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With a housing boom based on the local population getting richer rather than banks getting more excessive in their lending, Brazil continues to attract high levels of investment from foreigners such as Arlen Mifflin, a 36yr old from Windsor, Ontario.

With excitement already building for FIFA World Cup Brazil in 2014, a new survey by tourism marketing experts, Pangaea Network, confirms that hosting an international football tournament will do more to boost a nation than any other sporting event.

In Brazil it’s actually fun to be an estate agent. Soaring economic growth (8.8% GDP for Q2 2010) coupled with govt programmes aimed to give low-income families access to mortgages means there are queues of people signing up for off-plan property.

By January 2010, following an appearance on national TV and rave reviews in the ‘Tribuna do Norte’ newspaper, every one of São Miguel do Gostoso’s 18 pousadas was fully booked for New Year 2010/11.

In a topsyturvy market it's reassuring to find a spot where “it is standard for developments to sell out within weeks”. This is Petropólis, the Mayfair of Natal in Brazil’s northeast. Investors can reap an estimated 49% return in 30 months.

In 2003 Brazil’s Middle Class (Class C) numbered 64 million people. Today this figure has risen to a huge 91 million. Everything from credit card to satellite TV applications is accelerating. Next on the list for Class C are stylish homes.

Famed for reliable weather, superb flying conditions and welcoming locals, Pipa in northeast Brazil is emerging as a paragliding paradise. Crowds of brightly coloured fabric wings dot the skyline taking in the stunning coastal scenery as they fly.

Brazil is now officially a middle class country with 52% of the 190 million population falling into this bracket. But it has significant supply shortages in stylish apartments - something which certainly applies to Natal. A solution is on its way.

With Brazil hosting two key sporting events in the world in just two years – the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympics – the country’s got plenty to celebrate. So could you as Natal Ocean Club Resort & Spa now has plots from £40,000.

“People want security these days” according to Samantha Gore, Sales & Marketing Director for Brazil real estate specialists www.uv10.com “and in Pipa Park they get just that”. No surprises and low risk - this is noughties-friendly investment.

Like bees to honey inexperienced off-plan property investors are all too often drawn to Brazil’s megaresorts. The seasoned investor, however, knows to look for substance over style and in today’s soft market that can often mean boutique is best.

“Brazil is emerging from the crisis and next year we are going to have surprising growth” President Lula da Silva said last month. Bold but accurate. In fact the OECD is predicting 4% economic growth for Brazil in 2010. What’s its secret?

Green construction doesn’t come cheap. The easy route would be to stick to conventional building techniques, but that’s not an option at Brazil’s Natal Ocean Club Resort & Spa.

With the acquisition of a rare site once occupied by a tumbledown villa, www.uv10.com is able to offer its clients the chance to own holiday and rental property right in the heart of Pipa, in one of the six apartments at ‘Pipa Beach’.

Last autumn Brazil’s President Lula da Silva said “What crisis? Go ask Bush about that". Half a year on and Lula’s optimism has if anything grown–saying Brazil will overcome the crisis in an "extraordinary manner". What makes him confident?

Property developers across the gender divide have different priorities. Men focus on profit whilst women focus on kitchens – they could have a point. The all-female team at Natal’s Pipa Beleza sold-out over 80% of the resort in less than a year.

Living in Jersey you can imagine that Paul (52) & Gail (43) Hesten don’t feel at home amongst skyscrapers. For this reason the dainty holiday home town of Pipa in northeast Brazil ignited their interest. They just hope the masses don’t follow…

Buying overseas creates enough headaches to make one want to pack it in and go on holiday. Why not kill two birds with one stone and stay in Brazil’s Morada dos Ventos on the market via www.uv10.com for as little as 199,800 BRL (approx 59,907 GBP).

At development launch prime units sell fast to early birds and in the case of Pipa Beleza that meant the penthouses. There’s good news for those who didn’t catch the worm, two pents are back on the market, a symptom of precarious global finances.

Winter season tends to focus on ski property which costs an arm and possibly even a leg if you misjudge a black run. There’s an infinitely warmer festive alternative. Brazil’s Natal translates as ‘Christmas’ - ideal for skiing on the water…

Off-plan property may suit the bold but for others a home that’s ready to go is best. However this comes with a snag, you’ve got to stump up the whole asking price. With Pipa Natura you can have your finished property and off-plan payment terms.

A sprawling mansion hugging a tropical beach is the stuff property dreams are made of. Fantasise no more. For less than 175,000 euros you can have this mansion, well one of the 11 homes within it, on the beaches of Brazil’s northeastern coastline.

Brazil's ‘less is more’ approach allowing the beaches, climate, cuisine and locals to speak for themselves is what attracted Richard and Nicola Hobday, both 38 from Surrey, to buy their first overseas property in this popular S. American nation.

The Brazilian property market is already riding the crest of a boom, but now even the currency is co-operating as the Real has weakened by over 8% against the dollar in the last month alone. This makes that beach property more affordable than ever.

Few would argue that Pipa Beach is northeast Brazil’s pick of the bunch, but some would prefer to take the plunge on a key-ready, luxury villa rather than an apartment – and at little over 200,000 gbp for three bedrooms and sea views, why not?

When London-based Gilles Acogny, 47, a seasoned investor, was deciding his next move he wanted to be sure of the credentials of the development he was throwing his hard-earned pennies into… Brazil’s Quinta da Lagoa passed muster.

For Brazil the credit crunch may just as well be the fabled breakfast cereal. Whilst the London stock market shrank by 1.5% during 2007, its São Paulo counterpart expanded by 93% due to a flood of foreign investment, a chunk went into real estate.

Enthusiastic and prepared, web developer Paul Knott presented himself as the ideal client to Brazil real estate experts www.uv10.com. But perfection comes with a caveat; in return they had to source the ideal property to meet his exacting needs.

In the emerging market sector truly sensational, architecturally inspiring resorts with five star services are few and far between. Brazil’s Natal Ocean Club is carving out its own niche for decadent overseas property investment.

Whilst Spain’s Central Bank is downgrading its economic forecasts from 3.1% GDP growth this year to a revised 2.4%, its Latin American rival across the Atlantic is massaging its figures in an upwards direction from 4.5% GDP up to 4.8%.

Ditch the blinkers and remove the rose tinted specs. Samantha Gore, Head of Sales and Marketing for Brazil experts www.uv10.com, tells us ten things you probably didn’t, but definitely should, know about investing in property in Brazil.