recently over the impact that air travel is having on the environment,’ they say, ‘And one of the most obvious ways [...]

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What to consider when investing or buying overseas

Many people just ‘fall’ into buying property abroad. Either they go to a show and like the look of the fancy developer photos and get sucked in by the patter of the clever salesmen (usually ex time share sales people!) or they go on holiday, meet someone in a bar, get invited to a ‘free’ [...]

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Overseas Property Investment for Long Term Gains

Overseas property is becoming a popular investment choice these days. Many people in wealthy nations are purchasing properties in other nations to use as retirement homes, holiday homes or as an investment. Most countries welcome the invasion of foreign property owners, because it is often beneficial for the local economy, and brings with it foreign [...]

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How to Close the Right Overseas Property Insurance Deal

In today’s insecure and unpredictable climate, increasingly larger numbers of people are considering closing insurance policies for their real estate properties and assets in order to protect their value in the event of a harmful accident. On the actual premises, the closing of solid insurance policy deals is regarded as a crucial step in protecting [...]

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Invest for your Future by Purchasing Property Overseas

Investing in overseas property market is now the most advisable saving option. The reason being it enhances the local economies of the property investors. Moreover, it also ensures a better foreign exchange. There are many markets such as Bulgaria, Poland, US, Europe and the UK that has become popular in a few years. However, Spain [...]

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OVERSEAS PROPERTY INVESTMENT – IS IT THE RIGHT TIME ?

The ongoing world wide economic issues especially in the real estate market have been speculated to be still under recession. On the other hand property rates of houses in UK have gone up again as per BBC’s latest http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8090028.stm . The experts in the real estate investment market are constantly debating if it is a [...]

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5 Tax Charges You Can Expect to Face When Buying, Owning & Selling Property Overseas

Most countries tax non-residents on property in their country. Furthermore, most double taxation agreements between the country and the UK do nothing to prevent this. Consider these five categories.
1. Tax on property purchases (similar to UK stamp duty land tax). After over 20 years in the tax advice business, there are few things which [...]

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