chance favours prepared minds

do your homework before you part with your hard earned money

It is essential that prior to purchasing a property you carry out comprehensive research to ensure you are well informed on all aspects of your proposed investment. SPC Overseas helps its investors with this initial research and makes available key information, allowing you to make smart decisions about where and what to purchase to generate the type of returns you desire within your required timescale. SPC overseas carefully selects opportunities offered to its investors based on a set of criteria. However SPC Overseas recommends that all investors carry out their own due diligence procedures prior to making any investment.

SPC Overseas' popular publication "Smart Investors' Guide to Overseas Property Investments" addresses the key considerations for due diligence in detail along with other critical factors to make successful property investments. For a limited period this is available as a FREE print friendly download.

There are two major areas of initial due diligence that every investor is recommended to undertake:

the investment itself

What is the return on investment?

What is the risk level?

Is the location right?

What is the cost / value equation?

What infrastructure is there, or in planned?

What natural factors should be considered?

What is the demand from tourists, or locals?

What is the economic, political and social stability?

What is the developer's background / track record?

Do they offer bank guarantees?

Are building licences in place?

Is there land title confirmation?

Do the permit re-assignable contracts?

What build quality guarantees are in place?

the developer / constructor

What is the developer's background / track record?

Do they offer bank guarantees?

Are building licences in place?

Is there land title confirmation?

Do the permit re-assignable contracts?

What build quality guarantees are in place?

Key to the security of any property investment is that thorough due diligence has been carried out on developers and their projects to ensure that land title deeds, building licences and where possible, bank guarantees are in place. Bank guarantees are not the same as bank "references" and some agents won't alert you to the difference. Not all agents are the same and the importance of buying through reputable a reputable agent and reputable developer cannot be emphasised enough.

If you are looking for a smart investment with due diligence carried out, please contact us and we will be pleased to assist you.