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'Selling New York' explores multi-million dollar real estate in Manhattan

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Back in the day on "Green Acres," Lisa Douglas used to sing, "I just adore a penthouse view." She'd really adore "Selling New York," the high-end real estate reality show premiering Sept. 8 on HGTV Canada.

Chicago renters, condo buyers could get protections

Renters and condominium buyers in Chicago would get more protection from developers under a plan unveiled Thursday by...

Mayor Richard Daley addresses the media Thursday at Blackhawk Park. (William DeShazer, Chicago Tribune / September 2, 2010)

New Charleston cruise terminal to move upstream, free up prime real estate

Under a new plan, the Charleston cruise terminal would move several blocks north, freeing up prime waterfront land in...

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Mayfair Evolves and Real Estate Prices Blossom

LONDON — What could be more English than Mayfair? Elegant Georgian townhouses and solid Edwardian mansions line the s...

The drawing room of a home in the Mayfair neighborhood of London, just one of the properties in that area that are now for sale.

10 questions about new property rules

Ms Tan wanted to buy a resale three-room flat for her twilight years, but the new property regulations have put a spa...

10 questions about new property rules

Industry News


Consumer News


Bangkok developers scramble to announce new projects

Big developers in Thailand's capital announced numerous projects and their intention to acquire more land. Asian Property Development Plc (AP), Preuksa Real Estate Plc (PS) and Sansiri Plc all unveiled investment plans for the last four months of ...

Real Estate: The (Short) Reign of the Renter Is Over

Months of free rent! No broker’s fees! Reduced monthly rent! Last year, Manhattan was a renter’s paradise. But the market has shifted, and today, renters are no longer running the show.

The Housing Crisis


Commercial Property


These are the Most Underwater States

Nowhere is the aftermath of the housing crisis more clearly illustrated than in Nevada, where nearly three quarters of homes with mortgages are worth less than what borrowers owe on them.

Prudential Northeast Properties
Commercial Real Estate Yields Spur Investors
Commercial Real Estate Yields Spur Investors

Yields on U.S. commercial real estate are nearing a record high compared to Treasury bonds. Many investors take that as a signal to buy property.

Loans & Financing


Taxes


SCB Offers Thai borrowers 1% for the first year

Siam Commercial Bank, Thailand's fourth-largest bank in terms of assets, announced a fixed-rate home loan product at 1% interest for one year in a bid to attract new customers.

Ellen Bachner with son Ronin,5, and daughter Korryn,8, in the kitchen of the Lombard home that she recently refinanced.

Bracing for a property-tax increase expected to boost their monthly payments by $300, Ellen and Robert Bachner figured refinancing their loan to take advantage of historically low interest rates would save them some cash.

Insurance


Legal News


London commercial buildings insurance holders 'will have resilient 2010'

Commercial buildings insurance policyholders with retail property in London will continue to see a robust market in the capital this year, according to an expert.

Phuket developer accused of alleged Bt200 mln fraud

The British chief executive officer of a property development company in Phuket is accused of allegedly defrauding more than Bt200 million from investors. The CEO denies the accusations.

Agents & Brokers


Developers


Pre-licensing courses are once againg being offered at the Keller Williams office located at 700 Busse Highway in Park Ridge.

Pre-licensing courses are once againg being offered at the Keller Williams office located at 700 Busse Highway in Park Ridge.

Simon Property Group acquires outlet shopping center business of Prime Outlets

Simon Property Group, Inc., a real estate investment trust, has acquired outlet shopping center business of Prime Outlets Acquisition Company and certain of its affiliated entities. Both the companies are based in the US.

Contractors & Builders


Projects & Investment


The Home Builder Association is positive about the purchasing power in 2010 after reaping over 430 million Baht from Home Builder Focus 2010.

The Home Builder Association is positive about the purchasing power in 2010 after reaping over 430 million Baht from Home Builder Focus 2010.

Fine & Company WI, LLC, to Auction a Palatial 18,000 sq. ft. Country Estate Minutes from Lake Geneva in Darien, Wisconsin

Fine & Company WI, LLC (www.fineandcompany.com) the nation’s boutique real estate auction company, announced an upcoming auction of one of Southern Wisconsin’s palatial estates, an 18,000 square foot country estate in Darien, Wisconsin. Previously...

Building & Improvement


Hotels & Resorts


The Six Risks of Risk Free Real Estate Investing Techniques

There seems to be a lot of talk lately about “no-risk” real estateinvesting techniques. I’ve heard this talk before but it seems much more abundant as of late. Maybe it’s the economy and all the fear the downturn has generated, or just the new fla...

Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts Opens Two Hotels in the Jiangsu Province

Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts announces today that it will open Shangri-La Hotel, Nanjing and Shangri-La Hotel, Yangzhou in 2012. The two Jiangsu province hotels will join the group's existing six hotels in the Yangtze River Delta and two further ...

Like Art? You’ll Love Our Condos ALISON GREGOR The New York Times
When Disaster Strikes Cory Cunningham Commercial Investment Real Estate

Property Management


Commentary & Analysis


Golden Tulip Expands in Thailand with 2 New Hotels

Global hospitality management conglomerate Golden Tulip has continued its strategic expansion into South-east Asia with the recent signing of two hotels in Thailand's popular resort destination of Pattaya.

Global REIT Activity in H1 2010

Globally, sales of significant commercial properties, excluding land sales, totaled just under $65B in Q2, a slight decrease from the $67B in the first quarter. On a year-over-year basis, the first half of 2010 is up almost 50% over the same time ...

