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Fiji offers a 'bright future' for property investors
Property Investors can feel more positive about their offshore property investments in Fiji, off the back of the recent positive statements from newly-appointment Australian Foreign Minister Senator Bob Carr.
Thu, Mar 22, 2012
Video: celebrity house hunting with shannen doherty
After a successful, life-long career on hit TV shows Little House on the Prairie, Beverly Hills 90210, and Charmed, Shannen Doherty searches for a new home with her husband.
Wed, Mar 21, 2012
Germany on a different track
Europe's low interest rates are fueling rising house prices in Germany, presenting the region's policy makers with a fresh challenge in their fight to restore its economic health.
Wed, Mar 21, 2012
Housing bubbles: less frothy but europe is behind
Wolfgang Muenchau’s article in the Financial Times, There is no Spanish siesta for the Eurozone, inspired me to update my post on housing bubbles around the world (really just Europe and the US).
Wed, Mar 21, 2012
Morocco: turning a tourism crisis into an opportunity
Morocco's tourism industry was hit hard last year by the uprising in the Middle East, the bombing in the city of Marrakech and the EuroZone crisis, but the country, whose economy depends heavily on tourism, still saw a small rise in visitor numbers. Nadejda Popova, travel and tourism analyst at Euromonitor International, investigates.
Wed, Mar 21, 2012
Booming india leads world house price league
House prices in emerging market countries saw the biggest increases over the last ten years, while Britain’s housing market fared better than many other developed countries, research has revealed.
Wed, Mar 21, 2012
Treasury made $25b on housing bailout
The Treasury Department has sold the last of $225 billion in mortgage-backed securities it began buying during the financial crisis, and it announced the program designed to keep the housing-finance market afloat made a $25 billion profit.
Wed, Mar 21, 2012
Brothers guilty in l.a. Housing corruption case
Two brothers of a former Los Angeles Housing Authority official charged in an elaborate scheme to steer construction contracts to family-controlled companies pleaded guilty Monday.
Wed, Mar 21, 2012
Tax hike on mallorca and ibiza property deals
Property sales in Mallorca and Ibiza are to be taxed in price bands from 01 April with high value fincas, villas and mansions involved in private sales having a record 10% ITP (Impuesto de Transmisión del Patrimonio) tax charged to the buyer.
Wed, Mar 21, 2012
New mortgage guidelines agreed by banks
The government’s new ‘Code of Good Practice’ for mortgages has now been agreed by most Spanish high street and savings banks.
Wed, Mar 21, 2012