World's Best Ranked Tourism Industries 26/03/2008
As a property investor, one of your concerns when choosing the right country to invest in should be its ability to provide a conducive environment from which to generate profits in the future.  A major consideration is often the country’s tourism industry. The World Economic Forum (WEF) recently released its 2008 Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report. Why should this report matter to you, the individual who wants to see positive cash flow returns from your property investment? Because it measures the success of tourism industries in countries around the world, putting a special emphasis on economic development and environmental sustainability. Tourists equal demand for holiday rentals; therefore, a healthy tourism environment equals higher returns from your holiday rentals. The WEF... more

Reits Gain Ground 14/03/2008
The REITs will be more and more interesting to investors especially after the crisis on the market. BGREIT registered the smallest decrease compared to the other indexes on the BSE. more

Dubai Sets Foot In Bulgaria 10/03/2008
Investment Corporation of Dubai offered 3 billion euro for Inmobiliaria Colonial, the Spanish developer that owns of Riofisa, which is developing two projects in Bulgaria worth more than 450 million euro, Bloomberg reported on February 28. Investment Corporation of Dubai bid 1.85 euro for each share of Colonial, which lost half its market value in six the past months, on February 27. The offer is 8.8 per cent higher than the closing price of the previous day. Investment Corporation, which now has more than 55 billion euro of assets, would get 12 billion euro of assets including offices and malls in Madrid and Paris. Colonial also owns a 15 percent stake in Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas, Spain's third-largest construction company, with a market value of 839 million... more