You’ve probably heard that the global real estate market is in an all time slump. Foreclosures are generally at an all time high and market prices at an all time low. So how have some real estate investors reacted to the current state of the housing market? Well frankly speaking, not very good. Many risk adverse, penny pinching, real estate investors have crawled into a dark corner of the market, waiting for it to roll over so that they can come out. To tell you the truth, many St. Lucia real estate investors have had this exact reaction. The St Lucia real estate market is down, so this is no time to invest in real estate right? Wrong! There could never be a better time to invest in St. Lucia property, I repeat, there could never be a better time to invest in St Lucia real estate than now. And I do mean NOW. Now is a great time for buying real estate if you can manage it. Netrepreneur, Karan Naidoo, reveals that on the wake of the global recession and the burst housing bubble, land values are at steal of a price. According to him, you will probably not see such value again, making now the time to be buying real estate, if you can. If you have the money to invest long term, you should be buying real estate, he says.