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• Flying time from UK: 3.5 to 4.5 hrs • GDP: $490 billion (UK $1,528 trillion) • GDP per capita: $7,300 (UK $25,500) • January temperature: 5C-12C (Izmir) • July temperature: 24C-40C (Izmir) • Tourists per year: 13 million • Population: 68 million (UK 60 million) • UK buyers per year: 5,000 (estimated) • Size: 780,580 square km (UK 224,820) • Daily flights from UK Common Routes To Buying: • Estate Agent in Turkey • Internet • Visit and look around • Magazines • Exhibitions • Referrals/friends • Off-plan Estate Agents In Turkey: • “New” profession – only really established since 1999 • May have no experience of dealing with UK buyers and struggle with the language • Local agents charge 6% – foreign agents charge more • Some neither honest or professional – “the Missing £20,000” • Many buy shells, add finish price, offer at inflated price (i.e. not really agents) • Everyone’s an agent! Go & Look Around Yourself: • Turkey is a big place • They don’t have ‘For Sale’ signs • Price for UK buyers is usually doubled by sellers against the price to a Turk • The drivers are nutty! • The roads are under major development • You can get to know the place (especially if the investment is also to be a holiday home). Internet: • Most of the properties on websites are sold: - Prices often invalid - Little information of context/location - Many sell within 4 weeks • Seller is ‘invisible’: - Usually a builder - Or the Estate Agent. • Helpful for benchmarking areas and properties. Kusadasi • On the Aegean Sea (Turquoise Coast) • 1 hour from Izmir Airport • 1.5 hours from Bodrum Airport • Major harbour (Med Cruise ships) and yachting port • 5 beaches, National Park, Ephesus, 2 Water Parks, well established resort centre. Turkey As A Place To Invest Other Considerations: • Ranked top of ‘Top 5’ places to invest during 2005* • Accession talks now commenced for entry into Europe. Will that bring Easyjet/ Ryanair/etc? • Mortgage culture kicking in this year in Turkey • Cheap cost of living - but getting less so - Is it the new Spain? - 40%+ per annum growth rates being estimated • Tourist potential (nice people) • Developing legal & administrative systems * A Place in the Sun – Jan/Feb 2005 What are the Alternatives? • Invest in Property somewhere else • Do nothing • Put funds in the bank at minimal interest • Stocks and Shares • Start/Run a business/franchise • Stick with the Pension scheme and pray for a miracle! Buying Your Property: • From Cash Savings; - Straight-forward • Mortgage; - Turkish mortgages not presently available - On your UK property (cheap se-up costs) • Price for UK buyers is usually doubled by sellers against the price to a Turk • The drivers are nutty! • The roads are under major development • You can get to know the place (especially if the investment is also to be a holiday home). Why Is Ownerhsip So Important? • Taxes - Income tax & inheritance tax • Expensive to change it if you get it wrong - reorganisation is treated as a gift tax + legal expenses • Ways around it - Purchase as a ‘nominee’ so you can later place the ownership where it best belongs Who Should Own The Property? • You? • You and your spouse/partner/friends? - effect • You, your partner and your adult children? • Your children? - life interests • A limited company? - Local? - UK? - Off-shore? • A Trust? • You… as nominee! Legal Charges (example): • Minimum Service - ½ % of the price - minimum £750 • Standard Service - 1% of the price - minimum £1,500 • PLUS the payments that have to be made on your behalf - taxes - bank charges - surveyors fees etc • Standard service included in the total already mentioned. Other Considerations :• Capital Growth and Income: - Sit on it? - Use it? - Rent it (long term)? - Rent it (holiday lets)? Other Considerations: • UK Rules apply to UK nationals • Local Turkish protected heirs rules do not apply • Therefore, you can leave your property as you please.
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