Rio Grande do Norte News (Brazil)

“For a small company the level of expertise outpaces even the largest players” – this is what the judges had to say when they awarded Brazil specialists uv10.com Best Small Agent in the Assn of Intnl Property Professionals (AIPP) Awards 2012.

A side-effect of today’s precarious global economic climate is the expectation that if a real estate market grows rapidly, at some point prices will crash. Experts believe that Brazil will be the exception and the bubble will not burst.

Users of the Lonely Planet website have voted a visit to Ponta Negra nº1 out of a huge 654 “things to do in the northeast” of Brazil. Local Brazil agent uv10.com has an investment opportunity just 10 mins from the action – Dunas de Cotovelo.

Having taken Silver for Best Estate Agency 2011 in this year's OPP Awards, this month the Brazil estate agent scooped five star award for Best Estate Agency Website in the Americas Property Awards in association with Bloomberg Television and Google.

FIFA has this month announced its schedule for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Natal will stage four matches. Now all that remains is for key infrastructure to be in place – not least the stadium, transport networks and new international airport.

Brazil's São Miguel do Gostoso has become an overnight tourist sensation thanks to year-round sunshine and kitesurf-friendly winds. Eolic energy enterprises and their staff now compete heavily with the tourists for rental accommodation.

Olympics 2016 has long been cited as the time that Brazil becomes the world’s 5th largest economy. However, on release of 2010 GDP figures showing the highest economic growth in 25yrs, some reports suggest that milestone may have come 5yrs early.

With runaway optimism created by Government social programmes and hosting 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics, Brazil is attracting serious property investor attention. Agent www.uv10.com reminds us Brazil is also the ideal setting for a holiday home.

In 2010, more than 9.1mn Brazilian families announced their intention to purchase a new home within the next year. uv10’s Property Fund takes advantage of this and provides experienced developers with the finance in exchange for massive returns.

Ditch the red roses, Ferrero Rocher and teddy bear this Valentine’s and instead give your special someone the keys, not only to your heart, but also to their own piece of paradise in a love nest over looking Brazil’s Praia do Amor – Love Beach.

In Gallup International’s ‘Global Barometer of Hope and Despair’, Brazil, China and India emerged as having the most upbeat populations whilst those in the UK were particularly pessimistic about the year ahead.

According to developer Grup Immobiliari Natal Brasil, Britain produces astute property investors. The Company, in partnership with Brazil agent www.uv10.com, describes Brit buyers as “more informed about property investment than other Europeans”.

After a second round of voting, Brazil has its first female President - Dilma Rousseff. Hand-picked by her predecessor and fellow Workers’ Party member, Lula Inácio da Silva, Rousseff is expected to continue his immensely popular social policies.

www.uv10.com was once again top dog at the Overseas Property Professional (OPP) Awards for Excellence 2010 – this time scooping Best Estate Agent (Gold) in front of a prestigious London ExCeL audience.

With holiday home buyers confined to the sidelines, foreign interest in Brazilian real estate is still booming thanks to an influx of pure investors. According to Brazil agents www.uv10.com, these investors all find long stage payments important.

Brazilian Homes, the 2009 International Property Awards winner of the “Best Estate Agency Website” under the Americas region, is launching a new beachfront property development in Natal, Brazil.

Brazilian Homes, the 2009 International Property Awards winner of the “Best Estate Agency Website” under the Americas region, is launching it’s new Brazil rental property department.

The Ecovila Inn and Spa da Alma announced the launching of a next generation booking engine on their website

MechanicWords, a Portuguese software company has developed a fast, easy solution to analyzing any given text. The tool sorts the words and creates a word list that can be customized and exported to Excel, text file or Clipboard.

Whilst the Western economy recovers from the sub-prime credit crisis we discuss the economic prospects for Natal and Rio Grande do Norte.

Natal and Rio Grande do Norte are receiving growing interest from the international investment community. Recent local and international events are solidifying the future of this once unheard of region of Brazil.