Based on several factors that include lifestyle, retirement, opportunities for fun and investment, International Living magazine has chosen the world's hot spots for 2007. The Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate(AFIRE), a nonprofit research association, tracks where its real estate investors are finding the best opportunities around the world.
In times of global economic uncertainty, real estate investors flock to real estate markets that have proved stable in the long term. Thats why New York and London occupy the top spots on AFIRE's list, with Washington, DC and Paris taking the next two spots. While the sub prime crises in the United States has rattled real estate investors and made institutions and individuals alike wary of real estate, there are still plenty of opportunities around the world in office, residential, industrial or retail that real estate investment groups are looking to for long-term appreciation.
The top real estate markets to invest are listed below:
1.New York city
2.London
3.Washington, DC
4.Paris, France
5.Shanghai, China
6.Tokyo, Japan
7.Singapore
8.Munich, Germany
9.Sydney, Australia
10.Hong Kong
In recent years, many emerging real estate markets, such as in Eastern Europe, have been hot spots for property investors. But, as the economy slows, people want a more stable place in which to put there money.
For return on real estate investment, the Asian cities also have a lot to offer, with great properties to let and a steady income stream available. When examining real estate markets for large-scale real estate investment, traditional thinking about a home buyer looking to own a single property doesn't apply. Real estate investors can move money more seamlessly between countries than an individual, for starters, but real estate investors also have a different way of calculating the long-term value of a particular property. Therein lies the appeal of investing in property in Asia.
