28/11/2008
Disneyland is coming to Mugla, Turkey
Turkey is to build a Disneyland resort in the Mugla Province near the town of Oren. Disneyland Turkey will be larger than Eurodisney Paris. Construction will take 2 years. It will be built over an area of 1.3m square metres and will employ 17,000 staff...

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06/11/2008
Bank of England cuts interest rate by 1.5%
The Bank of England has cut interest rates in the UK by one-and-a-half percentage points to 3%, its lowest since 1955, in a shock move. Cities Investors indicate that they see this as a turning point...

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16/07/2008
Overseas Property Interest Climbs in Credit Crunch UK
Overseas property investment is becoming increasingly popular as the UK’s credit crunch prompts a soaring rise in the cost of living...

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01/07/2008
Panama Rental Yields Average Around 007%
As the so called set-jetting trend continues, we hear that that James Bond (aka 007) has checked into Panama City, Panama. The Bristol Hotel recently played host to a range of Bond cast members who were on location filming scenes for the up and coming James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace.

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22/06/2008
Las Vegas interest grows
Overseas property portals have reported a sharp rise in international investors seeking investment property in Las Vegas. The US housing market is seeing foreclosures and mortgage default rates hitting record levels. It appears that overseas investors are seeking to capitalise on the situation by investing in the worlds entertainment capital city.

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04/06/2008
Bulgaria’s property market will defy the global credit crunch
Bulgaria's property market will defy the global credit crunch, according to Martin Gikov of UniCredit Bulbank. In spite of a large British and Irish withdrawal from Bulgaria's property market, Gikov projects that Bulgarian property prices will appreciate by up to 20% this year, partly because of the growing interest from Russian and Scandinavian property buyers.

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30/05/2008
UAE emerging as overseas property investment hotspot
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will become the most popular emerging country for overseas property investment during 2008, according to a survey of investors carried out by Homebuyer and Property Investor Show (HPIS).

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12/05/2008
Bulgaria booms as others are lulled by credit crisis
Home owners in many parts of the world have reason to worry about the implications of the international credit crunch. In Bulgaria they do not. Bulgaria's residential property market is showing unexpected resilience to the impact of the crisis thanks to investment by east Europeans and increasing numbers of local buyers.

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24/04/2008
Why Invest In Cities - Part Four
One should not think that a country’s capital or largest city is necessarily its best investment market: many capitals are either saturated or stagnant while many minor city markets with their own unique drivers are booming far in excess of their capital counterparts.

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19/04/2008
Pearl of Polish Economy
Citiesinvest.com is proud to announce that our Polish development partner have been recognised as a "Pearl of the Polish Economy." The awards, in it's 5th year, are organized by the Polish Market Magazine and the Institute of Economics & Polish Science Academy. The prize was awarded in the category of "Large Pearls" and was received by the President of J.W. Construction Jerzy Zdrzalka.

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11/03/2008
Investing in Turkey
Along with Moscow, financial experts Price Waterhouse Coopers quote Istanbul as being one of the top 2 European destinations in which to invest during 2008 in their Global Real Estate Review.

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03/03/2008
Why Invest In Cities - Part Three
People looking to rent an urban property – whether it’s a shack in a slum or the finest Manhattan penthouse – tend to want to stay in it for a lot longer than the short-term tenants typical to a holiday destination. While short-term lets aren’t unknown in urban areas, they’re few and far between compared with longer-term stays.

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15/02/2008
Why Invest In Cities - Part Two
Even during the best of times almost all lifestyle destinations are seasonal, so rental profits must be generated during certain, limited times of the year. Ski properties will almost certainly not be profitable during the summer; likewise, those looking to make money on the Mediterranean coast during the winter had better hope there’s something very extraordinary very nearby that’ll keep the punters coming even during the off-season.

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