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Overseas Property MallOverseas Property MallWe constantly analyse global real estate markets and then offer objective insights into not only investment prospects but also pointers to how and where to and not to invest. 
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Bangkok Condo market heats up
2008-03-04 18:18:00 Mid to low-price Bangkok condominium developers will be under pressure this year as liquor tycoon Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi enters this highly lucrative housing segment. TCC Capital Land announced plans to launch its first non-luxury development, offering units from around £21,000 in Soi Sukhumvit 101/1. TCC Capital Land is a joint venture between Singaporean-based CapitaLand and TCC Land, which ... More About: Market , Condo
Edmonton Canada Market Outlook
2008-03-03 15:02:00 There is no doubt that Edmonton , Canada has seen some spectacular increases in property value over the last ten years. 200%+ in fact. But will this continue and what is Edmonton?s future prospect as a property investment? As usual, the analysts and estate agents disagree. What caused the real estate boom? Oil. Oil was discovered in Alberta ... More About: Market , Outlook
Interesting Property for Sale in Chile
2008-02-29 16:17:00 Patagonia, in southern Chile , may not be everybody?s idea of their ultimate destination, but we found an interesting property for sale and thought it would make a worthwhile comparison with the rest of the world. Moreno Glacier, patagonia - Photo Credit The first thing to bear in mind when thinking about buying property in Chile is the ... More About: Interesting , For Sale , Property , Sale
International Property News Beat - Sri-Lanka?s Real Estate Prices, Dubai Gr
2008-02-28 13:10:00 Sri-Lanka - Real estate prices seen rising by over 100 % [Wijeya] Nakheel Acquires 50 Percent of Kerzner Resort in Mexico [Bloomberg] Princes ransom as oil-rich Arabs target iconic street for £1.35bn [Scotsman] A green free zone in Dubai to save energy [Gulf News ] Qatar considers lowering rent cap to 7% [Arabian Business] New Zealand’s richest man giving ... More About: International , Estate , Real Estate , Property
5 Bullet Proof Property Markets
2008-02-27 12:39:00 With all the doom and gloom surrounding the property markets, we felt it was about time to take a look at those markets that have remained robust and healthy throughout the current credit crunch. So here are five markets that have consistently performed well, regardless of the ups and downs seen recently. Manhattan, New York Share This More About: Property , Trends , Markets , Proof , Bullet
Moroccan Resort Marina Mediterrania Saidia Oversubscribed
2008-02-26 15:54:00 The designers of the purpose-built Moroccan resort, Mediterrania Saidia, are pleasantly surprised to discover that the marina needs extending even before they?ve finished building it. The marina was over-subscribed from the day it was officially announced and the existing 840 berths will now be expanded to over a thousand. Each of the additional berths at Mediterrania ... More About: Resort , Marina
China faces global credit crunch
2008-02-25 12:46:00 Shenzen, China After several years of unchecked growth, Chinese developers have run into the global credit crunch. Combined with a desire by the Chinese authorities to slow things down a little, shares in many of China?s largest listed property developers have fallen more than 50 per cent from their highs of last year in the face ... More About: Credit , Faces , Global , Crunch
£2.8 Billion German Investment Plan for Dubai
2008-02-22 13:01:00 The ACI management team with Niki Lauda recently ACI real estate announced yesterday that it?s investment plans for the emirates is currently standing at a stunning £2.8 billion ? which is scheduled for both Dubai and Abu Dhabi prime property development. Up-to-date investments include the 3 sports legend commercial towers, known as the “Trilogy” project situated ... More About: Investment , German , Plan , Billion
Mumbai and Delhi get expensive
2008-02-19 15:41:00 Mumbai, India Despite the current issue with lack of infrastructure and clashes with displaced locals, India?s real estate prices continue to rocket. Mumbai and Delhi are now amongst the top ten most expensive office locations in the world, comparing with London, Hong Kong and Tokyo for the top slots. A recent report by real estate consultants, ... More About: Mumbai , Surveys
Masdar City - Abu Dhabi?s $22bn Carbon Neutral City
2008-02-18 21:13:00 British Architect, Lord Norman Foster, along with Masdar, a UAE energy initiative, unveiled plans for a carbon-neutral city in the desert of Abu Dhabi last week. Foster & Partners architects will design the car-free city which will eventually house 50,000 people. Masdar?s research institute, which was founded in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will ... More About: Carbon , City
