Thursday, July 22, 2010
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South Africa hosting the 2010 World Cup is history in the making indeed. Many predictions were made and there are still many more to come.
IPS is going to be talking about the impact that the World Cup has had on the South African Property Market. Where [...]
Thursday, June 17, 2010
May 19th, 2010 by HousingPredictor.com
Housing Vacancies Reach New RecordHousing and rental vacancies have hit unprecedented levels. Included in these record vacancy numbers are a plague of abandoned properties fated for demolition, and millions more homes being withheld from market. Of the more than 19 million empty homes recorded by the US Census, just under 2 [...]
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
June 2010
Lea Jacobs from Business Day interviews Scott Picken, IPS CEO on investing offshore
Has there been an increase in South African’s investing in offshore property? If so, what do you believe is driving this?
International Property Solutions (IPS) has been helping investors invest overseas since 2003, and during these times we have noticed [...]
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
- House prices in February rose by 1.9% Page 4
The average price of all residential property transactions completed in England & Wales in February 2010 was 1.9% higher than in January. This is the tenth month in succession in which AcadHPI has increased on a monthly basis. This figure is at [...]
Monday, March 1, 2010
There are significant concerns about the USA economy and also the USA property market, but in amongst all this turmoil are also some fantastic opportunities. As with any overseas investment, an investor two most vital things are Information and Partners. What Scott Picken, IPS CEO, has tried to do here, is give you an overview [...]
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Dear Potential Offshore Investor
Napoleon said, “Information was nine tenths of any battle.” The challenge is do you have the right information, are you choosing the right partners, making the right investments and most importantly asking the right questions?
1. Information – like water, the right information makes you finically healthier, but the wrong information is like [...]
Sunday, February 14, 2010
House prices in January rose by 0.7% Page 4
The average price of all residential property transactions completed in England & Wales in January 2010 was 0.7% higher than in December. This is the ninth month in succession in which AcadHPI has increased on a monthly basis.
Annual price increase is 5.4% Page 4
On an [...]
Friday, February 5, 2010
Dear Property Investor
After my 3 week trip to USA and the UK, I have some fascinating information to share about what is happening in those markets, where they are going and how they are going to effect the South African market and international markets.
There is so much to go into about and I will be [...]
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Click here to download the recorded presentation
Scott
Picken, CEO from International Property Solutions (IPS) runs through everything in the Australian Property
market and we also have Richard Dunn, Oz Invest’s Acquisition Manager,
live from Australia (3:30am in the morning) to tell us exactly what is
happening in the property market.
Richard goes through some very exciting opportunities in the pipeline, [...]
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Watch the video – http://money.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=875432
Go to www.ipsinvest.com for more opportunities in Australia.
By Emma Thelwell, ninemsn Money
Property prices across Australia are expected to grow by as much as 23 percent over the next three years, as upgraders and investors pile back
into the market.
Low interest rates and a shortage of affordable housing, coupled with growth in rental [...]
I am the CEO and Founder of IPS and was born in South Africa. I undertook my first construction project at the age of 13, my first development project at 19 and bought my first property at 22, which we later converted into 6 townhouses. I have an Honours Degree in Construction Management (Cum Laude) and a Masters Degree in Construction IT (Cum Laude). As an International Investor who is passionate about property, I created IPS to facilitate global property investment. Everything is based on Zig Ziglars saying, "If you help enough other people get what they want, you can have anything you want!" Based in London over the last 9 years and with my excellent business partners, we have created an international business helping over thousand investors Invest Internationally with Confidence!