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Amari announces new hotel management company, Onyx Hospitality Group

Amari, Thailand's leading domestic hotel management company today announced the formation of a new corporate structure with the creation of ONYX Hospitality Group, a new management company. This strategic development allows the company to pursue its previously announced expansion plans, moving beyond Thailand to pursue hospitality management opportunities in the Asia Pacific and Arabian Gulf regions.

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 ...

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

China’s urban fixed-asset investment up 26.6%

China´s urban fixed assets investment leaped 26.6 percent year on year (y-o-y) to 1.3 trillion yuan or US$190.3 billi...

China’s urban fixed-asset investment up 26.6%

Taiwan Prepares for the Arrival of Luxury Investors

TAIPEI — Taiwan’s luxury property market — long passed over by international investors — finally may be poised to att...

Taiwan Prepares for the Arrival of Luxury Investors

ARK Management Named as Top 31 Commercial Real Estate Property Management Company and Grows presence with San Diego Retail Portfolio

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) March 11, 2010 -- ARK Management, (www.ark-management.com) a commercial property management com...

ARK Management Named as Top 31 Commercial Real Estate Property Management Company and Grows presence with San Diego Retail Portfolio

Industry News


Consumer News


Right: national house price register would provide transparent information about sale prices. Photograph: Eric Luke

Government says time for delivery uncertain because of data protection legislation, writes EDEL MORGAN McGRANE

RENOVATION HELP IN THE TOWN OF UNION

Town of Union, NY (WBNG Binghamton) People in the Town of Union looking to upgrade their homes can now take advantage of a special tax break.

The Housing Crisis


Commercial Property


Asian countries fearing a disastrous US-style property bubble are striving to cool down their real-estate markets

SINGAPORE — Asian countries fearing a disastrous US-style property bubble are striving to cool down their real-estate markets as the region powers out of the global financial crisis.

The controversial Dublin Docklands Development Authority is to relocate its headquarters from a new office building at Sir John Rogerson's Quay in Dublin 2 to its original premises at North Wall Quay.

There is significant demand for office space in the Dublin market as tenants take advantage of break options to seek better value, writes JACK FAGAN

Loans & Financing


Taxes


Joyce Teo The Straits Times
New rules to curb property speculation
New rules to curb property speculation

TOUGHER rules on bank loans and measures to rein in speculators take effect today, as the Government steps up moves to cool the sizzling property market.

Boston Real Estate and Tax Saving Tips

If you haven’t filed your taxes yet don’t worry you still have until April to get everything together. The folks over at Mortgage Fit have given us some great tax tips. One thing is for sure whether your buying a home in Boston or Quincy you may w...

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.

Nominees will need to find 'real' Thai partners, says JFCCT

Foreign firms using Thai nominees to hold property should restructure their holdings and seek Thai partners to legalise their investments, said Patima Jeerapaet, chairman of the property committee of the Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce in Thail...

Agents & Brokers


Developers


SUZANNE LYNCH The Irish Times
Halifax closure dates revealed
Halifax closure dates revealed

BANK OF Scotland Ireland (BoSI) has announced the closure dates for its 44 Halifax branches.

UAE’s Emaar still interested in Lombok project

Dubai-based property developer Emaar Properties on Tuesday denied a report that it had pulled out of the long delayed US$600 million tourism project in Bali´s neighboring island of Lombok.

Contractors & Builders


Projects & Investment


Builders use green technology to overhaul empty properties

Coleshill-based firm Frank Haslam Milan (FHM) West Midlands has breathed new life into a number of empty properties by kitting them out with carbon reducing green technology.

Environmental issues are holding up development at the corner of Buffalo Street and Arizona Avenue in downtown Chandler.

Chandler officials are in talks with a New York-based developer to build a mixed commercial/residential project several stories tall on a high-profile corner viewed as a future northern "gateway" into downtown.

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...

KUNAL DUTTA CIT Magazine
Centara acquires Astudo properties
Centara acquires Astudo properties

Thai-based hotel chain Centara has acquired the Astudo group in a bid to expand its boutique property range.

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.

Too soon to buy property and tours

I AM worried about two emerging trends that may cause people to believe that the worst is over for Singapore?s economy.

Property Shows & Events


Green Building


BKK Group to stage its Grand Opening for The Coast Bangkok during this coming March 12-17 at Central Plaza Bangna.

BKK Group is to stage its Grand Opening for The Coast Bangkok, a 5 billion Baht project built under “For Today’s Better Living” concept, during this coming March 12-17 at Central Plaza Bangna. In the event, there will be special promotion, where t...

