Sunday, January 4, 2009

North Cyprus - The Property Investor's Paradise

By Tim Martins

Cyprus is an island rich in historical culture and a unique beauty and Cyprus has become extremely popular amongst holidaymakers from all over the world. With over 300 days of sunshine per year and offering many superb beaches spread along its coastline, it isn't difficult to see just why so many people have grown to love Cyprus.

Such prominent property investment markets like Cyprus reap high return benefits of around 4-5% per year for the coming ten years. This type of revenue returns seem set to carry on for the foreseeable future, meaning Cyprus will retain a stable economy and growth will continue in the right direction.

Although Cyprus has been popular with holiday home investors for quite a few years now, the rise in developments on the island has also increased, keeping up with the high demand. There a whole range of deciding factors that have made all of this possible including favourable tax conditions, a high standard of living and a very healthy tourist industry. Today's property investors are not just seeing Cyprus as favourable choice, but also as one of Europe's top property investment region

As well as the obvious attraction of the increasing demand for tourism on the island, there are a number of other factors which have aligned in recent time to present a more favourable investment opportunity. In particular, Cyprus' accession to full membership of the European Union (and the increased trading opportunities associated with this) has produced a vibrant and thriving economy, which coupled with the high standards of living and favourable tax conditions present a strong fiscal case for investing property in Cyprus.

Further more with the potential reunification of the North and South of the island, even more property investment opportunities will come about, as property prices in the Turkish North are a lot more cheaper than in the south of the island. On-going talks should lead to a future re-unification of Cyprus, so potential property investors should keep an eye on the unfolding political events in Cyprus.

Already there are an increasing number of high quality projects being developed throughout the north of the island, and destinations including Catalkoy and Bogaz are already proving popular investment choices. Should re-unification be confirmed, this development process is likely to gather pace considerably, with prices in the north increasing to equal levels currently found throughout the south of the island.

As things begin to get complicated due to the global financial crisis, investors have tough decisions to make regarding objectives and returns, but Cyprus is without a doubt a property investors paradise. Mark Burns, who works for Offplanworld.tv, a real estate company based in the UK that specializes in off-plan investment property throughout the world's emerging markets, offers a whole range of off-plan property on the island of Cyprus. - 16463

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