Singing Pig

Can any one tell me what the fall out is in the overseas investment market since the credit crunch?

Does any one have information regarding

USA

PANAMA

CAPE VERDE

Thank you

Thomas 

Thomas

 Im not expert at all, but here is my take of what ive been reading - Not necessarily my oppinion I hasten to add

USA - Dollar is taking a battering and will stay that way until the market 'adjusts' but they always recover by 'printing more money',(increasing national debt) once the war is over /less expensive/oil revenue is improved then they recovery or at least stability will return so you could theorise now is a good time to buy. Tourism is always good in the US and they like to travel in the US and abroad, with a CC might well be more internal tourism (wish we had Vegas , New york , Miami and so on to choose from!)

PANAMA - Low cost market, considered a bit risky but with the CC will it make the gains predicted to bring it into the capital growth era

CAPE VERDE - Seems a little pricey to me and a little over marketed as the next big thing

Just my thoughts and not necessarily my opinion but thought a replay might provoke this thread

Cheers

 PLFC  

interest rates will be going up. that will hurt the mortgage markets.

Go east, they have money, the west has debt.

Better still, wait till things go down badly, and then look as if they've hit bottom. Have a drink and take it easy and watch everyone else getting worried.

john 

Hi Thomas,

people that I speak to regularly, some of whom source foreign property for a living, tell me that people are shying away from the speculative deals and are concentrating more on yield. With the amount of 'European hotspots' to choose from, it's a difficult job to choose one that will appreciate in the short term, IMHO. So people are focusing on yield to be able to hold onto property and wait until the market bounces back.

Don't know anything about PANAMA, CAPE VERDE but I know that foreign investors in the US are finding it very hard to get finance. The brokers who can *really* help you with it are few and far between and there is a lot of paperwork involved.

rgds,

RebelYell

PLFC:

Thomas

 Im not expert at all, but here is my take of what ive been reading - Not necessarily my oppinion I hasten to add

USA - Dollar is taking a battering and will stay that way until the market 'adjusts' but they always recover by 'printing more money',(increasing national debt) once the war is over /less expensive/oil revenue is improved then they recovery or at least stability will return so you could theorise now is a good time to buy. Tourism is always good in the US and they like to travel in the US and abroad, with a CC might well be more internal tourism (wish we had Vegas , New york , Miami and so on to choose from!)

PANAMA - Low cost market, considered a bit risky but with the CC will it make the gains predicted to bring it into the capital growth era

CAPE VERDE - Seems a little pricey to me and a little over marketed as the next big thing

Just my thoughts and not necessarily my opinion but thought a replay might provoke this thread

Cheers

 PLFC  

 

 

 

 

I remember the last recession in the UK it lasted over 10 years! The USA, UK and a lot of other countries are heading the same way now.

The credit crunch was caused by greed, (sub-prime market in USA) similar in the UK. Thank god I chose to invest in a country with a bit of moral fibre and strict lending rules, this country is quickly going in the other direction. Which Country? - Germany!

Don't believe me; check out how much money the foreign banks and developers have pumped in to Germany in the last couple of years. (HSBC, Goldman Sachs, etcetera)

I don’t think they are investing to make a loss, or to sit on a measly 5% yield!