Overseas Property World

Like the famous Bon Jovi song about giving love a bad name, the financial crisis gave property investment a bad name, because thousands of people lost out on investments that didn’t go according to plan. All the people who have consistently made money from property investment over the long term cannot stem the headline-making of middle-aged people losing all their live savings on a property never built.

The US crashed in 2006, the UK followed it in 2007, but there was still hope that it wasn’t going to go global, until it did. By the end of 2008 overseas property investment had become dirty-words in the mainstream press. But by mid-2009 people were back out there and buying overseas property. This is because; over the long term there is no safer investment than property.

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The European sovereign debt crisis will be in the history books as one of the biggest financial events of a generation. Sure, it will be remembered as a consequence of the wider international crisis, but what a cracking side-story it will make. Especially if it leads to one or more countries leaving the euro, or even the European Union, not to mention the potential for a complete collapse of the single European currency.

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The Cayman Islands is an international tax haven wrapped in a Caribbean paradise.  The wealthy have always bought property and invested in the Cayman Islands, yet property prices here are still much lower than the rest of the Caribbean.

In a volatile world investors are looking more than ever for financial havens, and the Cayman islands, along with several other destinations in the Caribbean are coming up trumps. Here are some of the main reasons why foreigners are snapping up property in the Cayman Islands as investments and holiday homes:

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The world’s safest property markets, which by no coincidence are also the world’s most expensive markets, have become extremely popular at this time of financial instability.

The rapid devaluation of cash first triggered by instability in the foreign exchange markets, and then by that and roaring inflation caused by money printing in the US and UK, has led to the world’s wealthy individuals and investors seeking to put their cash into something safer than, well, cash. This first kicked off a rush on buying gold, but then, as the price of gold soared higher and higher people began looking to property.

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What is it they call it; the European consciousness? Whatever it is called, many Europeans would rather be put out of their misery right now as more and more EU countries are sucked into the sovereign debt crisis. Around the world we see high sovereign debt, raging budget deficits, and unsustainable volatility across stock markets and investment vehicles.

Amidst all this volatility, real estate is seen as a safe haven, however, even real estate is volatile in many countries, especially established markets. Within all this instability, volatility and uncertainty stands a rock, Germany.

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