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British Virgin Island Real Estate Is Coming Out Of The Dip

Friday 03 September 2010

With the majority of its gross domestic product comprised of financial services and tourism, the British Virgin Islands has just begun to recover from the effects of the global recession...

Kishore Gotety Appointed Country Head of Indian Real Estate by GIC

Friday 03 September 2010

The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) has hired Kishore Gotety, who was most recently at RREEF, as country head for India real estate...

House Prices Fall For A Second Month

Thursday 02 September 2010

House prices have fallen for a second month in a row - the first consecutive drop since February 2009, according to Nationwide.

Dutch group to design low-cost houses in Missan

Thursday 02 September 2010

A Dutch company will design a model of a low-cost houses in Missan, a coordinator of the Dutch companies in Missan said on Wednesday.

North's house prices continue to fall, study shows

Thursday 02 September 2010

House prices are continuing to slide downwards in Northern Ireland according to the latest industry research...

Nearly A Million More Mortgages Have Become Delinquent Since January

Wednesday 01 September 2010

Rising mortgage delinquency rates threaten to flood the US housing market with another wave of foreclosures...

UV has high hopes for new office tower

Wednesday 01 September 2010

The listed developer Univentures Plc (UV) is confident of achieving 90% occupancy for its new Park Ventures office building on Wireless Road in 2012 with an initial rate of return of at least 13%.

Realtors Express Satisfaction on Tax Exemption in Housing Loan Segment

Wednesday 01 September 2010

Realty firms and consultants have expressed satisfaction on the proposal to retain income tax exemption on interest up to Rs 1.5 lakh a year on housing loan...

Agreement grants low interest housing loans to judges in Lebanon

Wednesday 01 September 2010

Head of the Lebanese Banks' Association Joseph Torbey signed on Tuesday an agreement protocol with the president of the judges' pension fund....

Saudi Arabia: Real Estate Returns To Growth As Developments Gain Pace

Tuesday 31 August 2010

Real estate prices are on the rise in parts of Riyadh and Jeddah as Saudi Arabia's growing population drives up demand for residential properties...

Housing And Credit Are Barometers Of Economy Recovery

Tuesday 31 August 2010

Investors looking for a barometer of US economic recovery and stock market health, should pay close attention to the direction of housing prices and credit accessibility...

Bank Bail-Outs 'Could Land Taxpayer £30bn'

Tuesday 31 August 2010

The costly bail-outs handed out at the height of the banking crisis could end up landing the taxpayer a windfall of almost GBP 30bn, new analysis predicts.

Consumer Confidence 'Grows' In UK Economy

Tuesday 31 August 2010

Consumer confidence in the British economy improved in August for the first time in five months, a research group has said.

Dubai Housing fee extended to pre-2005 connections

Tuesday 31 August 2010

Dubai Municipality said that it has received very good response form those who came to register into the housing fee system....

Kuwait real property sales drop by 42% in July

Monday 30 August 2010

The Kuwaiti real estate market saw sharp decline last July with the sales nose-diving by 42 percent compared with the previous month...

Research Firm CEO Sees No Interest From First Time Buyers

Monday 30 August 2010

Data from Radar Logic's survey of several major cities reinforces the negative turn in US real estate prices and sales.

First Time Buyers Down As House Prices Dip

Monday 30 August 2010

The number of people looking to buy their first home fell sharply during the past year - as house prices edged lower in August.

Kuwait's property market eyes solutions to financing problems

Monday 30 August 2010

After half a year of recession, the local property market is still in need for measures to overcome financial strains...

Consumer confidence index in Germany continues trend of optimism

Monday 30 August 2010

One day after Germany's business confidence index rose for the third straight month, a new report says the optimism has spread to consumers as well....

Further Decline In Home Prices Could Have A Domino Effect On The Economy

Friday 27 August 2010

With real US GDP growth expected to drop lower in 2011, economists are warning that the stability of housing prices could have a large impact on consumer confidence and the likelihood of deflation...

Dubai Developers Rushing To Complete 40pc Of Delayed Projects

Friday 27 August 2010

A sharp upswing in construction activity in Dubai is playing into the hands of developers who are putting buyers in an awkward position only to demand payments.

REO stops paying interest due to creditors

Friday 27 August 2010

Treasury Holdings-backed property group Real Estate Opportunities (REO) will not pay interest due to a group of its creditors at the end of the month...

Ministries ready to begin big construction projects; now money has to be found

Friday 27 August 2010

Minister of Road, Transportation, Construction and Urban Development Kh. Battulga and Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy D.Zorigt have reported to the Government their readiness to begin implementing several construction projects...

