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European real estate offers attractive potential returns
Invesco Real Estate believes that the Central and Eastern European markets are forecast to deliver the strongest medium term returns on the back of +3% GDP growth.
Fri, May 13, 2011
Top ten off-the-radar wine regions
France, Spain, Italy, Argentina and California get all the love when it comes to vino. But with the help of imported vines and advancements in technology, new wine regions are popping up the world over. And creating great, high-value vintages for savvy consumers.
Thu, May 12, 2011
Schengen state denmark to re-impose border controls
Denmark, one of the Schengen states, is to re-impose controls on its frontiers with Germany and Sweden within weeks, amid pressure from the right.
Thu, May 12, 2011
Istanbul earmarked as investment opportunity for new property acquisitions
Istanbul has been named the top city in Europe for new property acquisitions and development in 2011 by a new report, as it is less likely to be affected by the economic problems affecting the rest of the continent.
Thu, May 12, 2011
New development property sales fall 24 per cent
The president of France’s property developers federation (Fédération des promoteurs immobiliers) has just announced that new development property sales for the first quarter of 2011 are down 24 per cent on the same quarter in 2010.
Thu, May 12, 2011
France to slap tax on foreign-owned second homes
PARIS : France is to hit non-resident owners of 360,000 second homes - many of them British or Dutch - with a new tax equal to 20 percent of the properties' rental value, under a draft law unveiled on Wednesday.
Thu, May 12, 2011
Samoa leaps over international date line
The Pacific Island nation of Samoa has changed its time zone ahead one hour. This isn't some sort of island paradise version of Daylight Savings Time, but rather a shrewd business move.
Wed, May 11, 2011
Spanish property is ‘safe to buy’
Spain’s development minister has urged British buyers to consider investing in one of the country’s 700,000 unsold holiday homes.
Wed, May 11, 2011
Property buyers plan flood of complaints
Thousands of disgruntled property buyers without title deeds plan to flood the Commerce Ministry’s Consumer Protection Service (CPS) with complaints under the Unfair Commercial Practices law.
Wed, May 11, 2011
601 new residential buildings in bulgaria in q1 2011
In the first quarter of 2011, the newly built residential buildings in Bulgaria were 601, according to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute, NSI, released Tuesday.
Wed, May 11, 2011