Top 5 Long Term Investment Destinations

When it comes to overseas property investment there are several choices to be made. What type of investment a person makes depends on what they want from the property, and the type of investment they are making also affects the destinations they will consider.

If a person wants a holiday home that will pay for itself in rental income when the buyer is not using it, then that person is a holiday home investor. They must choose a property suitable to accommodate them and those they holiday with, in a destination that they would like to spend their holidays in, which also has a strong rental market.

Then there are pure-investors, which are then split into short-term investors and long-term investors.

Short-term investors must choose a property that is going to appreciate rapidly in value, in a location where there will be plenty of people to sell to 2-3 years down the line. For this they will probably be looking for a strong and/or growing internal housing market.

Long-term investors have a much wider choice; because, failing some catastrophic event, practically every property is going to appreciate in value over the long-term. The question is by how much?

For long-term investors it is primarily about economic growth and stability. It is growth in the economy that really pushes up house prices, and also increases internal demand for housing and second homes, which in turn provide the exit strategy.

Below we have attempted to narrow down this vast choice, by choosing five destinations we think will be among the most lucrative for long-term property investors.

Albania

Albania is busy making the transition into a great industrialised nation. The government has managed the economy excellently over the last decade, making some excellent structural reforms. Between 2002 and 2006 a quarter of Albania's poorest were brought out of poverty. This led to the World Bank upping Albania's status to a middle income country in 2007.

This meant that Albania could then apply for loans from international banks as oppose to being reliant on hand-outs from the likes of the International Monetary Fund.

Albania made the most of this; taking out several multi-million dollar loans for infrastructure projects to increase the productivity of the country.

These included a massive loan from the Japanese government to improve the country's canal system, another from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to build a new terminal at Albania's largest port in Duress, and another loan to build a major highway between Duress and Kosovo.

What's more Albania is on track to join the European Union in 2014. Their loans and grants will aide in Albanian economic reforms, and EU membership will boost the economy massively.
Property values in Albanian cities, especially the capital Tirana will grow exponentially over the long-term, especially since they have such a low starting point. You can currently buy a luxury 2 bedroom apartment in Tirana for under £50K off the plan. This is likely to be worth £250-£500K within 7-10 years.

Panama

Even as almost every country in the world is falling into recession, the Panamanian economy is to grow by 3% this year according to the International Monetary Fund. Panama's economy is primarily fuelled by its strong and massively growing services sector, especially the services involved in the operation of the Panama Canal, the only waterway that transverses the land-bank between Central and South America, as well as the Colon Free Trade Zone. More recently tourism has started to play a bigger part.

The Canal is currently being expanded to triple its capacity. This has led to Panama being at the centre of global investment, with many businesses seeing the benefit of having offices or distribution centres within range of the Canal. Because of this Panama's economy will continue to grow between now and the completion of the expansion in 2014, when growth will accelerate.

The good thing about Panama is that it is the most popular choice for American retirees, to American's what the Costas are to Brits if you like. This can be looked upon as an exit strategy for today's investors. Panama property is likely to be worth 2-5 times its current value over the next 5-10-15 years.

Brazil

In Brazil's case it is simple. Brazil is among the top 5 largest food exporters in the world, with the world's second largest cattle stocks, and is also the second largest exporter of meat. On top of that Brazil's services sector is growing rapidly as are the hospitality, construction, tourism and health tourism sectors

The world's leading analysts have predicted that Brazil will be the fifth largest economy in the world in the next 5-10 years. Yet property is currently a lot less expensive than in the world's other leading economies -- especially if you look at houses on the internal market.

As Brazil grows into one of the largest economies, property in Brazil will grow in value till prices are similar to those in the other major economies, at which point growth will slow to the established market average of 10% per annum.

Tunisia

Tunisia is also one of the fastest growing emerging market economies, based mainly on massive growth in the agricultural sector, and more recently stable growth in the construction industry. The Tunisian economy is expected to grow by over 4% this year according to the IMF.

Tunisia is unique among the emerging markets because the government would not allow foreigners to buy property until over 75% of the internal population owned their own homes. This is far more than in the world's larger economies, including the UK in which only 71% of people own their own homes.

Property in Tunisia presents the opportunity to buy property at the low prices you'd expect to find in an emerging market, within the developed internal housing market you'd expect to find in an established market. A great combo for the long-term investor.

Philippines

You can't have a list of top overseas property investment destinations without including parts of Asia. The only reason there aren't other Asian countries in this is because of laws preventing foreign ownership, and/or because they are better for short-term investment which is of course another article.

The Philippines is the tiger among the emerging property markets of Asia. Its services sector continues to grow exponentially on the back of the outsourcing boom which has expanded due to the credit-crunch tightening the belts of global businesses. Worker remittances from the thousands of Filipinos working abroad also continue to grow. Because of these two industries and others, the Philippines economy is forecast to grow by over 4% this year according to the IMF.

The Philippines was among the worst affected by the Asian economic crash earlier this millennium, so property prices are currently among the lowest in Asia. Because of this and the fact that the two main growth sectors mentioned above are pretty much recession-resistant, the Philippines is an excellent long-term property investment destination.

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The 5 best sunny locations for bargain property and great beaches

The world of overseas property for sale is now vast and varied. It used to be that British buyers would buy holiday homes abroad, but mainly they would be in Spain, France or Italy.

The overseas property boom brought about a new trend: overseas property investment, and with it the emergence of hundreds of new emerging markets where British people - and those from around the world - would buy property solely for investment.

Many of these new markets are in sun-soaked destinations, and in range of great beaches. What's more because they are new emerging markets property is available at low prices, not least because the areas are newly developed and most of the properties are off plan.

