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Newsletter
01 Jun 2010
Barbados
JUNE 2010 Green Shoots Are Being Baked In The Sun
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About 12 months ago some financial pundits started to talk about “green shoots” in the market. We all understand the concept of renewal so it seemed quite an apt phrase when we started to see pockets of activity that gave us hope. That hope was realized over the winter period with an increase in actual transactions. As we had predicted last year, the price corrections coupled with a strengthening Pound Sterling and stabilizing world economy worked in our favour manifesting itself in transaction volume and stabilized pricing. I am pleased to say that we were right, but now it seems we face a new challenge – Greece and oil are causing our recovery to slip!
Newsletter
01 May 2010
Trinidad & Tobago
MAY 2010 WHAT DOES THE WORD âEXPATRIATEâ MEAN TO US?
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According to the English glossary, the word EXPATRIATE is defined as “a person living outside his or her native country”…but what does this really mean to us here in Trinidad?
Newsletter
01 Apr 2010
Barbados
APRIL 2010 Enhancing the value of your investment through professional management.
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In The Red Book 2010 Andrew Mallalieu trumpets the equilibrium that has now been reached in the Barbados foreign real estate market: “Sellers have found the point at which buyers are willing to make a decision”; and this he states has led to sales of vacation and second homes to foreign investors at full asking price. Simon Milligan, in the same publication touts the investment in real estate (in Barbados or elsewhere) as a “theoretically sound part of a wider efficient portfolio of investments”
Newsletter
01 Mar 2010
Trinidad & Tobago
MARCH 2010 What does 2010 hold for Real Estate?
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Here is what the professionals think:
Newsletter
01 Jan 2010
Barbados
JANUARY 2010 Time for The Red Book
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American playwright Tennessee Williams once said, “Time is the longest distance between two places.” This time last year we were apprehensive about what 2009 held for us as the major economies of the world virtually crashed and burned. We were counseled that a flight to quality would leave Barbados in a relatively good position when the economic smoke cleared. The time has inched by and The Red Book 2010 reflects that the distance between economic chaos and normalcy is growing shorter, even if incrementally. In anticipation of The Red Book 2010, we take a look at the views of some of this year’s writers, business professionals with interests spanning real estate, construction, insurance, finance and history.
Newsletter
01 Jan 2010
Grenada
JANUARY 2010 What's new at Terra Caribbean Grenada?
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The bar has been raised at Terra Caribbean with new service lines now available to better serve our increasing clientele. We have relocated to a larger office as Terra’s family grew with the addition of key staff members and hence outgrown our previous home. Terra Caribbean Grenada is now located on the top floor of the Netherlands Building in Grand Anse, St. George.
Newsletter
01 Dec 2009
Trinidad & Tobago
DECEMBER 2009 Our View on Property Tax in T&T
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There has been much said about the proposed property tax system since the presentation of the fiscal budget by the Minister of Finance, and frankly I feel we have been obfuscated with commentary on this matter. My purpose is not to add my voice to the plethora, but to attempt to direct some thought towards the potential efficacy of a new tax regimen and its impact on the real estate market.
Newsletter
01 Nov 2009
Barbados
NOVEMBER 2009 Firm Craftsmen of Our Fate*
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As we near our 43rd anniversary of Independence in what has been a very challenging year, we thought it a good time to reflect on our small island’s resilience. Just a year ago the world seemed to have stood still as international giants Lehman Brothers, Bear Sterns and AIG (to name a few) all but imploded and caused mass economic turmoil around the globe. Regionally, CLICO announced its financial instability bringing the problems of the world even closer to home. As expected tourist arrivals slowed and direct foreign investments all but ground to a halt.
Newsletter
01 Sep 2009
Barbados
SEPTEMBER 2009 Are you buying or are you waiting?
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Timing the market is a concept most often applied to stock market investing, but one of my friends keeps joking with me whenever I ask for advice he always says “Buy low, sell high.” On the other hand my father tells me “Buy right and hold for the long term”. Another person (not my friend) tells me that I should “Buy high and sell higher!” That simple statement seems to highlight the different risk profiles that can be adopted when it comes to investing.
Newsletter
01 Sep 2009
Trinidad & Tobago