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DSR Asset Management report that Investors large and small are flocking to Australia looking for investments with security and good returns.

In one of the few hotel transactions to occur in Australia 2009, the Holiday Inn Adelaide has sold to Malaysian group, Hotel Grand Chancellor, for approximately $35million.

“Despite the current economic climate, the Adelaide hotel market has continued to perform well relative to other capital cities,” said Mark Durran of Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels’ “With these solid market fundamentals, the purchaser was attracted to the re-positioning potential the hotel offered though a refurbishment and expansion of the guest room inventory.”

The sale of the Holiday Inn is one of just a few major hotel transactions in Australia to occur this year. To-date there have been total hotel sales of $366million with the most notable deals including the Courtyard by Marriott North Ryde, Hyatt Regency Adelaide and Park Hyatt Canberra, all of which were negotiated by Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels.

David Redfern, of DSR Asset Management added “We have seen the volume of business in Australia growing month on month during Q2 and Q3 of 2009. Australia is becoming a “must have” addition to everyone’s investment portfolio”

DSR offer investments in a variety of locations in South Australia.

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“The awe-inspiring rebound in Canada’s housing market just keeps rolling along,” said BMO Capital Markets deputy chief economist Douglas Porter.

National home sales soared 18 per cent, year-to-year, in the third quarter to a total of 135,182 units, on an unadjusted basis, and average prices rose 13.6 per cent in September from a year earlier to $331,602.

Seasonally adjusted home sales activity now stands 48 per cent above the low reached in the fourth quarter of 2008, The Canadian Real Estate Agency (CREA) reported, a fact that might have prompted Canada’s major banks to hike mortgage costs this week to a posted five-year fixed rate of 5.84 per cent.

At the same time, September listings of homes for sale posted the largest decline in more than six years and are down 16 per cent from one year ago, resulting in a very healthy imbalance in supply and demand.

“Firming home prices and an improving economic environment should eventually lure back more sellers and restore a healthier market balance,” said Martin Foster of DSR Asset Management, “but for now expect continued upward pressure on prices.”

Canada’s hot housing market may have more room to run as buyers scramble to lock in at low rates, but a lack of supply is driving up prices. Enquiries for DSR’s land plots and homes in and around Montreal are at record levels.

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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 30km off the west coast of Malaysia. With a particularly benign climate and stunning environment it is surrounded by pristine white sand beaches, coral reefs, limestone coves and minor islands with crystal clear waters. Inland is mountainous, covered with ancient rain forest and riddled with bat caves and tunnels. The great majority of the island’s residents speak English.

Recognised as one of the most stunning resorts in the world by the cognoscenti it boasts 5* hotels, excellent shopping, superb multicultural cuisine and caters for a wide variety of interests and activities including sailing, diving, golf, exploring and all manner of extreme sports. Nature lovers will find it teeming with tropical flora and fauna. The marine biology is particularly diverse.

Since 1987 Langkawi has had duty-free status and this has encouraged tourism. However, development on the island has always been strictly controlled. Furthermore it was designated a UNESCO World Geopark in 2007. Quality real estate will therefore be in supply, and is set to be in increasing demand now that direct flights from major cities like London are making the Langkawi experience more accessible.

DSR Asset Management . have a number of exclusive properties on the island available for sale in 2009. Malaysia’s leading heritage architect, commissioned specially for this sensitive project, has specified the finest natural materials to create Villas with a traditional/contemporary Asian design in harmony with the landscape. Properties all come with private swimming pools, and interiors are finished to the highest standards using local hardwood and marble. Roofs are concrete-tiled to blend with the vernacular architecture.

As well as securing a residence in one of the most sought-after locations in the world, purchasers can have their property fully managed by a local hotel group with the potential to generate healthy rental income.

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DSR Asset Management is an overseas property investment specialist, working directly with developers in more than forty countries. All properties are exclusive to DSR, giving an unparalleled selection of resale and new builds.

David Redfern is the director of DSR Asset Management an overseas property investment specialist. David works closely with developers in more than forty countries and oversees the DSR. education programme which lectures individuals and organisations on property investment.

It wasn’t so long ago that when the US caught a cold, Canada caught pneumonia. But Canada’s financial prudence has helped it sidestep the sharp home price declines being experienced in countries including the US, Britain and Spain.

In the past decade, prices of existing homes in Canada have risen by about 55 per cent, while new-home prices have risen by about 27 per cent. Most economists are forecasting a small increase in prices this year despite the turbulence next door.

