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Malaysia splashes out on affordable houses
Malaysia is splashing out on a wave of new affordable houses. The government will spend RM1.9billion in the next year to build 123,000 affordable housing units, according to Bernama.
Fri, Oct 05, 2012
Expat buyers give french property "buouyant" year
The French property market has been a good investment for many foreign-buyers over the last year with prices of flats and houses rising by between 4% and 8% respectively in the sought after areas of Nice and the Cote d'Azur, whilst prices in the Paris region have risen by between 3.8% and 6.2% for houses and flats respectively, according to data release by government controlled Notaires de France which equates broadly to the conveyancing solicitors data unit.
Fri, Oct 05, 2012
1 in 3 over-65s in the UK feel lonely
Loneliness is an issue that plagues many British pensioners with a recent study by Age UK and online young people's charity YouthNet discovering that more than 1 in 3 people aged 65 and over in the UK feel lonely. However, in spite of this somewhat depressing news, hope is not lost with the perfect solution existing just a short hop across the channel.
Fri, Oct 05, 2012
Watch - thousands protest in greek anti-austerity strike
Thousands of people took to the streets of Greece's main cities Wednesday during a nationwide strike in protest at a new round of austerity cuts being introduced in return for vital EU-IMF loans.
Fri, Oct 05, 2012
Foreigners account for almost one-third of finland property sales
Foreign investors account for almost one-third of property sales in Finland.
Thu, Oct 04, 2012
Ridley scott heads to the costa blanca
Ridley Scott is heading to the Costa Blanca. The filmmaker, famous for directing such classics as Gladiator, Alien and Blade Runner, will use the popular tourist hotspot as a location for his new film, The Counselor.
Thu, Oct 04, 2012
Top 11 florida property hotspots
After this week's guide to buying property in Florida, Move Worldwide got a taste for the Sunshine State and decided to take a bigger bite of the market. So we went out and spoke to some of Florida's leading agents to give us the lowdown on the most popular places on the overseas property portal.
Thu, Oct 04, 2012
Watch - locals priced out of chinese-built luanda
A vast, Chinese-built satellite town on the outskirts of Angola's capital has been hailed as the answer to the city's housing shortfall - but critics condemn it as a showcase of corruption.
Thu, Oct 04, 2012
Us mortgage rates hit record low... Again
Mortgage rates in America have hit a record low. Again.
Wed, Oct 03, 2012
Record number of new zealanders moving to australia
There's not much that New Zealand and Australia don't compete with each other over, but new figures suggest that Australia is winning where it counts. A record number of New Zealanders are moving to Australia, according to Statistics New Zealand.
Wed, Oct 03, 2012