Marvellous Morocco


I have just returned from a weekend trip to Morocco. I went partly out of curiousity and partly out of pure shame – after all, here I am living on mainland Spain, almost literally a stone’s throw from another continent, and yet it was to be only my first trip. What was my excuse?

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Back to the future


I turned on the telly today, and what did I see? Presenters, commentators, and so-called property experts moaning on about house prices falling in the UK and what a disaster it all is, and how it’s now so difficult for the first time buyer to get onto the housing market. It’s enough to make you want to commit property suicide (if there was such a thing).

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Deposit Bonds aim to attract new buyers


A new product has been launched aiming to provide a substitute for cash down payments or deposits, when purchasing off-plan property abroad, particularly in Australia.

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Brazil is Primed and Ready to Go!


I’ve just come back from an interesting trip to Brazil.  As the writer for propertyshowrooms.com and IPIN’s latest promotions in this awe-inspiringly vast country, it was with great excitement that I could at last ‘put a face to Natal.’ So, donned as a typical package holidaymaker to Natal, I was intrigued to get a first-hand view on just what this growing tourism region of Brazil has in store.

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Frozen Turkey but Christmas has been postponed


A shocking statement by one of Turkey’s newspapers Hurriyet reads:

“Turkish property sales to foreigners are to be temporarily halted from Wednesday, declared a Ministry of Public Works and Settlement inline with a Constitutional Court ruling three months ago. A new regulation was delivered to the Board of Ministers for approval.”

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Does the Spanish property market sill have a pulse?


Over the last few weeks and months I have heard and read literally hundreds of negative stories about the property market in Spain.  Wasn’t it strange then that I was actually paying far more attention to the property magazines and for sale sections of the local Spanish newspapers, if the market was that bad with major estate agents like Viva Estates and Ocean Estates along with a reported 40,000 others closing down or in serious danger of going out of business, why am I so interested in potentially purchasing my first Spanish property now?

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The exits are here, here and here, we hope you enjoy investing with IPIN and choose to invest with us again!


There is so much choice and temptation available to today’s property investor that selecting what and when to invest can be quite a daunting decision.  With the current volatility of the currency and stock markets, land and property is still the weapon of choice for many due to its historic long term security but when it actually comes to placing a deposit the choice is mesmerising.

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Dubai Home Loans at 5%!


In my last blog I wrote how mortgage rates in Dubai are expected to become more competitive.  Just a few days later, I read that The Commercial Bank of Dubai has firmly laid down the gauntlet to rivals offering home loans from just 5%.  This is a huge step, especially when you consider that the previous lowest market rate was around 7.5%.

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Whats next for international real estate?



Next month I will be off to the SIMA exhibition in Madrid, one of the largest industry exhibitions in Europe.  Now in its tenth year, the exhibition gives a fantastic insight into what’s on the horizon for the world of international property.

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America Still Number 1!


I have found myself in a state of turmoil. A quagmire of confusion surrounds my every thought.  I find myself wondering if I have lost the power of rational reasoning or are these thoughts just a difference of opinion? What is causing this mental debate? Well, in general I tend to agree with all I hear from the hallowed halls of investment bankers, Morgan Stanley, but if I’m now to believe all I hear from this trusted institute, America has officially gone into recession!

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