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Housing associations could take 10,000 homes off the market Irish Times 17.08.2009 | Irish commercial property market capital value plunged 42.7% in 12-months to June 2009 Finfacts Ireland 07.08.2009 |
 OPINION: With thousands of properties vacant all over the country coupled with the high demand for social housing, the Government has been provided with an opportunity, writes DONAL McMANUS |  Ireland is once again confirmed as Europe’s hardest hit commercial property market, with a two-year peak-to-trough capital depreciation of -48.6%, according to the SCS / IPD Irish Quarterly Property Index for Q2 2009. The vast bulk of this Irish decline has come in the last year, with the 12-month change in capital growth to the end of June now -42.7%. |
Smaller Thai developers improving their competitivenessJack Miles Property Report Asia 06.08.2009 | S’pore property picking up The Star Online 05.08.2009 |
 With the current downturn making sales of property slower for all developers, smaller operators are taking steps to improve their competitiveness and to ensure their place in the market. |  New mega projects, government support to help revive sector |
Fire sale could halve property prices, says ParlonHARRY McGEE The Irish Times 04.08.2009 | House price recovery some way off Reuters 28.07.2009 |
 ANY SUBSTANTIAL “fire sale” of residential or commercial property could result in prices falling by 50 per cent or more, the head of the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) has claimed. |  LONDON (Reuters) - House prices in England and Wales were flat for a third consecutive month in July, causing the year-on-year decline to slow to 7.7 percent from 8.7 percent, property data company Hometrack said on Monday. |
Median home price up in June - Hopes raised for comeback in S.D. housing marketEmmet Pierce Signonsandiego 17.07.2009 | Real Estate List Prices Reduced By $27.1 BillionJon Prior NuWire 14.07.2009 |
 San Diego County's median home price rose for the third consecutive month in June, hitting $314,250, the highest figure since October, and raising hopes that the region's slumping housing market may finally be poised for a comeback. |  A high percentage of home sellers are finding it necessary to reduce their asking price to attract offers. About one-fourth of homes currently on the market have had a price reduction. For more on this, see the following article from HousingWire. |
Crisis hits Turkish real estate, but ‘green shoots’ emerge Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review 14.07.2009 | Global listings fill a void for real estate agentsTom Kelly Heraldnet 13.07.2009 |
 The real estate market in Turkey has been heavily affected by the global crisis in the first half of the year, according to a report by Jones Lang LaSalle. But the report also notes rising consumer confidence and retail sales, the so-called ‘green shoots’ that hint at an improvement in the second half |  The need to accommodate the international real estate market continues to be a priority for industry providers and the reasons to do so mount nearly every day. |
