A Practical Guide to Managing BRIC Real Estate Investment Risk

The explosive growth of the BRIC countries has created massive real estate markets. These markets contain tremendous investment opportunities – and risks. This new book is the first and most comprehensive, practical guide to managing key real estate investment risks in Brazil, Russia, India and China. Through a step-by-step analysis of key risks in each of the BRIC markets and how those risks can be managed, the book will help those new to emerging markets as well as experts spot potential pitfalls in advance, create and implement a robust risk management strategy and improve risk-adjusted returns.

Readers will gain the ability to apply a powerful risk management approach in the real estate context. The book provides comprehensive overviews of:

(i) real estate actors, markets and investments from a risk management perspective; (ii) real estate investment risks at the country, investment structure, relationship and project levels; and (iii) real estate investment management perspectives and techniques.

Readers will also gain deep insights into many important current trends that affect BRIC real estate investments. The book provides an overview of key current issues affecting the residential, office, retail and hotel sectors in each of the BRIC countries. These issues include economic, political and social issues, regulatory reforms and legal developments.

From reading this book you will gain a clear understanding of many BRIC real estate investment risks. The book sets forth hundreds of risks or risk-related issues in each of the BRIC countries at the country, investment structure, relationship and project levels. At the end of reading this book, the reader will gain the ability to manage risks at the country, investment structure, relationship and project levels.