Property Research Matrix

Property Research is a key driver to our company and we focus heavily on our indepth research into the various property markets around the globe.

This research gives us unique insight into how property markets are performing and how they will perform in the future. Our unrivalled research allows us to bring investors only the very best property investment opportunities.

Most property research in the market place today is either bad, out of date or inaccurate. Hence, our ever expanding Research area aims to deliver both current and accurate information on which investors can make informed decisions.

The property research matrix overview below gives an indication of how well the property market of a certain country is performing (out of 5) [higher the score the better, eg 5 for tax is very low tax] and also arrows to indicate whether this score is likely to improve or not in the next 6 months.

Furthermore, we have used a simple traffic light system to colour each country to give an indication of how investable we view that market (from a buy-to-let point of view) over the coming 6-12 months.

The true picture of these property markets is often significantly more complicated and requires much research and experience to gain a deep understanding. The matrix below gives the reader a good overview of how the markets compare. For more detailed information contact us.

Country	Price Growth	Terms	Rental Market	Transaction Costs	Finance	Tax	Market Drivers	Risk	Comments
Albania	3 ↑	3 ↔	2 ↔	3 ↔	3 ↑	3 ↔	3 ↑	High	Low prices, huge potential but high risk.
Bulgaria	3 ↓	3 ↔	3 ↔	3.5 ↔	3.5 ↔	3.5 ↔	3.5 ↔	Med	Has potential in major cities with still some risks.
Cyprus	2 ↓	3.5 ↔	3 ↓	3.5 ↔	3 ↓	4 ↔	3.5 ↔	Med	Coasts are saturated, otherwise long term fundamentals are good.
Czech Republic	3 ↔	4 ↔	3.5 ↔	4.5 ↔	4 ↔	3.5 ↔	4 ↔	Low	Probably the best investment market in Europe today.
Germany	2 ↓	3 ↔	3.5 ↔	1.5 ↔	2.5 ↔	2.5 ↔	2.5 ↔	Med	Poor growth, weak fundamentals & high cost.
Hungary	2 ↔	3 ↔	3 ↔	3 ↔	3 ↔	3.5 ↔	3.5 ↔	Med / High	Still has economic risks and property market uncertainty.
Latvia	1 ↓	3 ↔	2 ↔	4 ↔	3 ↓	3.5 ↔	3 ↓	High	Economic risks and property market bubble collasping.
Poland	2 ↔	4 ↔	3 ↑	3.5 ↔	4 ↓	3.5 ↔	3.5 ↔	Low / Med	Good fundamentals but market is taking a breather til 2009.
Romania	2 ↓	3 ↔	2.5 ↔	3 ↔	2 ↔	3 ↔	3 ↔	High	High risks, speculation & negative growth.
Russia	2.5 ↔	2 ↔	2.5 ↔	3 ↔	1 ↔	3 ↔	3 ↔	V. High	Too high risk for most, but large potential.
Slovakia	2.5 ↔	3 ↔	3 ↔	3.5 ↔	3.5 ↔	4 ↔	4 ↔	Low / Med	Market has peaked, oversupply, falling prices.
UK	1.5 ↑	3.5 ↔	4 ↔	4 ↔	3 ↓	3.5 ↔	3.5 ↓	Med / High	Economic uncertainty. Financing getting tougher. Price falls.
USA	1.5 ↑	3.5 ↔	4 ↔	3.5 ↔	3 ↔	3.5 ↔	3.5 ↓	Med / High	Large price falls, economic risks. Steer clear for now.