European investment activity totalled EUR51.5bn in Q3 2015, a 16% increase on the same period a year ago. As a result, rolling annual volumes climbed to EUR237.8bn in the third quarter, the highest level on record and surpassing the previous high of EUR234.6bn in Q3 2007. Magali Marton, joint report author and Research director at Cushman & Wakefield, said: „Investment activity continues to grow...
The calm before the storm: UK investors urged to invest overseas following Conservatives' slender majority 'Now is the time to think more globally'. This is the message to investors of UK assets by the boss of one of the world's largest independent financial advisory organisations, following early predictions of the Conservatives' effective majority. deVere Group's founder and chief executive, Nigel...
If the housing market in 2014 gave concrete signs of recovery, in 2015 the increase of transactions will continue, although prices seem to be still falling. Stability will be reached over the next two years. What happened in 2014 The year that we have just left behind, showed concrete signs of recovery for the Italian real estate market. After years of negative trends, the transactions increased by 3.6%....
It is hard to determine the impact Expo Milano 2015 World’s Fair has on the ongoing recovery (albeit, slow) in Milan's real estate market. Despite different perceptions, real estate brokers agree that the turmoil due to upcoming World’s Fair in Milan in May has contributed to boosting a sector that has experienced years of severe crisis. The main signs at the national level come as usual from big...
2014 officially closed with a growth in real estate sales by 1.6%. Also the disbursement of mortgages is improving, with an increase by 9.2% if compared to the previous year. Turnaround for the housing market in Italy, which is coming back after 7 years of declines: according to ISTAT, 2014 closed with an increase by 1.6% on 2013 and a total of 594,431 sales. The increase covers all geographical areas...
Italy, a country that you should be looking to invest in! Why? Mention Italy to some people and they all they know about is what the press is telling them about Italy, they often have a perception of a country that has nothing to offer an investor. How wrong they are! Now is the time to invest in Italy, especially if you have the finances for acquisition. Italy has the innovation and technology and now is...
The Rent to Buy "magic formula" allows you to live in a property immediately, as if it were for rent, but the fee will be considered as a down payment on the purchase price. The “Rent to buy” contract allows people to buy a house in a moment of difficulty in obtaining mortgages; at the same time constructors and private owners will have more possibilities to sell unsold properties. As a matter of...
The American dollar is now hitting new 12 year highs. This has been the fastest rise in 40 years. The major currencies of the world continue to sink against the United States dollar (USD) and the exchange rate with Euro is currently 1,088. A stronger dollar will encourage Americans to spend more money abroad in travel and in overseas purchases. It will also promote more investment by individual Americans...
The wine industry is a business on the rise, combining the latest technologies with tradition. Investing in wine producing farms, means entering into a world rather than simply a business: rural culture, tradition and quality match altogether, incorporating modern techniques in order to be always updated about new trends a requirements from the purchasing market. Properties related to the production of...
There are so many reasons that make now a great time to invest in Italian properties. The first one is that the real estate market in Italy seems to be stabilizing and 2014's statistics show the first indicators of recovery since the economic crash. In fact, a recent report by PwC and the Urban Land Institute suggests that Italy can offer some of the best property opportunities in Europe. At the moment it...
