Real Estate

Bentall Centre mall, London

(LONDON, ENGLAND) -- Believing the commercial real estate market in London is turning positive again, Meyer Bergman Group has bought a 50 percent stake in a London mall for 130 million pounds ($196 million USD) from Aviva (AV.L),

February's drop in house prices could be down to cold weather and the end of the stamp duty exemption. Photograph: Rui Vieira/PA

House prices may start rising again after last month's fall but the market will drop later in 2010 and this time the correction could last for several years, economists warn.


Murray is still majority shareholder at the club despite stepping down as chairman in 2009

Rangers have confirmed that Sir David Murray, the majority shareholder, has begun discussions with Andrew Ellis, a London-based property developer, regarding a takeover.

Rental Crisis Looming In Auckland, Property Manager Warns

A residential rental crisis is building in New Zealand's largest city as landlords continue to downsize their portfolios, according to long time property management agency Bobergs First National.


Miami Real Estate Investors Charged With Running Scam

A Miami firm promoting Florida real estate investments was actually running a $135 million Ponzi scheme, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged this week.

A New York Hard-Sell for an Ancient British Home

CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY The New York Times 08.03.2010
Not in bad shape for a nonacentarian: the drawing room of the 12th-century Saltford Manor House.

The British possess many traits enviable to New Yorkers: the capacity to brew a better cup of tea, the decorum not to brag loudly about their bonuses in Midtown restaurants and a history rich with kings and queens who inspire trashy novels and Hol...


Braving a dismal apartment market

Morris Newman The Los Angeles Times 08.03.2010
Johnny Caal bought this eight-unit building in Van Nuys last year. He's looking to buy more and is particularly interested in distressed properties. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times / March 3, 2010)

It's a cold winter for apartment investors in Los Angeles County: Rents are down, prices have fallen and vacancies are way up.

Wily Sunisa and The Grand Property Scam in Jomtien Soi 7

Property in Thailand is probably one of the most lucrative investment arenas, worldwide, with prices almost 1/3 of an equivalent unit in most top Western destinations. This particularly applies to Pattaya where the total value of condos sold leapt...


Indonesia looks to revise foreign owenership regulaions.

Andrew Batt Property Report 08.03.2010
Indonesia looks to revise foreign owenership regulaions.

Indonesia´s state minister for Public Housing Suharso Monoarfa said he would propose revision of regulation on foreigner ownership of property in the country.

Ritz Cartlon Residences opens THB200 million sales gallery at Mahanakorn development.

What will become Bangkok´s tallest building and an icon on the cityscape has opened its THB200 million sales gallery. The Mahanakorn Pavillion, part of the landmark mixed-use developed between Silom and Sathorn Roads, showcases several Residences ...


Interest in buying state offices in California building

The 24 buildings being offered, including two in L.A., are drawing global investors. The sale is also being criticized for the loss of long-term capital assets in favor of short-term gains.

Great area, nice home. Will the bank work with you on buying one?

Frustrating at best, impossible at worst: " For months I've been beating my head against a brick wall"


The Times-Picayune

Real estate sales in Louisiana are expected to get a boost this year from the federal first-time homebuyers credit and, quite possibly, the Saints' Super Bowl win, according to the Louisiana Realtors group.

Three ideas to revive US home prices

JONATHON TRUGMAN New York Post 08.03.2010
A real estate agent and prospective home buyer shake hands ahead of a possible sale. To insure this scene is repeated often — and to jumpstart the US housing market — three things need to be done: 1.) Eliminate the interest income tax on all mortgagebacked bonds for five years, and then graduate back up to 100 percent over years 6-to-10. 2.) Offer every homeowner a 20% extension on their mortgage, with Washington guaranteeing the extra years. 3.) Recycle TARP profits to banks to help mortgage modification.

Two years into the mortgage meltdown, housing prices are still weak and foreclosures are still running at a record pace.


Vehicles stream in and out of The Promenade Shops at Centerra on Saturday afternoon through the roundabout at the shopping center’s southwest entrance.

The proverbial sirens started wailing during 2007, warning of the pending collapse of the Northern Colorado housing market.

Why you need to use professional cleaners for end of tenancy cleaning in London?

If you are selling your property and have enough on your plate without having to clean the place after you have left, then professional end of tenancy cleaning is here to help.


Business Owners Plans to Invest in U.S. Real Estate

Tatjana Oskanjan e Yugoslavia 08.03.2010
Business Owners Plans to Invest in U.S. Real Estate

Business owners have been planning to invest in U. S. property.As the Canadian dollar is over US90¢ and the prices of real estate are near to the ground, unbeaten Canadian businessmen, who are playing with extra funds are making up their mind to s...

Real Estate Sale & Investment Pitfalls in Thailand

Warina Punyawan Pattaya Daily News 05.03.2010
Real Estate Sale & Investment Pitfalls in Thailand

Real Estate is a very high value industry, which inevitably makes it a prime stamping ground for rip-off merchants and scam-artists, particularly in Thailand, sometimes dubbed the Land of shark smiles”. Naïve, would-be investors make perfect victi...


End of real estate tax breaks in Thailand will see price of new property rising in April

Thailand will not renew property tax breaks when they expire at the end of March as the economy is recovering and developers are returning to normal profits levels.

Centara Hotels ventures outside Thailand

LUC CITRINOT ETN 05.03.2010
Copyright Centara Grand Island Resort & Spa Maldives

For long, Centara Hotels have only been synonymous of hotels in Thailand. The end of 2009 witnessed however the Thai hotel company venturing outside the Kingdom to make its brand better known around the world.



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