It is indeed a much different story in the US, where home prices dropped by 14.1 percent year over year in the first quarter of 2008; a record price decline occurring five times faster than the last US housing recession.

But unlike the US, Canada’s housing boom was the result of supply catching up with pent-up demand that followed the downturn of the late 1980s and early 1990s. And the country’s conservative mortgage culture has helped protect Canada from the excesses seen during the US boom where subprime mortgages have crunched the market.

Canada is in fact posting a very different scenario. And Sheryl Kennedy, Canada’s central bank’s deputy governor, said this week: “The Canadian housing market does not appear to be characterized by excess supply at this time. The proportion of unoccupied, newly built dwellings in most cities remains below historical averages, suggesting that a major widespread reversal in house prices is unlikely in the near term.”

David Stanley Redfern has two properties in Canada. The Rouge River Development is part of a resort voted best in Quebec eight years running. Investors can choose from a selection of land plots on which to construct a custom designed property or new lodge or chalet. Around 100 miles of the Rouge River runs through the resort, with fantastic trout fishing, kayaking, canoeing and white water rafting. While a 100 mile bicycle track weaves through the forest along the river bank, through the woods. In winter the bicycle track becomes a cross country ski and skidoo trail.

In Toronto, David Stanley Redfern, has a new property designed by world renowned architect Peter Clewes. The Pier at Queens Quay is an innovative pair of 12 storey towers topped with a three level bridge containing dramatically different penthouse suites.

All units will have a large balcony, or terrace, and residents will have access to extensive indoor and outdoor facilities including swimming pool with cabanas and panoramic views of the lake.

Toronto is one of the only places in the world where rental yields rise in line with property size, and Canada is the only established market in the world which has average yields of around 8 percent.

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Albania’s government has told the International Herald Tribune that it has taken out a 66.2 million euro loan from the Japanese government to modernise and overhaul its canal system and build a sewage treatment plant. The deal, which gives Albania a forty year period to repay the loan, was signed June 30 2008.

This is just the latest in a series of major financial commitments made by the Albanian government, including a 25 million euro loan from Austria at the beginning of last month to help Albania meet its requirements for EU entry, and another major loan taken by the Duress port authority from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to renovate the existing quays and build a new terminal at Albania’s largest port.

All loans taken out by Albania are directed at improving the country’s infrastructure with a view to aiding its flourishing track record for economic growth, which has been almost constant since it left Communism behind in 1992. It is a testament to Albania’s economic performance since 1992 that it is taking out loans as oppose to receiving grants, it has had the economic power to take out such loans since the World Bank upped its designation to a middle-income country in 2007.

The Albanian government has an exemplary record for managing the country’s economy, maintaining strong growth while keeping inflation low. The fact that it is taking out these major loans is a major indication of their forecast for the Albanian economy, which they clearly expect to continue growing strongly. And they are not the only ones; David Stanley Redfern’s head of international research, said:

“Albania is one of the best places in the world to make a long-term property investment, not only is the government proving their competence time and time again by generating substantial economic growth in its own right while maintaining low inflation. But Albania is all set to become a full member of the EU in 2014, EU loans during this period will bolster the economy and continually aide schemes to develop the infrastructure, which then aides further economic growth, and then Albania’s economy will be further boosted by reduced trade tariffs, repatriations from Albanian’s going abroad to work, and a whole host of other benefits of EU membership.”

One impressive factor that has come from Albania’s economic growth of this decade is that a quarter of the population’s poorest were brought out of poverty between 2002 and 2006, and unemployment continues to fall, at the same time as wages rise. As Albania’s internal wealth and affluence continues to rise, living costs rise, and property values are continuously pushed up. But another benefit is that there will be plenty of Albanian’s looking for homes, when investors decide to collect on their long-term investment gains. All round Albania is perfect.

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Construction costs in the Philippines are expected to increase by more than 35 percent this year due to record oil, steel, cement and global shipping prices on the back of US Dollar devaluation.

Nearly all construction materials used in the development of Philippine high-rise buildings are imported. With the strong depreciation of the US Dollar value in the South-East Asia combined with record high oil prices that may see crude hit 150/160 USD per barrel in July and August 2008, construction materials exported from China, Korea, Malaysia and Taiwan, together with their shipping costs, continue to increase in price at a phenomenal rate as exporters of steel reinforcement bars, electrical wirings, aluminium, copper based components and Portland cement in the region are set for upwards of 40/50 percent price increases.

