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Latest Property News, Mar 2009
How do you spell millionaire?
It may seem like an inauspicious time to be selling the most expensive home in the US, but that hasn't put Candy Spelling, wife of the late TV producer Aaron Spelling, from putting her Holmby Hills mansion up for sale for an eye-watering £105 million...
Tue, Mar 31, 2009
Artificial depression
We all know that the US property market is in a state right now (no pun intended) so news that an increasingly popular way of valuing properties could in fact be damaging real estate prices is generating much concern...
Tue, Mar 31, 2009
Safe as houses
Vacant houses can be a magnet for squatters, vandals and thieves, so in a bid to combat this, a pilot scheme between police and Housing New Zealand has been launched in the country, in which ‘house guardians' are assigned an empty property on a street near their house and given duties such as emptying the mailbox...
Tue, Mar 31, 2009
Chinese on us ‘buying holidays'
Wealthy Chinese property investors are taking real estate buying holidays in the US as their appetite for buying increases...
Tue, Mar 31, 2009
Gold found in rainbow nation
Property investors and bargain hunters are gathering to snap up South Africa properties at auction houses across the country, according to reports coming out of the Rainbow nation...
Tue, Mar 31, 2009
Kuwaiting for improvement
The volume of homes sold in Kuwait tumbled 35.2 per cent month on month in February, the eleventh straight month of decline, according to official Government data...
Tue, Mar 31, 2009
Oman ripe for investment
Oman's profile in recent years can only be described as low, particularly as far as investment property is concerned...
Tue, Mar 31, 2009
Growth for auckland airport
Auckland Airport is looking to increase its small share of the low-cost carrier market under a growth strategy unveiled to investors...
Tue, Mar 31, 2009
How to...be a successful franchisor
If you have a great business and are thinking about franchising it - you should know what it takes to be a good franchisor. In addition, when you are buying a franchise it is important to ensure it is strong, and will remain strong...
Tue, Mar 31, 2009
Go online to save venice
Venice is continuing its drive to help save the city's heritage by using SMS and Internet funding - and this year, the famous Rialto Bridge, scene of thousands of romantic proposals, is amongst the lineup of buildings to be restored with the proceeds...
Mon, Mar 30, 2009