Ubud, Bali, Property Investment: Five Great Reasons Why Ubud Real Estate Will Grow in Value
Bali is one of the worlds’ most sought after tourist destinations. Its unique ancient Hindu culture is rich with elaborate religious ceremonies and processions that occur almost daily.
Five Great Reasons for Property Investment in Ubud:
1. Ubud is the art and dance cultural center of Bali. Located in the center of the island-state, this small village is one of Bali’s three primary tourist areas. Ubud thrives on a steady, dynamic level of tourism that stimulates a fast growing real estate business climate for both commercial and residential properties. Bali’s stable provincial government is democratically elected and encourages an open and welcoming business climate since economic growth adds greater tax revenues that permit new and ongoing development projects. The government’s ever increasing investment in infrastructure stimulates even more foreign investment and the implementation of new business standards and regulations underpin long term economic success strategies that point to sustained growth in coming decades. Even during the recent global economic crisis, Indonesia maintained approximately a 6% growth rate. This burgeoning economic giant in the region was little influenced by the downtrend, primarily because the Indonesian financial system doesn’t function as a credit-based economy. Most foreign investment in real estate is on a cash basis. Today property values maintain a steadily increasing growth curve and the investment value of property in Ubud continues to augment because of the town’s popularity amongst tourists and locals alike.
2. Ubud, a quaint little village of only 8000 people, is a magical place. In 2009 it was rated “Best City in Asia” by readers of the US-based luxury magazine Conde Nast Traveler. Ubud dethroned Bangkok as the best Asian city. Bangkok had held the top spot since the category debuted in 2004. Ubud also beat out several other key travel destinations–Hong Kong, Shanghai and even Tokyo–all major contenders for the prestigious award. Ubud’s validation by Conde Nast Traveler as being “The Friendliest Town of All” is just one of many aspects that will most likely boost property and business values in the area for years to come. On a side note for connoisseurs, Cathay Pacific’s Inflight Magazine, named the martinis at Naughty Nuri’s restaurant in Ubud as being one of the top five best in all Asia.
3. Adding to Ubud’s media frenzy buzz, the town was prominently featured in the wildly popular, global best selling book, “Eat, Pray, Love,” which remained on the New York Times Best Seller List for a staggering 187 weeks. Oprah Winfrey devoted two full episodes of her show to discuss the book’s success, which was soon followed by a Hollywood movie of the same name starring Julia Roberts, who won the 2001 Academy Award for Best Actress. Ubud’s recent accolades have intensified global investment interest in the town, which continues to show strongly augmenting revenues in the tourism sector of its economy. Property values and land rental rates for restaurants, shops, residences and hotels continue to skyrocket, which has stimulated even more interest in private real estate investment.
4. Notwithstanding the attraction of Bali’s rich ceremonial culture and its lush tropical environment, one contributing factor to the island’s dynamic rate of tourism growth is its low cost of travel expense when compared to high-key Western destinations in the States and in Europe or even in the nearby Southeast Asian cities of Singapore and Hong Kong. Indonesia’s average per capita income is approximately US$2 per day across much of the country and per capita income for workers in Bali typically is less than five dollars per day. Such low cost greatly reduces construction expense for new projects and the cost for staff once the projects are completed. This factor becomes highly attractive for not only foreign commercial real estate ventures but for private property investment as well. Retirees seeking exotic locales for retirement often place high-value-for-money-spent as a primary investment concern.
5. Living in Ubud has its rewards. Since the town is located in the center of the island at a higher elevation than the over-crowded beach areas further south, the temperature is several degrees cooler. And there’s a bit more rain in Ubud, which generally is of short duration, that nurtures the nearby verdant rice terraces–some of the most dramatic on the island. Ubud’s rich cultural heritage in art and dance has fostered a vibrant expat community of countless individuals involved in the creative arts, many as working professionals. A rich social network already exists in the town and it’s easy to tap into for newcomers. The magic draw of Ubud has triggered the opening of numerous art galleries, fine dining establishments and five-star hotel accommodations. Many foreign investors seek property investment opportunities in Ubud to capitalize on Bali’s lucrative tourist industry by tapping into the luxury holiday rental villa sector.
Ubud’s vibrant residential real estate market has spawned some of Bali’s most innovative architectural designs, many that incorporate structures rising from infinity-edged reflecting pools. The concept blends unique contemporary design with the traditional Balinese “alang alang” thatched roof. The climate is temperate all year long so glass-enclosed, open-air rooms can invite nature inside in an often striking juxtaposition of elements.
Today’s Ubud seems to have captured the most exotic aspects of Bali’s rich cultural heritage while it keeps abreast with the future. It surely has captivated the world’s attention.
Copyright Glen © Allison ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
About the Author
Visual artist Glen Allison has resided in Bali for five years. The architectural design of his Bali Lotus Villa in Ubud presents a spectacular impression with six inverted pyramid-shaped structures rising from 21 levels of water in a private botanical oasis. He chose Ubud for its high property investment potential and its lush tropical environs.