Developers of the Lancaster The Atrium Towers in Manila stated they would increase prices of apartments by 10 percent, effective July 16 2008, but clients who reserve now through David Stanley Redfern can take advantage of current prices and see an immediate return on their investment. Not to mention obtaining 70% interest free non status finance.

This is the perfect opportunity to get into a hot market as Philippines property is expected to grow in value by no less than 24 percent for the next five years and possibly even more in the next 2-3 years.

Philippines GDP has been rising by over 5 percent year-on-year and Manila has fast become a major S.E Asian trading post and is no competing against Bangkok as the commercial gateway to the East.

And despite the high prices of foreign imports such as oil hitting the economy – economic growth is expected to slow between 5.2-6.2 percent this year – property prices in the Philippines are being kept buoyant by a huge housing backlog, low interest rates, friendly payment terms, higher incomes of workers in the growing outsourcing industry, and a rising expatriate population.

The housing backlog of 3.8 million units, in particular, has left 70 percent of the country’s estimated 90 million population without their own home. This is the big difference between now, and the property boom before the Asian crisis of 1997-98. The demand for housing is not speculative; it is not investor driven; but rather end-user demand driven; a specific demand that is being addressed.

And despite the rising costs, construction continues to boom across much of the country, especially in Manila, a mostly low-rise city where dozens of residential towers are beginning to dot the skyline; at least 38,000 new apartments will be available by 2013 in the Makati financial district and in nearby Bonifacio Global City alone.

It is in Makati that The Lancaster the Atrium Towers are situated, in the heart of the central business district. Off plan prices per m2 in this district have grown by 40% in the last 24 months and the property promises higher than average yields of around 12 percent.

But by buying through the overseas property specialists, David Stanley Redfern, investors now have the chance to see a return of 10 percent capital appreciation in just a few days.

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DSR is an overseas property investment specialist, working directly with developers in more than forty countries. All properties are exclusive to DSR , giving an unparalleled selection of resale and new builds.

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Montenegro airlines have started a scheduled service from Gatwick. This bodes well for the country’s booming tourism industry and is great news for property investors.

Instead of having to fly chartered or via Croatia to enter Montenegro, British visitors can now take affordable scheduled flights from an accessible UK airport.

The World Travel and Tourism Council has predicted that Montenegro will become the fastest growing travel and tourism economy in the world, and the advent of more direct flights to the country takes it one step closer to achieving this.

The Montenegrin Ministry of Tourism has already announced that tourist arrivals grew six percent on the same period last year. And according to estimates, 1.3 million tourists will visit Montenegro before the end of the year, a 13 percent increase on last year’s 1.15 million total.

Montenegro is also a nation with a healthy property market; one that is bucking the global downturn. There has been huge upward pricing of 26 percent for prime property in Montenegro, and property is expected to grow in value by 15-20 percent per year, and possibly reach growth of even 30 percent per year as Montenegro progresses towards full EU accession. The influx of EU money to develop infrastructure, tourism and other industry sectors is just another boost for a property sector that is expected to enjoy sustained growth for the next 5-10 years.

Rental yields of 6 percent are already been achieved, but higher yields of around 10 percent are being seen in the coastal areas. David Stanley Redfern’s Acacia apartments are towards the top of the village of Djenovici, set on a hill covered in olive trees and mimosa flowers, with stunning views of the Bay of Kotor, the wilderness of the Lustica peninsular and the snow-covered majesty of Mount Lovcen. With red sloping roofs and shutters, large balconies and terraces as well as communal piazzas; the development is designed in the style of a typical Venetian village. Surrounding the buildings are large landscaped gardens, the focus of which is a raised terrace with large swimming pool and café.

The overseas property specialists’ off-plan apartments in the village of Zambelici are also located on the beautiful peninsular of Lustica. The development is situated in a tranquil area 1800 meters from the sea and the beautiful unspoilt beaches of Mirista. All apartments have air conditioning and heating; fitted bathroom; kitchen; communal swimming pool; onsite parking; double glazed pvc windows and large sea-facing terraces affording beautiful views across the open sea. Prices start from £50,000.

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DSR is an overseas property investment specialist, working directly with developers in more than forty countries. All properties are exclusive to DSR , giving an unparalleled selection of resale and new builds.