International Property News Beat - Emaar IPO, Berlin Boom & Dubai Developer
2008-02-15 12:45:00 G-7 Says Global Growth May Weaken, Market Turmoil to Persist [Bloomberg] Dubai’s Emaar property group pulls Indian IPO to raise 1.6 bln dlrs [AFP] An investment guide to ski homes in the Swiss Alps [Times, London] Move over Dubai - Hong Kong property is better value [Money Week] Watch Out for Property Frauds in Bansko! [news.bg] Low prices push Berlin ... More About: News , International , Developer
Property News from Across the Pond
2008-02-14 14:47:00 The US sub-prime crisis continues to take it?s toll amongst developers and recent announcements from a variety of sources don?t seem to see any let up on the horizon. Some recent announcements this month include: Toll Brothers Inc.(sic) said that its fiscal first-quarter home-building revenue fell 22% from year-earlier levels to $842.7 million and it doesn’t ... More About: News , Property , Pond , Mortgages
Bansko Bites The Bullet
2008-02-13 14:58:00 The Global credit crunch is affecting even ski resorts now. Bansko , in Bulgaria, despite still being heavily marketed, is feeling the pinch also. Interest in the town dropped off severely in 2007, with prices for hotel rooms dropping, and occupancy down. Also affected are property prices and with a lack of interest from UK buyers, Bansko ... More About: Bullet
Is Albania the next big thing ?
2008-02-12 23:50:00 Is a combination of political, legal, cultural, economic, and geographic factors making Albania the next big thing in Overseas property investments? A recent report drew an extremely favorable picture of the future of property investment in the country, which is currently Europe?s least developed and, despite positive developments, still suffers from a poor to non-existent infrastructure, ... More About: Thing
David Beckham Bends it in Natal, Brazil
2008-02-11 17:12:00 England football legend, David Beckham will be opening the first ?David Beckham World of Sport,? complex in Natal, Brazil , to coincide with their hosting of the 2014 World Cup. This will be part of a bigger resort, which will include a ?Rubens Barrichello motor racing school,? but no plans for a ?Spice Girls? academy of ... More About: Property
International Property News Beat - UK?s Top 20, Nakheel in London & Russian
2008-02-11 02:25:00 The 20 best places to buy a property in Britain [Times, London ] Celebrity Real Estate Losers [Forbes] Scotland’s property market resilient in face of credit crunch [FT] Australian property sound, but facing a value correction [The Age] Nakheel buys London property for £130m [Business 24|7] More Russian s buy Bulgaria as Brits retract [news.bg] Dubai real estate boom - second most expensive ... More About: News , International , Property
Is Dubai the next Florida?
2008-02-08 17:22:00 Continued delays in the completion of residential property projects in Dubai this year will continue in 2008, while a price correction is most likely in 2009 when supply exceeds demand, according to a new market report. “We believe that the delay in property handovers seen in 2007 will likely continue over the next 12 to ... More About: Florida
Central Asia Faces the Global Credit Crunch
2008-02-07 12:34:00 Despite exhortations from a variety of pundits pitching Kazakhstan as the next big boom market, the fact is that a growing number of analysts are looking at the market and seeing not boom times, but a potential bust. The credit shortage is beginning to take it?s toll and there is an ever-growing number of properties doing ... More About: Asia , Credit , Faces , Central Asia , Global
Ras Al Khaimah Property Growth Plans
2008-02-05 12:52:00 Ras Al Khaimah is one of the emirates of the United Arab Emirates in the northern part of the Arabian Peninsula, bordering Oman. It is ruled by Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammad al-Qassimi and has a population of about 250,000 inhabitants. The city itself as at 2007 had a population of 191,753 and has two main ... More About: Property , Growth , Plans
Shanghai?s Property Market Sees Slowdown
2008-02-04 16:20:00 Shanghai’s real estate market is anticipated to slow down drastically in 2008, becoming more vulnerable to government policy shifts and attract less investment. This is according to several of the larger real estate analysts. According to a Jones Lang LaSalle report released recently, after the government implemented the land appreciation tax and imposed additional restrictions on ... More About: Market , Property , Shanghai , Sees
International Property News Beat - Berlin Boom, Baltics Slowdown & 2008 Ski
