Real Estate Finance Overseas
By Rhiannon Williamson
After the technology bubble burst back in 2000 the stock markets suffered a bleak period of decline and investors chose to place their focus on bricks and mortar rather than falling share prices and they began investing heavily into real estate.
As a result the second home and the buy-to-let real estate markets in many countries around the world such as in the UK, US and Australia boomed. However, as the real estate affordability gap continues to widen in these nations and fewer first time buyers can even get onto the first rung of the real estate ladder, property price increases have begun to cool off and the ability to generate impressive rental yields and strong capital appreciation has slowed right down for at least the short term.
At the same time the stock markets around the world remain volatile and so now many more investors are looking overseas for alternatives to cooling domestic housing markets and bumpy rides on the stock market. Many are finding that there's an abundance of real estate opportunity in emerging countries around the world which has created a strong demand for real estate
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For those considering joining the jet-to-let real estate investment set here are the three main options available when it comes to raising real estate finance, loans or mortgages to buy property abroad.
1) In many of the nations that were the first to boom the property markets are now stagnant and because lenders have fewer customers to provide for they are actively targeting those who have yet to upsize, release equity or take out a second mortgage and offering them increasingly favourable terms, conditions and interest rates.
For anyone thinking about buying real estate overseas in a country where they believe it will be difficult for them to secure local or where interest rates are unattractive, the option may exist for them to re-mortgage their existing property or take out a loan secured against the equity in their primary residence.
The negative side of this option to raise real estate to buy overseas property is that the purchaser's primary residence will be the security against the loan and naturally this introduces an element of risk.
2) The second option available to buyers looking for real estate overseas is getting a mortgage locally in the country in which they want to buy. Some countries such as Spain, Germany and France for example offer attractive interest rates and payment schedules to buyers from other European nations and many countries offer mortgages to international purchasers who can provide a decent sized deposit.
Anyone thinking about buying abroad would do well to also research which banks and lending institutions exist in that country, whether they are allowed to lend to foreign buyers and if so, are the criteria for getting a loan and the terms and conditions of the loan favourable?
3) The final option available to the majority of real estate investors looking to the purchase of a property abroad is an international mortgage provided by an international lender who usually has experience in the country from which the borrower heralds and also in the country in which they wish to invest which can make the whole process so much simpler…but the downside is that arranging such mortgages can be far more expensive than the first two options available to those contemplating their real estate options.
The availability or applicability of any type of mortgage or raising scheme discussed in this article is something that needs to be determined on an individual basis therefore this article does not constitute advice. Anyone hoping to raise to purchase real estate overseas should seek expert financial advice.
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Rhiannon Williamson writes about property abroad and currently specialises in property in North Cyprus.
