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Brazil Economy - Growth & Economic Indicators
All indicators point towards further growth in Brazil’s property market.
Brazil Property Market
Brazil is classed in the Knight Frank International Residential Review 2008 as one of the few “stand-out hotspot locations in 2008”. Property investors are fast discovering Brazil’s emerging property market, heralded as one of the world’s most promising property investment destinations.
The north east region around Natal is a major focus of investor interest with property price growth of 30% in 2007 alone. The combination of a housing shortfall – 27 million properties, according to government estimates - increasing wealth and the recent introduction of mortgages, means Brazil’s property market is, as described by A Place in the Sun, “set to soar”. The introduction of mortgages for non-residents will boost the market further. All indicators point towards excellent rewards for investment in Brazilian property, which is already showing high capital appreciation and returns for property investors.
Brazil’s property investment market is currently led by the Portuguese (27%) followed by the British (15%) and Spanish and Italians (12% each). According to Knight Frank, “as the Brazilian second homes’ market becomes more sophisticated and is more widely promoted, it is likely that the demand from international purchasers will increase.” A fundamental factor behind the growing Brazilian property market is the ever-increasing wealth among Brazilians. Brazil’s middle class represented nearly half the population in 2007 when Brazil’s millionaire population increased by 46%, one of the highest increases in the world.
Brazil Economic Growth and Investment
The Brazilian economy, the largest of the Latin American
economies, has witnessed the greatest growth in 3 years
- a 5.4% rise in GDP in 2007 alone. Brazil is 10th in
the world for the highest GDP at over US$1 trillion.
Strong growth, falling inflation - expected to remain
below 4%, according to The Economist Intelligence Unit
- and the consistent delivery of primary budget surpluses
is the basis of Standard & Poor’s allocation of a triple B
minus credit rating, giving the country investment grade
status, commenting, “This should help Brazil, as it could
lead to an acceleration of investment there.”
Preliminary data from the United Nations Conference
on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) expects 2007’s
foreign direct investment total to have reached a
massive US$37.4 billion, outstripping Brazil’s Central
Bank 2007 predictions of US$35 billion.
According to Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Global Emerging Markets Index, Brazil has now overtaken China as the world’s biggest emerging market. This is further evidence of Brazil’s attraction to property investors.
Such consistently strong growth supports Goldman Sachs’ 2003 ‘BRIC’ theory that Brazil will become one of the most dominant economies in the world by 2050.