Bhopal, located in central India, once held the attention of the world in 1984. This is due to the disaster in the city, along with a gas leak that caused almost four thousand confirmed deaths. Due to this, the refuted number of fatalities connected to the event became much higher at fifteen thousand. It’s a sad story of how cost cutting and ignoring safety precautions can quickly make things go from bad to worse. It’s a shame, because the city of Bhopal, home too many lakes both man-made and natural, is a very nice place to visit indeed. In the present though, the city is making great strides when it comes to progress, and the cityscape is changing rapidly, transforming it into one of the best urban areas in the whole country. (more…)
April 15, 2009
Agra
Once regarded as a paradise in the Mahabharata, the epic tale of India holds as its cultural treasure, Agra. Hence, it is now a bustling city, and home to several buildings constructed in the Mughal Era, most notably the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort, both classified under UNESCO World Heritage status. The Taj Mahal alone is recognizable to most people in the world, particularly the ones who’ve heard of it as a labor of love and one of the most famous buildings on earth, as well as being an architectural masterpiece for all time. (more…)
Ludhiana
A city with one million four hundred thousand residents is the industrial and business center for the whole state of Punjab. That is, perhaps, the reason why Ludhiana has become the largest city in the state, and one of the important administrative centers in the state activities as well. It’s also a favored location because of its close proximity to New Delhi, with road transport and railway travel connecting the two cities. A mixture of different cultures has made the atmosphere in the city unique in its own right. (more…)
Property Investments in India
India is a beautiful country, full of contradictions and contrasts, with abject poverty living side by side with affluence. There is Asia’s largest slum in Mumbai, right next to the most expensive real estate in Asia. It has an ancient civilization and culture, and a rapidly growing young educated population. You can play golf in a beautiful course in the centre of New Delhi, at a course where the greens are flanked by monuments built 400 years ago.
Now, however India has come into the forefront for many more reasons. For the last few years the IT boom in India and the amazing technological advances here have fuelled a massive interest in most sectors. It has become the hub for most software development, and the outsourcing industry has seen foreign direct investment rise manifold. This has led to a rise in all ancillary sectors and has been responsible for the real estate sector becoming one of the most lucrative investments in India. (more…)
April 14, 2009
Property investments in China
China is the largest Nation on Earth with a population of over 1.3 Billion people and is also the Worlds oldest civilisation with a culture going back 6,000 years. Situated in and comprising the majority of Central and East Asia, it comprises two states: The Peoples Republic of China (including Hong Kong and mainland China) and the Republic of China (including Taiwan). Between them they border a huge number of Asian countries including Russia, India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Burma and North Korea. China is vast and so is the choice of where to make an investment in China property . (more…)
Dance Your Way to the Property Market of Brazil
It seems that Brazil is certainly welcoming 2008 with a bang. Despite recent bad press due to Investor skepticism over the viability of Brazil’s property market, the country has fought back and emerged scathed but bearing good news, proving that they are still a hot commodity.
A Discovery to Carry a Nation
Last January 21st one of Brazil’s energy giant, Petrobas announced that they have discovered a large gas reserve in the Tupi oil field. As a result, Brazil’s already sizable oil reserve is becoming bigger. Petrobas will also rise higher in rankings as one of the world’s largest oil company. More financial capability is now at the country’s finger tips; priority programs such as socially and economically targeted agendas are easier to implement; the resources of this breakthrough is providing Brazil with the means to augment the country’s long term growth. (more…)
The Deities Smile Upon Brazil
By 2050, Goldman Sachs envisions Brazil to be the 5th largest global economy. When it comes to the property market, it is slated to be the next scorching commodity.
When You Say Investment Market?
Mention Brazil to any savvy investor and he’ll tell you that Brazil is the finest when it comes to emerging property markets. Brazil is said to be the World and human kind’s rescuer. While every country is emitting carbon dioxide, Brazil is producing oxygen. In the future, no one in Brazil has to work due to Carbon Credit. Brazil has all the resources with so small a population. A huge oil field has just been discovered, and this will surely bolster Brazil’s economy and appeal even more. (more…)
Investing in Property in Brazil
Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world, and central to south America, bordering the vast majority of countries in the area. The country has over 7,000 kilometres of coastline and spans a massive four time zones. The landscape is as varied as it is different, with the golden beaches along the coastline to the mountains, valleys and beautiful rain forests inland. Along with the diversified landscape there is a vast variety of cultures which converge to give Brazil that vibrant, fun carnival atmosphere for which it has always been known. A haven for the worldwide tourist market, the country is fast becoming one of the “hot spots” in the holiday industry. (more…)