Tag: Real Estate

• Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 09:03 UTC

  Brazilians are back!! Miami real agents celebrate

  

  Miami real estate agents have one reason to be happy: Brazilian buyers are back as a dominant buyer pool in South Florida, amid an increase in foreign investment. Political turmoil in Brazil and a strong dollar have kept buyers away from South Florida in recent years – until now.

• Sunday, January 14th 2018 - 12:42 UTC

  The “ship of the millionaires” comes to Punta del Este

  

  Imagine having breakfast with an explorer and documentalist who turns out to be Jacques Cousteau's granddaughter. Or listen to a conference aboard the Nobel Prize in Physics Shuji Nakamura. Imagine waking up one day on an exotic island and the other in one of the great capitals of the world. Imagine owning a floating apartment worth between 1.2 and 7.5 million dollars.

• Friday, May 27th 2011 - 08:48 UTC

  Real estate operations in Punta del Este reached 2.25 billion USD in 12 months

  

  Real estate operations in Uruguay’s hottest resort and leisure farms’ area totalled 2.55 billion US dollars in the twelve months to April 2011, equivalent to daily deals involving 7 million USD.

• Thursday, February 10th 2011 - 01:06 UTC

  Hong Kong residential property the “most expensive in the world”

  

  The Global Cities Survey, published by Savills PLC, reported last week that Hong Kong residential property is now the most expensive in the world. Based on the property price index contained in the survey, residential property in Hong Kong is 55% more expensive than property in London.

• Tuesday, August 31st 2010 - 03:12 UTC

  Uruguayan soaring real estate values closely linked to depreciation of US dollar

  

  Fears that Uruguay could be heading for a “real estate bubble” since prices in US dollars have increased more than 70% in the last five years, seem to have been neutralized by historic data and the strong appreciation of the Uruguayan currency.

• Monday, August 23rd 2010 - 04:52 UTC

  Punta del Este real estate sales reached 1.5 billion USD in 18 months

  

  Sales of real estate in Uruguay’s internationally renowned resort Punta del Este and its area of influence reached almost 1.5 billion US dollars between January first 2009 and the first half of 2010, according to the Tourist Office from the County of Maldonado.

• Wednesday, May 12th 2010 - 18:42 UTC

  Construction Activity Picks up in Chile for the First Time Since December 2008

  

  Construction activity increased for the first time since December 2008, according to the Monthly Construction Activity Index (Imacon) released by the Chilean Chamber of Construction this week. The Index shows an increase of 1.4% from March 2009 to March 2010, reflecting a rise in employment and demand.

• Wednesday, May 5th 2010 - 23:30 UTC

  Cuba Boosts Tourism Industry and Plans to Develop “Virgin Regions”

  

  Cuba received a record one million tourists in the first four months and announced a policy of “real estate development” associated with boosting marinas, golf courses and other tourist investments, mainly in “virgin regions”.