PropertyO News
Property investment, Jun 2009
Sri lanka: a new chapter
A new resort planned for Sri Lanka has particular importance - as it's the first of its kind since the end of the civil war and is to be constructed in the previously off-limits north of the country - in a bid to revitalise tourism...
Tue, Jun 30, 2009
Quintessentially mine
Aaron Simpson, Chairman of Quintessentially, the concierge firm, has spent an estimated £4.24 million buying a six-bedroom 400-year-old converted finca on Ibiza...
Tue, Jun 30, 2009
Full house
Sydney's rental vacancy rate is at its lowest level in 12 months, according to the latest data released today by the Real Estate Institute of New South Wales...
Tue, Jun 30, 2009
Oz halves stamp duty
Come July 1st this year, all buyers of new homes in New South Wales, Australia, will be given a 50 per cent reduction in stamp duty in a bid to kick-start residential construction, jobs and economic activity across the state...
Mon, Jun 29, 2009
Czech it out
RPG Byty, a subsidiary of local estate agent group RPG Real Estate, has announced that it tends to renovate around 2,000 properties in Czech Republic currently held in its portfolio, at a cost of around £12 million...
Mon, Jun 29, 2009
Project pioneers in mumbai
According to a Rediff report, the unregulated housing market in Mumbai recently underwent a transformation by acquiring an organised rental sector...
Mon, Jun 29, 2009
Thai it, you might like it
Problems such as tsunamis and anti-Government protests over the last five years have done little to discourage foreign investors from entering the Thai property market...
Mon, Jun 29, 2009
New funding for a green lithuania
Sustainable urban development in Lithuania has been given a boost with the news that The European Investment Bank (EIB), the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania have signed an agreement to strengthen co-operation in financing the much-needed development...
Fri, Jun 26, 2009
Vietnam ‘in recovery'
Vietnam's property market is showing signs of recovery with quality investors now entering the market as opposed to speculators...
Fri, Jun 26, 2009
Beware when buying in israel
Don't be blinded by the offer of cheap property in Israel - it may be a bargain in a financial sense but it is likely to be a real headache in other ways - as it is revealed that many of the properties being sold at auction actually belong to Palestinian refugees - making it illegal to sell them under Israeli law...
Thu, Jun 25, 2009