Real Estate
Incentives not a basis to buy
Homebuyers should consider interest rates and their capability to get a housing loan before they buy a house rather than the extension of property incentives, says Khan Prachuabmoh, the president of the Government Housing Bank (GH Bank).
Yuen Long moves uptown as Midtown goes sky high
The first homes at Yoho Midtown in Yuen Long will fetch up to HK$9,000 per square foot - indicating just how dear new flats have become under Hong Kong's limited land supply system.
Jan property sales figures a good indication
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) of Singapore data on private residential properties for January 2010 indicates a healthy start for the property sector in Singapore.
Irish investors fed more BS about BP, this time on the down-side
You really have to pity the poor Irish investors now sitting on Budapest property. It's bad enough that they had their expectations for making a killing on local real estate unjustifiably stoked when the market was on the up.
All change at Halifax
Many customers of Halifax/Bank of Scotland may face an administrative mess as they try to switch accounts, writes CAROLINE MADDEN
Your landlord got foreclosed. Do you have to go?
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Renting a home that is going through foreclosure? If so, don't be fooled: Lenders can't kick you out; they have to honor the terms of your lease.
California Foreclosures, Are Loan Modifications Helping Southern California?
RIVERSIDE CA, February 18 (FreeRateUpdate.com) – According to a recent report in the Wall Street Journal more waves of foreclosures will keep downward pressure on home prices in parts of the U.S. over the next several years like our poor Californ...
Gay Hotel Opening in New York City
New York City’s West Side may soon house the first gay boutique hotel of the city. The Out NYC, the city's first gay boutique hotel, completes with a 10,000 square-foot dance club, is to be developed just off Times Square in the heart of Hell's K...
No confidence on property opportunities
Financial advisers overwhelmingly expect commercial property prices to rise in the next 12 months, but still lack confidence to recommend the sector to investors, according to a survey by Reita.
Are You Ready to Buy Real Estate Now?
It's been eight months since I began providing readers with data and my thoughts about residential real estate. Based on the majority of your comments, we are in agreement that while our country is obviously in the midst of volatile economic chang...
Deal expected for major office building
A YORKSHIRE office building is set to be sold by its owner for close to £50m, according to reports.
How much space does £50 buy you?
In 2006 Bricks & Mortar introduced British homebuyers to a new measure for valuing their homes. The unveiling of “price per square foot” caused a sensation by revealing that such a morsel of space would cost £137 in Manchester, £249 in Guildford a...
Now Tesco can be an estate agent after OFT opens doors
Tesco and Google could be allowed to sell homes for a flat fee in a proposed legal shake-up to combat excessive estate agents' fees.
London Commercial Property Attracting Chinese Investors And Tenants
Attractive rents and property values are driving Chinese real estate investors searching for diversification to London's commercial market, along with numerous Chinese businesses looking to expand their presence in the London market. Several major...
CPN UPBEAT ON THAILAND, EXPANDING TO CHINA
Central Group of Companies (Bangkok:CPN) says it will invest upto 16 billion baht or $500m USD this year, showing a strong outlook for the country’s economic recovery.
Amari enters into a joint venture with Mandeep S Lamba to create Amari India
Amari, Thailand’s leading domestic hotel management company, today announced a strategic joint venture partnership with Mandeep S Lamba, previously the Managing Director and Founder of Ten Hotels Pvt Ltd, a hospitality management company headquart...
Property Perfect plans B17bn in projects
The listed developer Property Perfect Plc (PF) plans 14 new projects worth a combined 17 billion baht this year, says chief executive officer Chainid Ngowsirimanee.
TALA is staging the International Landscape Expo 2010 featuring “Green Creative: Society in the Making” concept.
The Thai Association of Landscape Architects (TALA) is taking over “Crystal Design Center”, the Ultimate Lifestyle Design District, to stage its “International Landscape Expo 2010” during this coming March 18-21, 2010. The event, which features “...
Ilse Crawford works on Hong Kong apartment
Studioilse is designing the interiors and exterior of a six-storey apartment block in Hong Kong, aimed at what founder Ilse Crawford calls ’the cultured buyer’.
James Young: Changes to property depreciation must deliver
The future of the complex rental market and taxes is difficult to judge, writes senior property lecturer James Young