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After the Fall: Opportunities and Strategies for Real Estate Investing in the Coming Decade $24.95 After The FallThe subprime mortgage meltdown and subsequent credit crisis has not only destroyed investor wealth, but altered the landscape of real estate investing. While some of yesterday’s most favored strategies will not work going forward, today’s savvy real estate investor can still find great opportunities for growth and profits—if they understand how recent events could shape this industry over the next few years, and into the coming decade.In After the Fall, real estate expert Steve Bergsman offers a detailed look at the state of various market sectors—including commercial, residential, and leisure real estate—and provides direction as to where they are headed, so you can make the right decisions on property investments during the coming years. According to Bergsman, the next decade will produce multiple investment currents. This reliable resource will help you find the right current and stay the course for a long, profitable ride. By separating the asset classes that will remain stable from those that will continue to lose value going forward, Bergsman provides much-needed guidance on the changing real estate marketplace.Divided into five comprehensive parts, and filled with interviews of experienced professionals in this fast-moving field, After the Fall puts numerous individual asset classes in perspective—from office and retail to single-family homes and condominiums—and touches upon “megatrends” such as the green revolution and infill development that will be a big part of this industry’s future. Focusing on the forces that have affected the market, Bergsman skillfully addresses individual real estate sectors based on historical paths, movement of data fundamentals, market analysis, and collective opinion. With this information in hand, he takes the time to answer essential questions about each sector, including: When might they finally reach the bottom? How long will the climb back take? When will the next |
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After the Propaganda State: Media, Politics and Thought Work in Reformed China $62 This book argues that a combination of property rights reform, administrative fragmentation, and technological advance has caused the post-Mao Chinese state to lose a significant degree of control over “thought work,” or the management of propagandistic communications flowing into and through Chinese society.The East Asian economic meltdown of the late 1990’s has reinforced the conviction, derived from Communism’s nearly worldwide collapse a decade earlier, that the only path to sustained prosperity combines an openness to trade and investment with market economies that are minimally impinged upon by state intervention. But, the author argues, the situations in China demonstrates that the political, social, and cultural costs of “reform and opening” are high.Notably, the construction of culture in China has fallen into the hands of lower-level government administrators, semiautonomous individuals and groups in society, and foreign-based public and private organizations. Contrary to the prevailing neo-liberal wisdom, however, this transformation has not generated a Habermasian public sphere and an autonomous civil society that will lead China inevitably toward democracy. Instead, the immediate result has been “public sphere praetorianism,” a condition in which the construction of culture becomes excessively market-oriented without being directed toward the achievement of public political goals.The case of China shows that under such conditions, a society is set adrift and rudderless, with its members unable or unwilling to channel their energies toward the resolution of pressing public concerns, and communication flows dissolve into a patternless mosaic. True, the flows are much less constrained by government than ever before—an important precondition for democratization. But the short-term effect is actually an enervating depoliticization—even narcotization—of society, while the state itself |
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All about Real Estate Investing: The Easy Way to Get Started $19.95 Investors battered by today’’s tumultuous stock market–and attracted by continued low interest rates–are making real estate one of today’’s hottest investment markets. All About Real Estate Investing, Second Edition, provides objective, time-tested techniques and worksheets for evaluating a property, negotiating and closing a transaction, and more. A simple yet comprehensive overview for anyone who owns–or is considering owning–real estate, this common sense guidebook explains how to buy and manage any property, from fixer-upper two flats to multi-unit complexes. New information includes: * How to make inflation–whether moderate or raging–work for the investor * The changing broker/client relationship, including the role of the buyer broker * Extensive updates based on new tax laws and regulations |
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American Foreclosure: Everything U Need to Know about Preventing & Buying [With CDROM] $25.95 The Definitive Foreclosure Guide for Every Homeowner and InvestorWhether you”re trying to protect your home from foreclosure or invest in foreclosed properties, you still need reliable information and expert advice to protect your investment. Drawn from years of experience helping thousands of borrowers, American Foreclosure covers all the ins and outs of foreclosures, for both homeowners and real estate investors nationwide.Everything U Need to Know..about ForeclosuresPreventing foreclosure and avoiding scamsDiscovering your financial options and risksUnderstanding the foreclosure process state-by-stateCommunicating and negotiating with lendersFinding and buying foreclosed propertiesBONUS CD-ROM FEATURES: Ready-to-print real estate forms, foreclosure prevention resources, plus foreclosure investing tools – including free property listings – and much more! |
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American Ice Hockey Administrators: David Waronker, Art Berglund, John Kilpatrick, Ron DeGregorio, Al Leader, Dave Tyler, Tommy Lockhart $11.62 New – Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Not illustrated. Excerpt: David Waronker (born June 5, 1961) is a real estate investor and the President of CBD Real Estate Investment, LLC. His slogan is, “Buy land where the path exists. Where there is no path, buy more land and create your own.” Waronker is a proponent for affordable housing and for property rig |
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American Ice Hockey Administrators: David Waronker, Art Berglund, John Kilpatrick, Ron DeGregorio, Al Leader, Dave Tyler, Tommy Lockhart $11.72 New – Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Not illustrated. Excerpt: David Waronker (born June 5, 1961) is a real estate investor and the President of CBD Real Estate Investment, LLC. His slogan is, “Buy land where the path exists. Where there is no path, buy more land and create your own.” Waronker is a proponent for affordable housing and for property rig |
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