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IN THIS MONTH’S OPP ...
Change of direction The Last Word (p72 - 73) Jeremy Knight has worked in the international property business for more than 20 years and the company he founded, Knight Knox International, has been a very successful agency during that period. So why has he recently added being a developer and student housing expert to his KKI portfolio?
What’s next? 2012 predictions (p24 - 25) OPP has asked a selection of industry leaders from around the world, what they think 2012 might bring? Do they believe that the downturn has reached rock bottom?
Northern lights N Europe buyers (p66 - 67) How do you access one of the world’s wealthiest new buyer markets? Northern Europe has suddenly become a hotbed of eager international investors - but what are they looking for?
World beaters OPP Awards (p68 - 71) This month we look at the winners of the Best Developer Worldwide category, and summarise some of the key points in their submissions. What did they tell the judges?
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Vienna Datafi le (p64 - 65) Austria’s capital has been a centre of attention in recent months after being named as the world’s best place to live. It has become a property price hotspot ... but for how long?
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Editor’s letter • Geoff Hadwick ✆ +44 (0)208 734 3970 geoff .
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Let’s start afresh and make 2012 work
here is nothing in business as sweet as a good idea whose time has come. In our “What to sell in 2012” guide on pages 43 to 63 this month, we have compiled a list of things that you might like to consider as the New Year begins. Keep an open mind and keep a keen eye out for new ways to make money. It could be an exciting fresh start for you and your business. And here at OPP, we are equally excited about our fresh start for 2012. We think that our new OPP Connect service is defi nitely one of those good ideas whose time has come. What is it all about? OPP Connect is a brand new members’ club that will help you get connected with every part of the overseas property business around the world. We want to help you, as an overseas property professional, change the way in which you do business. Members will be allowed to offer each other products and services and then, in turn, other members will be allowed rate these offerings on a scale of 1 to 5. We are convinced that members will be able to quickly recoup their annual membership fees too, if they take up the discounted offers and
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new services that OPP Connect will bring. We are also determined to help the industry improve its networking skills. OPP Connect has been created for you, its members and we hope that it will soon take a life of its own as its members make it their business home. We will be promoting the service heavily from now on in our magazines, websites and newsletters. I hope you decide to take part. We are also looking forward to boosting our presence in China this year too with a bigger and better OPP China, written in Mandarin by our new OPP China editor, Hilary Li, who has joined the group at our offi ces in Beijing. You can get in touch with Hilary at
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opp-cn.com, and she has already started work on our next edition of OPP China. Please help her to make our Chinese news and data service the best in the market. I would like to take this opportunity to wish Hilary every success. Elsewhere in this issue, we give the
experts’ view on what 2012 might bring (pages 24 and 25) and take a look at what north European buyers are doing (pages 66 and 67). Please take a look and, once again keep an open mind.
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