For those of you who might have missed it, I want to draw your attention to a recent BBC article, Booming Bamboo: The next super-material? which echoes what we at Property Frontiers have been saying for the last 2 years, that bamboo truly is a super-material, the “timber of the 21st century”! Heralding the multiple [...]
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Apr
04
04
Green Gold: the bamboo boom… As seen on the BBC
Posted By: Ray Withers in Global PropertyLeave a Comment
Mar
22
22
The Budget 2012 – Our stance
Posted By: Ray Withers in Current Projects, Educational, Global Property, Liverpool, UKLeave a Comment
So, were we surprised with today’s budget announcement? I thought I’d summarise the key points from our perspective; particularly in regards to its effects on our clients and property investment prospects. No major shocks as far as I see. I was particularly pleased to see some coherence with my last blog post about where we [...]
Mar
16
16
It pays to be fussy
Posted By: Ray Withers in Current Projects, Global Property, Market and Economics, USALeave a Comment
Whilst none of us can say for sure that it’s the end of the recession here in the UK, as we approach the end of the first quarter of 2012, I am very glad to see that not only are enquiry levels up on this time last year but sales are too. In fact, it’s [...]
Feb
04
04
Unleash the Dragon
For those die hard R&B fans out there, sadly the title of today’s post doesn’t refer to the debut album of a certain US singer with a penchant for lyrics involving ladies lingerie but rather the equally stimulating rise of the Asian property investor! I am blogging from Hong Kong, enjoying a coffee (ok a [...]
Dec
09
09
NEW VIDEO: Global Property Predictions – Where to invest in 2012?
Posted By: Ray Withers in Global PropertyLeave a Comment
It’s that time of year again where David and I catch up, take a step back and conduct our yearly roundup of activity in 2011 and get our Property Frontiers crystal ball out to look ahead to next year. Despite the doom and gloom dominating every news story at the moment, we remain optimistic that [...]
Nov
14
14
60 second interview: Gwen Thompson
Posted By: Ray Withers in Global PropertyLeave a Comment
Continuing our series of 60 second interviews, today we speak to an experienced member of the PF team, investment consultant Gwen Thompson on what her role entails, how she has found the market so far this year, her favourite investments and ones to avoid. What does your role involve? As a Consultant at Property Frontiers, [...]
Mar
15
15
Property Frontiers victorious at the AIPP Awards for the second year running
Posted By: Ray Withers in Global PropertyLeave a Comment
We are delighted that for the second year in a row Property Frontiers beat off stiff competition and was voted best agent (Best Large Agent – multi-country) at the 2011 AIPP awards held at ‘A Place In the Sun Live’ last week. Judge and presenter of the hugely popular A Place in the Sun show [...]
Oct
18
18
Fire and Ice for International Property Investors?
Posted By: Aidan Rankin in Global PropertyLeave a Comment
If we believe this weekend’s Financial Times (16/17 Oct. 2010), one possible future for property investment lies in the Land of Fire and Ice. According to Robert Jackson of Atlantic Ridge Capital: ‘The point is that Iceland, despite the economic devastation, geo-physical turmoil and no small amount of fire and icing by the national tourist [...]
Oct
05
05
The Country of the Future
Posted By: Aidan Rankin in Countries, Current Projects, Educational, Future Projects, General, Global Property, Market and Economics, Project Progress, UK, USALeave a Comment
It’s always good when the cynics are proved wrong. In the early 1990s, when I was studying Latin America, there was a joke circulating that ‘Brazil is the country of the future and always will be’. Many of the jokers were Americans, but now it could be said that the joke is on them. For [...]
Sep
30
30
China’s new restrictions: a blessing in disguise?
Posted By: Aidan Rankin in Current Projects, Educational, Future Projects, General, Global Property, Market and Economics, UK, USALeave a Comment
In their zeal to rein in the property market, China’s leaders might well have been reading the Liberal Democrat manifesto. For one of the highlights of that little orange booklet was a promise to restrict the ownership of second and third homes. This would be accomplished through a blend of punitive taxation and ‘consultations’ with [...]