Why Brazil?
Economic Factors
- Top ten largest economies (predicted to be top five by 2025)
- GDP:US$1,3 trillion
- GDP annual growth: 5.4%
- GDP per capita: US$7,000
- US$ 200bn in international reserves
- One of the biggest producers of agricultural and mineral commodities.
- Renewable sources: 45.8%
- Sugar cane: 15.7% (became the second main source of energy in 2007)
- Hydroelectric: 14.9%
- Wood: 12.0%
- Oil: 37.4% (Petrobrás Exceeds Biodiesel Production Goal in 2008)
- Natural gas: 9.3%
- Ethanol production has exceeded 22 billion liters per year, which makes Brazil into the world's second largest producer country
- BG Group plans to invest up to $1.25bn (£862m) a year in Brazil over the next four years as it develops its share of the world’s most exciting oil discoveries for many years (FT Jan 2009)
General factors
- New Mortgage Laws have recently been introduced allowing locals to acquire mortgages.
- Land Ownership Laws: Ownership is far more secure in Brazil than in other Latin American destinations.
- Easy access from Europe and North America: The Government is investing heavily in supporting tourism projects by financing major utilities and infrastructure projects including renovation of old airports and building new ones.
- Outstanding currency appreciation: In 2002 Brazil’s currency was about 4 to 1 to the US dollar; recently less than 2 to 1 US dollars. The Brazilian reserve reached $101 billion in April 2007.
- Large domestic population of 190 million people, many of whom will embrace credit and mortgages.
- Emerging real estate market where there currently is a deficit of 7.9 million houses. Forecast that in three years real estate loans will rise from 2% to 7% of the GDP – 39.5 to 163 billion.
- only 2% of the population holding mortgages
- fast-emerging middle class grew by 7m last year
- shortage of 8 million homes
- properties can be purchased as 100% Freehold
- tourism market continues to grow steadily
- Easy access from North America and Europe
Natural Factors
- Best beaches in the world with fantastic tourism potential.
- 7500km of coastline
- Represents 47% of the landmass of South America
- world-famous beaches
- year-round sunshine
- Over 7,000km of white sandy beaches along with palm trees, the Brazilian coastline offer visitors a truly Tropical environment. Great for water sports and also home to the great Rain Forests and the Amazon River.
- Brazil does not suffer from hurricanes, nor is it ever affected by earthquakes. Temperatures remain almost constant throughout the year, with averages in the north east of 27ºC.
- According to NASA, north east Brazil has the second cleanest air in the world, second only to Antarctica!