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Foreign Investment in Brazil Increases Again for a Third Year

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Recent figures have revealed that the number of foreign investors looking to Brazil as a viable investment option has risen for the third time in as many years, many believe that the cause of this unprecedented rise is the influence of two major upcoming sporting events .

In 2014 Brazil will host the FIFA World Cup and then just two years later in 2016 Brazil will also

Foto da minha viagem de helicóptero pelo Rio.

Foto da minha viagem de helicóptero pelo Rio. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

host the Olympic games, figures in the past have shown that hosting just one of these popular events can be a boost to any countries economy and financial well being a great deal. These facts have meant that investors from all over world including the US, Canada, the UK, Singapore and the Middle East have turned their attention to Brazil.

Another reason that investment increased was the introduction on the governments social housing programme named ‘Minha Casa Minha Vida’ which translates to ‘My House My Life’. The programme aims at building millions of social housing units to house Brazil’s growing middle class, in itself the scheme doesn’t bring in investors but the government realised quite early on in the programme that government appointed construction companies could not build the quantity of home required in the time needed so they allowed private construction companies to apply for permit to build these homes.

One of the most well known and respected companies to be accepted into this programme was EcoHouse Group, a UK based developer with offices in the UK, Brazil, North America, Singapore and the Middle East, In fact Ecohouse are the only UK company officially registered in the programme and have been actively building for a number of years now. EcoHouse are able to build more quickly than many of their Brazilian counterparts as they bypass the slow process of getting bank funding and invite investors  to fund building instead, offering 20% ROI after just 12 months.

EcoHouse are now well know worldwide and host regular seminars and events to showcase their past and present projects, they have already paid out millions to investors and have netted a number of prestigious awards such as New Europe Magazine Fast 50 Award 2011, OPP Awards for Excellence Best Affordable Development 2012, OPP Awards for Excellence Best Estate Agency Middle East 2012, OPP Awards for Excellence Best Developer South America 2012,AIPP Most Transparent Marketing Campaign 2013 and AIPP Best Developer outside the United Kingdom 2013.

Of course with success like this there are always the small time boiler room companies  trying to cash in on the success by claiming to offering the same investment at a much higher return, but beware you might be falling for a scam, EcoHouse are the only official participant in the UK and have an amazing track record so are really the only choice for minha casa minha vida investments.

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