Land Registry Figures Show House Price Rise

Friday 27 August 2010

UK house prices rose by 0.4% month-on-month between June and July, Land Registry figures show.

Developer signs multiple hotel management deals

Friday 27 August 2010

The Vietnamese-American Hotel and Resort (VAHR) Ltd signed three management agreements yesterday, August 24, with a major hotel operator for the The Ritz Carlton, JW Marriott and Outrigger hotels, all

Irish Life in dispute with developer over €170m deal

Thursday 26 August 2010

Irish Life is in dispute with a Luxembourg developer over a EUR 170 million property deal that the pensions and investment group believes it is no longer obliged to honour.

Deadline for house owners body may be extended

Thursday 26 August 2010

Although proactive developers in Dubai have started using strata consultants to meet the October deadline for registration of owners' associations...

CMDA comes with New Guidelines to Meet Affordable Housing Demand

Thursday 26 August 2010

In a bid to create housing stock jointly with owners having large tracts of land and to meet the increasing demand for affordable housing in Chennai metropolitan area...

Investors to sue overseas property journalists

Thursday 26 August 2010

Investors in Ireland are considering taking legal action against a number of property journalists for misleading them into purchasing developments that failed to deliver..

Dubai World could sell DP World and other 'crown jewel' assets

Thursday 26 August 2010

Debt-laden Dubai World has raised the prospect of selling previously ring-fenced "crown jewel" assets, such as its ports arm DP World.

Summer Dip In Mortgage Approval Rate

Wednesday 25 August 2010

A subdued housing market saw the number of mortgages approved for home purchase fall in July for the second month in a row, the British Bankers' Association has said.

Abu Dhabi Finance to Offer Mortgages for Villas in Bloom Gardens

Wednesday 25 August 2010

Abu Dhabi Finance, the emirate's fastest growing home finance provider, today announced it has signed an agreement with Bloom Properties to offer mortgages...

China Housing: Unsustainable performance

Wednesday 25 August 2010

The outlook is grim for China Housing & Land Development (CHLN.NASDAQ) despite strong second-quarter earnings this week...

Bovis In Profit But Warns Of Fragile Market

Tuesday 24 August 2010

Bovis Homes has reported a first-half profit compared with a loss in 2009 but warned that Britain's housing market was in a "fragile" state.

National Federation of Builders attacks government

Tuesday 24 August 2010

The National Federation of Builders (NFB) has launched a scathing attack on the coalition government's first 100 days in office...

Sberbank Gets Stake in Developer

Tuesday 24 August 2010

Sberbank said Monday that it had acquired a controlling stake in DB Development, a joint venture between Deutsche Bank and Strabag...

Mortgage sector hit by 40% fall-off in second quarter

Tuesday 24 August 2010

Mortgage lending fell by 40 per cent in the second quarter of this year as the number of new mortgages drawn down slumped to 7,827...

Landlords should be tempted to invest more in buy to let, urges Countrywide

Tuesday 24 August 2010

Soaring demand for rental accommodation has led to calls for more incentives to encourage buy to let landlords to invest in the market....

White House Says Housing Prices Are Stabilizing

Tuesday 24 August 2010

Despite declining US home sales transactions, and rising foreclosure rates nationwide, the Obama administration has stated that the housing market is stabilizing....

High Mortgage Delinquency Rate Expected For Extended Period

Tuesday 24 August 2010

Standard and Poor's chief economist expects home prices to be pressured by falling mortgage applications, unemployment and the inventory of foreclosures....

Rate-Setter: Foolish To Rule Out Double Dip

Tuesday 24 August 2010

Britain faces a "real risk" of being pitched back into recession, a Bank of England interest rate-setter has warned.

Beijing has no desire to bust the property bubble

Tuesday 24 August 2010

After charting blistering first-half earnings growth, Chinese developers have become jittery over the prospects for the second half...

FDI in India's Booming Real Estate Jumps 80 Fold

Monday 23 August 2010

It’s not Indians alone who are monitoring the real estate market here. More and more money is being pumped into India’s housing sector from abroad....

No word yet on where money for new railway will come from

Friday 20 August 2010

The recently adopted railway transportation policy raises visions of Mongolia breaking the shackles of being landlocked and of its trade options being limited to its two great neighbors...

Godrej all Set to Develop its 36 Acre Prime Land in Mumbai

Friday 20 August 2010

The 36 acres of prime land that Godrej Industries owns in Mumbai are finally being developed and the master plan is almost ready...

XMC plans to sell houses to low income earners

Friday 20 August 2010

Vinaconex Xuan Mai Concrete and Construction JSC (XMC) are completing guidelines for selling houses for low-income earners, said Dang Hoang Huy, director of the firm.

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