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'Irresponsible' development leaves families homeless BBC News 02.03.2010 | Australian property values up 1.8 percent in January: RP DataEmma Thelwell ninemsn Money 26.02.2010 |
 Two families face having their homes demolished after work carried out without planning permission on a nearby property caused structural damage. |  Australia's runaway property market is refusing to slow, with the average home rising almost 2 percent in value last month. |
Real estate developers to bring forward property launches Channel NewsAsia 26.02.2010 | Las Vegas Real Estate Has Highest January Sales Total Since 2007 DQNews 26.02.2010 |
 SINGAPORE : Singaporeans can look forward to more property launches. The Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore (REDAS) on Thursday announced that its members will be bringing forward property launches. |  The number of home sales, along with the median sale price, both fell more than usual from December 2009 to January 2010 in Las Vegas. Despite this drop, the number of sales still represented the highest total for the month of January since 2007. Sales of homes priced below $200,000 made up more than three-fourths of all January transactions. In comparison to January 2009, the number of transactions increased by nearly one-third, with condo and single family home resales making up most of the volume. |
The Registry Collection to sponsor Fractional Summit USA FractionalLife.com 26.02.2010 | Sino Land Leads Hong Kong Developers Higher on ‘Benign’ PolicyHanny Wan Bloomberg News 26.02.2010 |
 Global fractional ownership brand and fractional real estate conference organiser, Fractional Life, is delighted to announce that The Registry Collection exchange program, the world’s largest luxury exchange program, is the Gold sponsor for Fractional Summit USA to be held at the prestigious InterContinental Hotel in Miami, Fla., August 31–September 1, 2010. |  Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Sino Land Co. led gains among Hong Kong developers on continued optimism the city’s government will maintain its “benign” stance toward the industry, and that borrowing costs will remain low, sustaining real estate demand. |
When It's OK to Walk Away From Your Home The Wall Street Journal 26.02.2010 | Commercial Real Estate Is IndecisiveMarc Jablon Realty Associates 26.02.2010 |
 Millions of Americans are now deeply underwater on their mortgage. If you're among them, you need to stop living in a dream world and give serious thought to walking away from the debt. |  That sucking sound you hear as you drive through your local mall are the dollars being pulled out of the landlord’s pocket as tenants abandon retail space in droves. The current average national vacancy rate is 6.6%, with the lowest rates of 3.4% in San Francisco and the highest in Indianapolis, Dayton, and Detroit, where rates average over 10%. |
Brits looking to see savings returns ’shouldn’t invest in US property’Andy Price Halifax International 26.02.2010 | Experts say stamp duty hike unlikely to cool HK property market Channel NewsAsia 26.02.2010 |
 Investors would be better to place their funds in more reliable places such as international savings accounts than US property in the current economic climate, according to an expert. |  HONG KONG : Hong Kong property consultants said the government's move to raise transaction taxes for luxury apartments will do little to stabilise residential prices. |
Dublin's property market is improvingDONAL THORNTON IrishCentral.com 26.02.2010 | |
 The Irish property website MyHome.ie has said that the number of second hand properties that were "sale agreed" has significantly increased. |  Property firm Taylor Wimpey are aiming to help first-time buyers on to the housing ladder by holding a funding open day at their latest construction. |
London Still Able to Attract Foreign Wealth Alarab Online 26.02.2010 | Portuguese hotel group Pestana launches in LondonBecky Paskin Big Hospitality 26.02.2010 |
 A year ago a weak pound, together with house price falls, encouraged international buyers to rekindle their love affair with the central London market. But now, with prices rising and sterling strengthening is the relationship turning sour? |  Portugal-based hotel group Pestana is to open its first UK property next week, the four-star Pestana Chelsea Bridge Hotel and Spa in London. |
Top-end homes outperform nationwideKaya Burgess The Times 26.02.2010 | First time buyers shouldn’t panic following stamp duty changes, says UK broker PR URGENT 26.02.2010 |
 High-value houses are weathering the housing downturn across the country |  First time buyers who didn’t manage to find a new home before the government’s stamp duty concession ended shouldn’t despair, says a leading UK mortgage broker. |
UK Retirement Villages Need International Developers Knight Frank LLP 26.02.2010 | Fewer people buying their own property to live in in the UK, latest data shows UK house data reportRAY CLANCY Property Community 26.02.2010 |
 International and UK property developers are missing out on opportunities in the UK to build developments aimed at the growing elderly population in the UK. According to Knight Frank’s ‘Retirement Housing Report’ 2010, retired people form the country’s fastest growing demographic group. |  The proportion of households choosing to be owner occupiers is continuing to decline in the UK but there has been an increase in the proportion of private renters expecting to purchase a property over the medium term, according to a new report. |
Central London Real Estate Remains A Compelling Investment Over The Longer Term Property Wire 26.02.2010 | |
 The future for prime London real estate looks promising - especially for investors with an eye for the long term. Overseas investment should get a boost in 2010 from the dollar's comeback, but the market still faces challenges with an impending election, and possible changes in tax and banking policies. | |
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