Female property investors have become increasingly confident about the overseas property market and when it comes to investments are shrewd negotiators, according to Walter Zephirin – Director of the UK's leading specialist in the sale of Caribbean properties 7th Heaven Properties.

As Walter explains “ In the last year we have seen a 30% rise in enquiries from female investors. Women have historically been the natural homemakers so when my female clients set their minds to investing in property they can have a completely different outlook. Female investors are getting more and more confident when it comes to whereabouts they would like to place their money and many people find comfort in our in-depth knowledge of the Caribbean islands and potential hotspots” One such investor is Katrina Riley who cut her teeth with UK investments (she owns 27 houses in the UK) before moving into the French property market and more recently the Caribbean with an investment in the Cayman Islands. The purchase has proved so profitable in fact that the land has increased 100% in the two years since purchase - prompting Katrina to recently buy another plot.

As Katrina explains “I'm living proof really of the ease of property investment in the respect that you don't have to have specific qualifications to get into property investment. My background is a degree in Speech and Language therapy and I'm also a mother of five children so prior to all this I had had no real experience in property investment.

Very often women can be lead to believe that investment and property development is very much a man's world or certainly for women with strong business acumen but I honestly feel a lot of it is confidence and following your gut instinct - even if you aren't feeling always feeling confident on the inside. When I bought the first piece of land in the Cayman's, it was at quite a high profile property exhibition in London which was also holding seminars relating to investment. I found myself to be the only woman attending these seminars and my first instinct was to run but I'm so glad I didn't as it gave me a chance to expand my understanding and knowledge. Working with a company such as 7th Heaven Properties is a great move for investors wishing to have in depth knowledge of the area and a hand held property search service is ideal for those not entirely sure on a destination and its buying procedure” 7th Heaven Properties is the UK's leading Caribbean property website, listing land and property for sale from across the Caribbean islands.

Clients are able to search for anything from a retirement home in Costa Rica or St Lucia, to a beachfront plot of land in the Cayman Islands, to a hotel for sale in the Dominican Republic. With a portfolio of Caribbean property listings valued at over $4 billion (US), 7th Heaven Properties is a market leader is sale of Caribbean property to the UK market.

The company operates through a network of select, trusted partners throughout the Caribbean, including the Caribbean's leading real estate agencies, property developers and individual sellers of property of the highest quality. Owner Walter Zephirin was born and raised in St Lucia and has built up a lifetime of trusted contacts for his clients.

For all development enquiries contact 7th Heaven Properties www.7thheavenproperties.com For press information contact: Phoebe Oliver Oliver Relations Tel: 01273 818112 phoebe@oliverrelations.co.uk

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