2008-02-03 21:39:00 Berlin edges towards property boom second time round [AFP] Baltics Face Growth Slowdown, Not a Recession - JPMorgan [Bloomberg] Bahamas Real Estate Guide to Permits, Residency and More [American Chronicle] US Recession and the Toronto Real Estate Market [blogTo] UK House prices continue to fall in January [Guardian] Credit crunch slows global investment in hotels [FT] Tips for ... More About: News , International , Property , Berlin , Beat
Los Iguanas Golf Course in Ritz-Carlton Cap Cana Resort, Dominican Republic
2008-02-01 21:01:00 One of the most ambitious residential projects ever undertaken in the Caribbean, Cap Cana is on track to have it?s Jack Nicklaus signature golf course completed on schedule, by October 2008. The $1.5 billion residential golf project bills itself as “the World’s Next Great Destination”: although Donald Trump might disagree if he manages to get his ... More About: Golf , Resort , Dominican Republic , Republic
Baghdad Property Explodes ? in a good way
2008-01-31 15:17:00 The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad Despite the current political upheaval in Iraq, one area of the economy is already starting to recover ? the Baghdad housing market. House prices fell through the floor last year as bombings and kidnappings increased. But as some stability begins to emerge from the rubble, the housing market has poked it?s ... More About: Property , Good
Global Credit and Environmental Issues affect smaller developers in Bangkok
2008-01-30 15:57:00 Bangkok at night Small and medium-scale property developers in Bangkok are being forced to sell their projects to larger developers as they start to face difficulties in obtaining financial support for construction. This is according to Visanu Suchatlumpong, vice-president of Asian Property Development Plc. ?Financial institutions did not approve project loans as they considered their (smaller developers) ... More About: Credit , Environmental , Environmental Issues , Bangkok , Issues
Al-Dua?a launches £68 Million project
2008-01-29 13:40:00 Al-Dua’a Holdings, a, UAE-based property development, advisory and real estate investment company, has just announced the launch of The Plaza, a £68 million project. The Plaza, which we must admit is not the most original name, will be a mixed-use development with residential and retail elements alongside offices. Toni Ashai, a celebrated architect from California designed ... More About: Project , Million
International Property News Beat - Thailand Property, UAE Property Prices i
2008-01-27 19:58:00 The Two Faces of Thailand ’s Property Market [Blog Critics] Brazil Tipped as Overseas Property Hotspot [Finance Daily] Property overseas: Cash in on your rental potential [Telegraph] UAE property prices to soften in 2010[Business 24|7] Reasons to Invest in Commercial Property in Croatia [Amberlamb] Meltdown puts heat on global house prices [HealdSun.au] Asia’s Hot Property: Real Estate Stocks [TheStreet.com] Chinese property rises 10.5% ... More About: News , International , Beat
UK and USA housing markets both falling
2008-01-25 17:28:00 Estate Agent vs Analyst If anyone, either in the U.K or the U.S.A needed an incentive to look overseas for their next property investment, recent reports released in both counties should provide it. Rightmove, an online U.K estate agent recently released a report that shows UK asking process have dropped for the third month in ... More About: General , Markets , Housing
A Different Approach to Global Property Development - Distressed Projects
2008-01-25 03:11:00 K H Sim is a property developer. Specifically, he is the Managing Director of The Malaysian arm of Sydney based, Bluestone Group and based in Kuala Lumpur. Bluestone Malaysia are responsible for a number of recent developments ? all extremely successful. One in particular, the Taragon Puteri YKS in Yalan Lap Kwan Sen, was 100% sold ... More About: Projects , Property , Development , Global
The Fourth Most Valuable Property in the World - Sandbanks, Dorset
2008-01-22 14:41:00 Sandbanks, a dune off the coast of Poole in Dorset England has the fourth highest land value, by area, in the world Every now and then, we come across something that makes us wonder as to the sanity of the property market and behaviour of some estate agents. A small dune in Dorset recently hit the news ... More About: World , Property , The World
International Property News Beat - Brits losing interest in Bulgaria, DAMAC
More articles from this author:2008-01-21 09:16:00 Where to look for Spanish property bargains [Times Online] Brits Losing Interest in Bulgaria n Real Estate [Novinite] US Housing Downturn Takes A Toll On Land [CNN] Buying Into China’s Land Rush [Walls Street Journal] Up ahead as Chinese property boom dies [Guardian] The best places in the world for retirement [Times Online] DAMAC Properties, Dubai open London Office in Canary Wharf ... More About: News , International , Property 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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