Archive for the ‘Property Investment Strategies’ Category
by Overseas Property Mall on Monday, April 11th, 2011 in Guides and Tips, Property Investment Strategies
Renting out a holiday property is an excellent way to help cover some of the operating costs, and if carefully managed, having the property in regular use can even reduce its maintenance costs. However, many people go into it wearing blinkers; thinking that it’s as simple as taking a few photos and sticking it up on the big holiday rentals sites. It isn’t. And many people come unstuck and end up miserable as a result of this miscalculation. Running a successful rental property is hard, here are some steps you can take to help ensure your success:
by liambailey on Monday, October 5th, 2009 in Buyers Beware, Guides and Tips, Property Investment Strategies
At the beginning of last year fly-to-let was all the rage, as it had been for the 2 years previous. For those who don’t know, fly-to-let is a play on the words buy-to-let. Buy-to-let is buying a property with the sole intention of letting it out for a profit, and fly-to-let is doing this abroad. Look here for a more detailed explanation of Buy to Let.
In most buy and fly-to-let transactions the aim is that the income from the rentals of the property will cover some or all of the mortgage repayments. Buy-to-let landlords who buy properties in their own country will want all the repayments covered, whilst fly-to-let owners can balance how much of the repayments are covered with how much they want to use the property for their own holidays.
by Overseas Property Mall on Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 in Florida, Guides and Tips, Property Investment Strategies, Spanish Property, UK Property
Since the credit crunch I have become ever more cautious of recommending property investment with a view to short-term gain. I mean, I was lucky; while they aren’t growing by the percentages I forecast for this year; the destinations I recommended are still set to make the total short-term gains I was forecasting in 2007/08, by 2012/13. Places like: the Philippines, Brazil, Koh Phangan (Thailand), Tunisia, and more mostly in Latin America.
by Overseas Property Mall on Thursday, March 19th, 2009 in Buying Property, Dubai Property, Eastern European Property, European Property, Overseas Property Finance, Overseas Property Trends, Property Investment Strategies, Trends, UK Property
Flipping off-plan property was a mainstay strategy of property speculators over the past few years. With fast rising house prices, the idea was to put a deposit down on a home before building starts and then sell it when construction is completed.
Meanwhile, all the capital at risk is the deposit and the profit comes rolling in at the end as the property value appreciated during the construction time. Now, builders are mothballing their projects or selling them off at a supposed discount to stave off the creditors as off plan speculation has dried up.
Off plan was always a high-risk strategy- and now it’s hit a wall with the recession, according to the International Herald Tribune.
by Overseas Property Mall on Friday, February 6th, 2009 in Bulgarian Property, Buyers Beware, Eastern European Property, Overseas Property Trends, Property Investment Strategies, Stats, Trends
Investors should look carefully before putting money into Bulgarian property as prices in most areas have fallen for the first time – by more than 12% in some places, according to the latest Government statistics.
The biggest price rise for the last quarter of 2008 was just 3.7% recorded in the Montana, the provincial capital in north western Bulgaria.
The biggest losers in the same period were Veliko Tarnovo, Pleven and Targovishte, all recording losses of more than 12%.
by Overseas Property Mall on Thursday, November 15th, 2007 in Hong Kong Property, Property Industry News, Property Investment Strategies, Property News Summaries, Singapore Property, South-East-Asia Property
Despite the strength of the upper echelons of the property markets, concerns about the spreading effects of the US sub-prime mortgage crisis are having effects further and further afield.
Asian bond spreads widened in Hong Kong this week, with the popular iTRAXX Asia ex-Japan high-yield index widened by 20 basis points, in turn raising the costs of protecting investors against defaults or restructuring.
by Overseas Property Mall on Tuesday, November 13th, 2007 in Buying Property, Guides and Tips, International Real Estate Trends, Overseas Property Trends, Property Investment Strategies, Trends
British property investors are taking a long, hard look at the New York property market. With the dollar at a 20-year-low, for British investors with pounds in their pocket, the Big Apple just got a whole lot cheaper. According to the Financial Times, Steven Toumbas, an equities investor from London, has always wanted to own a second home in the US. “America is the engine for the world,” he says. “Everyone wants to have a holiday home in Florida, or an asset in New York. It’s the place to be.”
Mr Toumbas began looking at potential properties in New York City in mid-June 2006, but felt the timing was not quite right. The pound at that point was trading at about $1.84. “I held back because I thought there would be further dollar weakness,” he said.
by Overseas Property Mall on Friday, November 2nd, 2007 in Billionaire Homes, Property Investment Strategies, Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)
Donald Trump
No one could accuse Mr. Trump of not being prepared to blow his own horn, in fact, he even took a stand against Forbes magazine when they included him on their Forbes 400, claiming that Forbes had underestimated his wealth by $4 billion. We hesitate to call it class, but it has a certain flair. Despite nearly losing his shirt in the 1990’s real estate crash, “The Donald,” managed number 117 of this years Forbes 400 with an estimated wealth of $3 billion, although according to the man himself, “I’m worth $7 billion.”