We have put together a list of the 5 best such locations, in terms of property prices, proximity to and quality of the beaches and various other factors. They are not in descending order, because of people's differing preferences, but they are what we see as the 5 best.

Dominican Republic
Once held the title of the cheapest property in the Caribbean until Isla Margarita emerged onto the scene, with a rapidly developing tourist infrastructure, and rapidly growing tourism. Plenty of apart-hotel products with strong guaranteed rental yields

Isla Margarita
The cheapest place you can buy beach property in the Caribbean, and outside the hurricane zone, with a warm climate all year round and pristine un-crowded beaches, Isla Margarita is definitely one to watch. Currently you can buy a 2 bedroom apartment for under £70k, but not for long so get in now.

Calabria
You can't have a beach-list for me, without including Calabria: Mediterranean beauty comparable to the favourite Tuscany, but property at half the price, and pristine beaches surrounding you on three sides. Most beach property in Calabria comes with sea-views owing to the fact that the land slopes upward away from the beach for the most part.

Panama
Again this is a favourite because of the combo: low property prices combined with great beach and climate. But Panama is also on the list because it is packed with investment potential, and has a strong exit strategy in being the top destination for American retirees to buy property. Panama's economy is expected to grow by over 4% this year, putting it in a strong position to continue growing till 2014, at which point the canal expansion will triple GDP growth. Currently you can buy luxury property near the beach in Chiriqui for under £100k - a bargain.

Turkey
Again, this has the same combo as laid out above, cheap property, great climate, beaches and also loads of investment potential from its massively growing tourism industry (23million tourists 2008 - 30million expected this year). Turkey has a coast to the Mediterranean sea, and to the Aegean sea, the Aegean region is particularly popular with British buyers, and you can pick up properties for under £50k. ug3rmkjyas

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Property Abroad group relaunches yet another satellite site

The Property Abroad Group have relaunched yet another one of their popular property satellite sites aimed at making the overseas property buyers search more specific to the areas of their choice.

The group who own hundreds of property related websites have embarked on a 3 year programme to redesign and relaunch many of their overseas property websites and have already made headway with the relaunch of sites like:

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These come only 6 weeks after the group relaunched its flagship website www.property-abroad.com after 10 months of development and design work.

The group now also features a white-label product that allows other companies to feature the groups properties on their own website and it pays commissions on every lead generated. They also have a web services product for the more active development sites.

Our plans for 2009/10 is to relaunch the entire groups sites including its rental portfolio of property rental sites including the rent a villa abroad website which is undergoing a complete redevelopment.

For more details on the group visit their website property abroad.

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Cyprus Property Regaining its Popularity with Overseas Buyers

Cyprus property has grown in popularity again between April and May according to the data collected by Property Abroad.com from people searching for overseas property on the site.

Cyprus property was seventh most popular with searchers in April this year, and it was fifth most popular in May.

"As we said when we revealed our quarterly data, the growing popularity of Cyprus is a sign that the solutions recently offered to the title deeds scandal have restored confidence in the market, and that, along with the new golf courses, and Disney world proposed for Cyprus, are making it once again a popular choice with overseas buyers," said Julie Liddle, the portal's emerging markets analyst.

Julie was referring to the fact that Walt Disney named Cyprus as the chosen destination for the second Euro Disney (first in Paris), around the same time as the government approved 14 new golf courses in the areas most popular with tourists. Golf is one of the major attractions with visitors to Cyprus.

Property Abroad is currently marketing Cyprus property for sale, priced from as little as £25,000.

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Property Abroad.com top 10 overseas property destinations for may 2009

Overseas property portal Property Abroad has revealed the top ten most popular countries for May, and though many of the results may surprise many people, one explanation accounts for them all according to Julie Liddle the portal's emerging trends analyst.

The fact that Spain and America remained in first and second position will come as a surprise to very few people.

Greece and France taking third and fourth positions is a big shock however, especially given that they were in eighth and ninth positions respectively last month. This is a sign that the lifestyle buyers, who have been waiting to see how far prices will fall, are coming back into the market, according to Julie Liddle.

"France taking fourth place from Portugal, and Greece taking third position from Turkey, is a sign that the pent-up demand that myself and many analysts believed existed for the higher end overseas properties in established markets was real, and is starting to be released now as the Pound strengthens against the Euro," she said.

Another semi surprise: Cyprus climbed two places to steal fifth position, which was held by Italy last month. This is also because the lifestyle buyers, who have been waiting for a stronger Pound, are coming back into the market, according to Liddle.

"Cyprus property again, was mainly being bought by lifestyle buyers, and its rising popularity now further enhances my belief that the Lifestyle buyers who were hanging back waiting for the Pound to strengthen, and see how far Eurozone properties were going to fall in value, are now coming back out with a vengeance," Julie said.
Turkey fell back to sixth from fourth last month, Italy seventh from fifth last month, Portugal dropped back an incredible five places to be eighth most popular in May, and Egypt gained one place to take ninth position in May.

The final shock came in Canada re-entering the Chart in 10th spot. Canada hasn't been in the top 10 since the first quarter of 2008. Julie put forward a possible reason for Canada re-entering the chart.

"This is another sign that the pent-up demand is being released. Canada property prices were falling, and there have currently been reports that the market is close to bottom. Those waiting to see how far prices would fall, are now getting in and seeing what kind of bargains they can get," she said.

The full results of the top 10 for May are as follows:

Spain
America
Greece
France
Cyprus
Turkey
Italy
Portugal
Egypt
Canada

Compared to Last Month's:

Spain
America
Greece
France
Cyprus
Turkey
Italy
Portugal
Egypt
Canada

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