Property Shows & Events


Green Building


The Emporium Lifestyle Home & Residences Exhibition

From August 26th to September 5th the Emporium shopping centre on Sukhumvit Road will showcase special offers on new residential developments in Bangkok and the provinces.

Japanese home aims to cut carbon emissions by half

Japan’s Sekisui House Ltd. is set to begin sales of a structurally reinforced single-family home that boasts enhanced heat-insulating performance.

Architecture & Design


Luxury Property


The Met

The Met on the Thai capital´s South Sathorn Road, designed by WOHA Architects, has taken the bronze prize in a prestigious global high-rise architectural competition, the annual Emporis Skyscraper of the Year award.

Monaco remains the most expensive luxury property location in the world

London-based real estate consultancy, Knight Frank LLP, reported today that prime real estate-estate values at 56 locations worldwide declined by an average 5.5%.

Home & Garden


Vacation Homes


A one-of-a-kind home with spaces both soaring and intimate

Some property hunters are looking for tradition. Give them a Tudor, a Mediterranean or a Colonial and they're happy. Others have a hard time making up their mind what they want. Not the owners of 3125 Arlington Ave. They were so sure of their drea...

7 Amazing Vacation Homes You Can’t Rent

I don’t know about you, but there’s something about Summer (and the impending end of the Summer) that makes me think of vacation.

United States


Canada


Harriet Cochran Murrray Cochran Real Estate
Back to basics - Mexican real estate
Back to basics - Mexican real estate

Our readers are aware of the real estate market conditions in the US which indicate oversupply in many markets, and lower prices than 24 months ago.

Gary Mason The Globe and Mail
The end of Canadian real estate insanity
It was inevitable that the boom would end, and maybe that’s not all bad

New York Times headline caught my eye the other week: Housing Fades as a Means to Build Wealth, Analysts Say. The article went on to report that, while most real-estate experts believe the U.S. housing market will recover from falling off the clif...

United Kingdom


Europe


The Policy Exchange wants residents to have more say over new housing developments

Big cash incentives should be offered to people living in areas of England where developers want to build new homes, a think tank suggests.

Bulgaria's Sunny Beach, a favorite place for Russian, British and German investors. File photo.

Bulgaria is a worldwide leader in residential and commercial real estate and will remain to be so, writes Russian real estate analytic portal RWay.ru Thursday.

United Arab Emirates


Middle East


Lt Gen Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, Chief of Dubai Police. (FILE)

Dubai’s police commander has launched a virulent attack on banks in the UAE and other Gulf oil producers, saying they are to blame for the real estate crisis in the region and for a surge in financial court cases.

Robert Tuttle and Zainab Fattah Bloomberg News
Qatar Developer Barwa Halts $9.2 Billion of Projects
Qatar Developer Barwa Halts $9.2 Billion of Projects

Aug. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Barwa Real Estate Co., Qatar’s biggest property developer by assets, halted planned projects worth $9.2 billion in the cities of Doha and Al Khor until the market improves.

Israel


India


Ahmet Kayhan, CEO, REIDIN.com.

Residential real estate investments in six major Turkish cities have caused a profit to the investors in real terms in April 2009, according to Reidin.com, the world's first and leading global online information services provider, with Istanbul an...

'Indian real estate, one of the better performing mkts'

According to the latest RICS Global Commercial Property Survey (GCPS), real estate performance in emerging markets, such as South America and Asia, is leading that in more developed countries.

Australia & New Zealand


China


Photo / Greg Bowker

A real estate agent who tampered with a sale and purchase agreement to increase her stake in a commission split has been reprimanded by an industry authority.

Property developers drive Chinese share market lower

BEIJING, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks dropped slightly Wednesday, pulled down by property stocks amid concern the government will not anytime soon ease its tightening measures aimed at curbing soaring house prices.

Hong Kong


Singapore


Malaysia’s Richest Boosts Hong Kong Property

Everything the Hong Kong government does to tamp down the city’s soaring real estate prices seems to be ignored by the property tycoons.

The Merlion statue and Singapore's business district.

The biting restrictions that Singapore introduced earlier this week to cool the city's property prices will likely affect credit growth at the city's lenders and restrict their share gains.

Japan


South Korea


Number of Japanese living in condos increase

Families and single occupants living in condos accounted for 11.42 per cent of all households in Japan at the end of 2009, up 0.27 percentage point from a year earlier, data from Tokyo Kantei Co. shows.

South Korea acts to bolster property market

The South Korea government will temporarily ease financial borrowing and tax rules to help bolster the local housing market, which has experienced a sharp drop in transactions since late last year.

South East Asia


Central & South America


Malaysia ranked as best place to retire in South East Asia

Malaysia is the best place in South East Asia to retire, according to an annual survey published this week.

W South Beach hotel opens July 2

Hip 408-unit hotel in Miami Beach joins the 517-unit W Fort Lauderdale that debuted in April

South Africa


North Africa


Spain: Marketing properties to South Africans

South Africans wishing to acquire a property in Spain's sought-after Costa Blanco in southern Valencia, or Spaniards considering buying a property in South Africa, now have access to the expertise of Vincent Real Estate (www.vincent-realestate.com...

MOROCCANS OVERSEAS TO BENEFIT FROM GOV. MORTGAGE LOAN GUARANTEES

Loan guarantee for up to $100,000 & up to 25 years. The Moroccan government recently decided to give Moroccans Living Overseas the opportunity to benefit from the guarantee Fogarim" for their home loans.





 
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