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While house prices in many industrialised countries have shot-up at staggering rates Germany’s housing market has remained stagnant; an average detached house in Germany costs virtually the same as it did 10 years ago. Now investors, lured by remarkably low prices, are snapping up German real estate, especially in Berlin.

To understand why Germany’s market has remained stagnant while others have climbed to dizzying heights, one has to go back to the 1990s. In June 1991, eight months after reunification, a law designed to revive the economy of former East Germany, called the Fördergebietsgesetz, came into force. It offered incredibly generous tax incentives to property investors: Anyone who renovated or built real estate in the former East or Berlin, could write off the entire cost of the investment from their taxable income over 10 years.

Many wealthy West Germans leapt at this once-in-a-life-time opportunity, pouring money into real estate, and buoyed by the generous tax breaks they helped create a real estate bubble. Effectively, the tax incentives were so generous that people over-invested; in the rush to take advantage of this incredible tax break, many investors forget to ask themselves whether there really was demand for the property they were building and renovating, or not.

When the tax incentives expired in 1998 it was clear investors had built over and above market demand. And as the housing market bubble burst, investor exuberance turned to gloom. So while other Western countries experienced their own bubbles (and bursts) in the last few years, Germany has remained immunized against the euphoria over house price rises that gripped many Western industrialised countries.

Admittedly, Germany also struggled with periods of sluggish economic growth in the last decade – actually going into recession in 2001 – and has seen record unemployment. And as the German economy has recovered in the last few years, so too has the country’s housing market. Since 2004 the price of buy-to-let flats in big cities has especially increased.

Yet because the international housing market boom bypassed Germany, property has become relatively cheap – a fact that hasn’t gone unnoticed by large-scale property investors. The German market now looks like a dream opportunity for investors. Prices are low compared to many other European countries, and home ownership is one of the lowest in the industrialised world.

The incredibly low home-ownership rate of 43 percent -12 percent in Berlin – presents a unique opportunity: Rents, which have been kept artificially low by large public housing companies that once owned large swathes of housing, are likely to rise as state governments are forcing these companies to sell property in order to offload some of the states’ debts. And as rents rise, more people will want to buy their own homes. On top of that, too few new homes are being built to meet future demand.

There is going to be a shortage of housing, and this shortage will mean rents will have to rise. As they do so it becomes more economical for people to invest in housing, and so Germany will see rising prices as well as rising rents.

This isn’t going to happen overnight however, and is likely to take 3-5 years to follow through, but those looking at a safe, stable and strong investment before the boom in Berlin should contact David Stanley Redfern.

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Under-supply of resort property on Thai islands like Koh Samui and Phuket is generating substantial growth in their respective resale markets. The under-supply has been caused because of developer’s reluctance to go ahead with new projects in case government restrictions on foreign ownership hinder sales. It is hoped that the government will soon raise the percentage of property that can be bought by foreigners.

None the less the under-supply presents investors with a fantastic opportunity. The under-supply is primarily on condos and apartments, but has stunted sales, which means there are still some great developments to choose from. Significant resale price growth is another arm to the opportunity presented by off-plan property, because the immediate value rise on completion is all the greater.

Head of international research for overseas property specialists David Stanley Redfern had this to say about the Koh Samui opportunity:

“The latest news from Koh Samui does nothing more than make it an even better opportunity. Luxury villa prices rose by 50% per year in 2006 and 2007, and have always been expected to continue growing strongly. The current under-supply issues will only serve to maintain high demand, or even cause demand to grow for luxury resort property on the tropical island with some of the world’s best unspoilt white sandy beaches.”

As far as off-plan opportunities go, David Stanley Redfern’s Maenam Hills development on Koh Samui is one of the best in the world.

Maenam Hills consists of 2 bedroom off-plan resort villas priced from only £100,000. The great thing is that the developer is offering non-status 50% LTV interest free finance on the villas over a period of 48 months, on the spacious villas. The Maenam Hills villas also come with a 6%p.a. uncapped rental guarantee for the first two years.

David Stanley Redfern are also marketing off-plan apartments on Koh Samui. The Siranya development offers 2 bedroom apartments with sea-views and rental management from just £103,000. The expected yield is 8% for owners who take rental management on their property, and the development also has a restaurant, clubhouse and spa.

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About DSR Asset Management

DSR is an overseas property investment specialist, working directly with developers in more than forty countries. All properties are exclusive to DSR , giving an unparalleled selection of resale and new builds.

Please direct all media queries, requests for press information and editorial details, to media@davidstanleyredfern.com

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