Private Equity And Real Estate Investment

Those who know how to surf the waves of this yet-unknown tsunami may obtain significant returns on their investments

The recent international financial crisis should have its ramifications in the Brazilian market, for with globalization, no world economy is immune to the hiccups of the world's major economies. Usually, however, moments of crisis are moments of great opportunity. Those who know how to surf the waves of this yet-unknown tsunami may obtain significant returns on their investments and, doubtlessly, the Brazilian real estate market may be one of the fields where such opportunities tend to appear.

The residential segment

The residential real estate segment in Brazil showed a considerable increase in activities in recent years, due to the government's efforts via incentives to increase the availability of real estate funding, and due to the favorable economic scenario. Between 2005 and 2007, 21 companies in the real estate segment went public and began