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A short news post on Brazil’s housing rental index figures, released at the end of 2010.

A short post on the 2010 increase in Brazil’s cost of construction.

An introduction to our annual extended report aimed at anyone with an interest in Brazil real estate and land. We explore a range of issues including the election of Dilma Rousseff; Brazil’s involvement in the global currency wars, bringing down the national interest rate, domestic savings concerns, Brazil’s relationship with China, house price hyperinflation, the housing deficit, the future of the construction industry, low income housing, sanitation issues, the retail real estate market, infrastructure, the rising middle class, education, the informal economy, business transparency amongst others.

A short article on Rio de Janeiro’s real-life ‘City of God’, an area depicted in the 2002 film of the same name which has undergone significant transformation in recent years, widely being viewed as a model example of modern Brazilian urbanisation and citizen integration.