Top 10 expensive Brazil homes include a private villa retreat located on a beautiful stretch of golden sand beach surrounded by coastal rainforest in Trancoso, a House in Rio de Janeiro in Paraty...

The Taperá House is located in an isolated place surrounded by nature near Paraty, a town south of Rio de Janeiro.

Developers brag that the athletes' village for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics will rival a five-star resort.

Anastasia Architects designed the Vila Castela Residence in Nova Lima, Brazil.

The 'cobogó house', a single family residence designed by são paulo-based architect marcio kogan of studio MK27 has been nominated for an award in the house category for this year's world architecture festival.

Brazillian architect David Guerra has completed a remodel of a 1980′s house in Brazil.

Elysian Investments officially launched its Rio Hills Resort development in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, that saw a record number of investors attending the event in Dubai.

With public and private investments in Rio De Janeiro State totaling US$ 102 billion over the next 2 years, Rio is now The World’s Largest Investment Hub.

DUBAI: Brazil is fast becoming a preferred investment destination as it continues to lure investors especially from the Middle East region and in particular the UAE. Despite the crisis, a number of leading UAE companies have announced large-scale investments in various sectors. The elysian Group - a group of companies headquartered in Dubai and provides property and finance-related services. Naseeb also confirmed that Elysian Group has witnessed encouraging results since introducing new international properties into the company’s property portfolio.

The real estate market in São Paulo, the economic hub of Brazil and South America’s largest city, is slowing as figures from local estate agents suggest the property market may have peaked.