Due to a strong economy and upcomming sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games, investment is on the increase all over Brazil. An area seeing a massive rise in foreign investment is the North East, particulary Rio Grande do Norte and major cities such as Natal and Fortalez...

There are many types of home improvements that can be done to increase the value of your home. Maybe you want to increase the value as an aid to selling it or just want to know that your home is worth much more that what you owe on your mortgage and a good investment. For whatever reason, doing i...

The coastal city of Salvador is the third-largest in Brazil. With 3.5 million in its metropolitan area, the urban zone has fewer people than Rio de Janiero but more than the national capital of Brasilia. Overall, this 450 year old city is one of the oldest in the country and has the distinction o...

Of all the cities in Brazil perhaps the most unusual is Manaus, riverside capital of the state of Amazonas. As that description suggests, it has a untypical location (and indeed reputation) sited as it is near (practically on) the mighty River Amazon and in the midst of the historic rainforest. I...

Brazil has now become a major player in the global investment arena, Property and Real Estate Investment is still on the rise and the upcoming Fifa World Cup in 2014 and Rio Olympics in 2016 means that the country will stay on top for many years to come, but Brazil is a big country, where are the...

Most people in other countries tend to have very settled views about Brazil. They think of the Amazon, the coffee, the football, the Rio carnival and very little else. But there's an awful lot more to this fascinating country than that. For a start, its sheer size, with an area nearly three and a...

Everyone has heard the phase "An Englishman's home is his castle", it's a well know phase that has been around for hundreds of years, the phase literally means that us British are a very house proud nation and we spend hundreds if not thousands of pounds every single year on new decoration, rene...

Ask any investment advisor or company or go and browse any alternative investment news website and the main topic is Brazilian real estate investments, and the main focus is the governments Minha Casa, Minha Vida (My House My Life) programme. But why all the interest in the country? and what is ...

Brazil is quickly becoming one of the world's major economic powers. With the exception of course of the United States of America, the Latin American giant is the largest GDP nation in the western hemisphere by far. Not only that but earlier this year Brazil became the world's sixth largest econ...

There are many links, both historical and contemporary between Brazil and Britain. For some time now these two important trading partners have been steadily improving their commercial and economic relationship. As of last year for example, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) by Britain in Brazil was ...