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The August / September 2010 Brazil Real Estate and Land Investor Newsletter: information, notices, links, hints, tips, facts and figures of relevance.

The July / August 2010 Brazil Real Estate and Land Investor Newsletter: information, notices, links, hints, tips, facts and figures of relevance.

July 2010 factual update for Brazil real estate and land investors.

An extended interview with Marcos Fidalgo from Brazil’s Serasa organisation – the leading credit agency of its type in both South and Central America. We discuss some issues of particular importance for real estate and land investors with regards to Brazil’s ever-growing financial sector including the organisation’s experience; differences of the Serasa’s credit system compared to other parts of the world; Brazil’s current economic behaviour and its relationship with the credit industry; the growth of the credit market; availability of credit in the short, medium and long term; how Brazilian banks analyse loan applications; the future of Brazilian secured lending for overseas investors as well as using Serasa’s services and anti-fraud measures.

As the largest and wealthiest state of Brazil, São Paulo’s property and land market is worth paying attention to – this short blog post provides a general outline to the state including some history of the area, its economic growth and the main industries in operation. We also provide a link to our full state guide including an interactive map and detailed information on each of the 645 municipalities.