160508 | Sofia, so good - Why Sofia is poised to be a property investment hotspot

Sofia has frequently lost the competition with Bucharest and the Black Sea coastal areas in terms of attracting major real estate developers. Currently, though, we can see those markets are either slowing down (Bucharest) or are unattractive and risky (Bulgarian resorts). Perhaps as a result, Sofia has emerged from the shadows and is perceived as great investment opportunity, a truly emerging market set to grow fast.

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15/05/08 | Property Secrets investors earn stunning Poland property profits

Sales last month of seven units from PS property deals in Warsaw have returned exceptional profits for investors.

Units in Majolikowa, Marina and Westland Court were sold in April through i-PropertyAssets and realised profits ranging between 99% and 181% over periods of 20 and 32 months.

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07/05/08 | The Iron Floor under UK property prices - and when you should invest again

The price of property is what someone is willing to pay for it. Or so the saying goes.

But what determines the price that someone will pay?

Well, until recently this was limited not by a capacity to pay - but by a willingness to chase up prices. So, it was demand driven - rather than controlled by a capacity to afford. Since last August the environment has changed utterly.

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06/05/08 | Spotting the new Merthyrs! Are Britain's cheapest property locations bargain buys?

Halifax Estate Agents have released their latest statistics, which show some startling facts about rising and falling property values in the UK.
While prices in one town in Wales has rocketed by 203 per cent since 2002, three times the UK average - one town in Surrey has only managed a 30 per cent increase over the last five years.

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01/05/08 | Lewis Report – how the credit crunch has affected Poland and Czech and a little property investment gem just outside Ostrava

Neil Lewis, CEO of Property Secrets continues his Lewis Report with a road trip of Czech and Poland last week with a detailed look at Frýdek-Místek, home to a brand new €1 billion Hyundai plant with 3400 employees, where Property Secrets are offering their latest investment deal.
"My trip to Czech and Southern Poland was the first to this region in 2 years and a chance to see the effects of the recent credit crunch," commented Neil.

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