Horizon House, one of the greenest offices in the UK, was built without paying a premium

The UK construction industry is experiencing the worst slump in decades and it's not over yet. So is green building the answer to its woes? Louise Bateman reports.

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.

Cheung Kong launching luxury condominium at West Coast

SINGAPORE : Hong Kong property giant Cheung Kong is launching a luxury condominium at West Coast.

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...

Property cheaper in Britons’ favourite hotspots

A STUDY of eight countries where the British traditionally buy holiday homes reveals that four have seen property price falls of as much as 30% in the past 12 months.

United States


Canada


The living room, kitchen and dining area have an open floor plan. Off the living room, a hallway leads to the master bedroom. The Providence Journal / Frieda Squires

If you’ve always wanted to live in a castle, but didn’t want to deal with the upkeep — moat maintenance is such a hassle — perhaps this three-bedroom Newport condo on the water at 127 Harrison Ave., with spectacular views of Newport Harbor, is the...

Canada’s Real Estate Market Expects Better Housing Starts

The real estate market of Canada failed to show any signs of recovery, though a research expected 10% of Canadians to start indulging in buying homes in a period of next two years and the percentage of Canadians who seek buying a house as a long t...

United Kingdom


Europe


Highcross in Leicester, with its mix of shops, homes, restaurants and a cinema, has been a rare success story...

How regeneration of our inner cities failed to materialise and why developments have gone from boom to bust

The uninhabited apartment block in the Gleann Riada estate outside Longford town.

Longford County Council has launched enforcement proceedings against the developer behind one of the town's largest residential estates, Gleann Riada.

United Arab Emirates


Middle East


Cityscape Abu Dhabi to tackle serious issues

More than 120 speakers and delegates from 25 countries will discuss future of real estate investment regionally and internationally at Cityscape Abu Dhabi. It will take place at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre from 18-21 April 2010.

Real estate group to be set up

MANAMA: Diyar Al Muharraq yesterday hosted Bahrain's leading property development professionals in a high-level meeting to agree upon forming a representative organisation, with a vision to be the kingdom's internationally-recognised property deve...

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...

Growing demand for fractional property in India

Country Club India, one of the fastest growing leisure and entertainment operators in Asia, is set to introduce fractional ownership properties to a range of its developments.

Australia & New Zealand


China


ERIC JOHNSTON The Sydney Morning Herald
Investors fear housing bubble will pop
The great Australian dream ... but the housing market remains tight and prices high. Photo: Peter Braig

WHEN the chief executive of the Commonwealth Bank, Ralph Norris, recently caught up with investors in New York, talks soon turned to the topic of the heady Australian housing market.

RICS survey shows increase in China’s distressed property

The US and Japan are set to see the biggest rise in distressed sales in the first quarter of 2010, says the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in its research paper, Global Distressed Property Monitor Q4 2009.

Hong Kong


Singapore


Home prices boosted by record low completions

A record low number of homes completed last year - just 7,160 - helped boost prices in the fourth quarter by 23 percent.

Staff Writer Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)
CoreNet Gobal’s Singapore Summit in end Mar
CoreNet Gobal’s Singapore Summit in end Mar

More than 400 senior-level executives from the corporate and commercial real estate (CRE) industry around Asia will gather in Singapore on March 23 - 25, 2010 to examine various trends and contradictions that impacted the global economy in 2009.

HDB rules change Joyce Yeo The Straits Times
Lavish Leap Priya de Langen Property Report
Fresh curbs not stopping property buyers Leonard Lim The Straits Times
Housing in S'pore still affordable Tu Yong and Yu Shi Ming The Straits Times

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.

Best Western Allamanda Laguna Phuket Opens

Best Western International – The World’s Largest Hotel Chain - announces the opening of Best Western Allamanda Laguna Phuket, situated on beautiful Phuket’s Bang Tao Beach within the stunning environment of the Laguna Phuket integrated resort. It ...

S. Korea to spend US$1.5 bil on Marinas Staff Writer Propert Report
Taking aim at housing loans Jung Ha-won Joong Ang Daily
'Korea needs transparent property market' Cho Chung-un The Korea Herald
'Bubble Seven' Prime Properties Rising Back Yoon Ja-young The Korea Times

South East Asia


Central & South America


Hanoi real estate projects ‘burst open’

VietNamNet Bridge –Hanoi’s real estate market has awakened after two months of hibernation by the news that the capital city will have five satellite urban areas. Additionally, the demise of gold trading floors has brought more capital to the real...

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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