David Stanley Redfern

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Luxury Living in Langkawi : The Land of All One’s Wishes

Malaysia property has been relatively unscathed in the global investment property according to the independent Global Property Guide for 2009 which shows the region is 9th out of 91 territories, currently yielding average rental incomes of over nine per cent. Described as Malaysia’s best kept secret, Langkawi is the largest of 99 archipelago islands situated [...]

Money to Be Made in Manila

As everywhere in the world, the credit crunch causes most people in most countries to tighten the grip on their pockets, the Philippines, well to be honest, Manila, money is being thrown about by the million. All of Philippines major newspapers this week covered the report by the Thrift bank, which announced a massive increase [...]

Montenegro Property Will Go From Strength to Strength

Montenegro joined the European Union’s (EU) Competitiveness and Innovation Programme Monday 05 March2008. Their membership will see the European Commission (EU’s executive arm) actively promoting innovation, entrepreneurship and growth in Montenegro’s small and medium size enterprises (SME’s). The European Commissioner responsible for the EC’s industry and enterprise policies Gunter Verheugen, said Montenegro had affirmed it’s [...]

Costa Rica: Economic Strength by Adaptation

The Costa Rican government has announced that its economy will not suffer a downturn from the U.S. slump. For the first time in 50 years the Costa Rican government was left with a $174million budget surplus. It is expected that the U.S. slump will do no more than limit Costa Rica’s growth to 3.8%, down [...]

Canary Island Tourism Recovery Boosts Property Market

The Canary Island of Tenerife attracted 1-1.5 million tourists in 2007, from Britain and Ireland alone. And rightly so, from a British perspective it is the only place you can fly to within five hours and have a t-shirt and shorts holiday in January, or any time of the year for that matter. Liam Bailey, [...]

Canary Island Tourism Recovery Boosts Property Market

The Canary Island of Tenerife attracted 1-1.5 million tourists in 2007, from Britain and Ireland alone. And rightly so, from a British perspective it is the only place you can fly to within five hours and have a t-shirt and shorts holiday in January, or any time of the year for that matter. Liam Bailey, [...]

Hunt for the Next Spain Part II: Costa Rica

Costa Rica made it into my list of top ten destinations in the world to make a property investment in, and is certainly a contender for the country to become as popular and as successful for property investors as Spain is and has been respectively. Ok, the property isn’t the cheapest but there is massive [...]