“Money poured from the sky”: where Chinese investors buy real estate
For the past seven years, China has been demonstrating continuous growth in overseas property investment. In 2017, the volume of investments in commercial and residential properties grew by 18% and amounted to 119.7 billion dollars, according to research data of the largest Chinese portal of foreign real estate Juwai. Most of the Chinese investment is distributed between North America, Europe and Asian countries. Continue reading
Retirement homes – an investment in perspective
Over the last 15 years, investments in non-traditional types of commercial real estate in Europe have increased by an average of a quarter annually. One of such assets is the elderly care home: this is a good option to diversify a portfolio and get a steady income for several decades. In this market, there is not so much competition as compared to offices or retailers, but more and more investors believe in its prospects – largely due to demographic changes in the world. Continue reading
OECD tightens banking checks for investment citizenship and residence permit participants
On November 20, the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development Countries (OECD) published a list of countries whose investment citizenship or residency programs it considers to be risky. The OECD recommends that banks carefully check clients who received a passport or residence permit under these programs, in particular, documents confirming the physical presence of investors in a particular country. Continue reading
Green building: fashionable and profitable
In October 2017, Saudi Arabia presented an ambitious project of a “smart” and environmentally friendly city on the coast of the Red Sea “Neom”. According to the authors, the city will receive energy only from renewable sources, and transport and the entire life support system will be exclusively “green”. Continue reading
Real estate market in Jordan: foreigners inflate prices
At the end of February 2018, Jordan approved a program for obtaining citizenship for investing in the country’s economy and an additional scenario – issuing a permanent residence permit in exchange for the purchase of real estate worth $ 282,000. Although only 500 applicants per year can receive citizenship or a residence permit in Jordan hopes that the new investment program stimulates the inflow of foreign capital. Continue reading
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