Episode 21 - Dubai Expats Buying Overseas

Property Talk from Louise's Lounge

Exclusive Links Podcast- Property Talk from Louise’s Lounge is all about keeping our audience in touch with current topics, sharing relevant and accurate information and introducing interesting guests and industry professionals. Today we bring to you Episode 21 of our Podcast “Dubai Expats Buying Overseas” with guest Matthew Wilkes, a Senior Consultant at IP Global. Matthew has been in Dubai for the last 12 years and worked in the property sector, specializing in the UK and European markets for the last 10 years. He has been with IP Global since 2020 working with investors in the GCC who are looking to build their overseas property portfolio. IP Global has been in operation for the past 17 years where they will financially and legally commit to underwrite and buy part or an entire development and then will offer this inventory to their investors around the world. Over the 17 years, IP Global has invested nearly USD4B in 18 different countries and offers a range of services to support clients and their investments. In this episode Mathew talks through typical investment cases, international investment trends and the why, who and where - all points of interest for our overseas buyers.

• Matthew explains how IP Global will offer the full investment journey under one umbrella offering customers a single point of contact, comfort factor and level of assurance when buying overseas.
• What level of research and due diligence will IP Global consider before offering a product to the market? And why is this level of detail as important to IP Global as it is to their investors?
• Mathew explains how IP Global underwrites properties and takes the risk first. What risks are there for investors and Dubai expats buying overseas?
• Hear why Mathew is so passionate about investing in Germany and how IP Global has invested in a total of 18 properties successfully in Berlin and Leipzig. Why is this such an attractive investment case?
• Did you know that if you buy and own property in Germany for 10+ years you will pay no capital gains tax when reselling?
• If today you bought the same property in the UK as this time last year - you would be getting 19% better value today. What a difference an exchange rate can make!

Thank you Matthew for your time today and for sharing your experience on buying overseas and getting Louise all excited about making her next property investment - but will she now be investing overseas instead of in Dubai? Perhaps this is another whole episode!

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