Irish house prices up 10.5% year-on-year in April
By: Conor Humphries DUBLIN: Irish residential property prices climbed 10.5 percent in the year to the end of April, posting their highest annual growth rate since June 2015, data showed… Read more »
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Emaar to launch IPO of real estate development business by November: Al Arabiya TV
By: Reem Shamseddine | Saeed Azhar DUBAI: Dubai-based Emaar Properties plans to launch the initial public offering (IPO) of its real estate development business by November, Emaar’s chairman Mohamed Alabbar… Read more »
UK house prices show weakest growth in nine months: RICS
By: David Milliken LONDON: British house prices rose at their slowest rate since August 2016 last month and fewer houses were put up for sale, as jitters about Thursday’s election… Read more »
Canadian housing starts slip in hot markets of Toronto, Vancouver
By: David Ljunggren OTTAWA: Canadian housing starts dipped in May as construction intentions fell in Toronto, another sign that one of the country’s hottest real estate markets might be cooling… Read more »
As residents protest, steelmakers eye sales from new Moscow homes
By: Jack Stubbs MOSCOW: A plan to resettle almost a million Muscovites in newly-built homes has sparked some of the Russian capital’s largest protests in years. But for the country’s… Read more »
Toronto: Home sales drop as listings surge, prices moderate in May
By: Andrea Hopkins OTTAWA: New listings of Toronto homes surged in May from a year earlier while sales plunged and price gains slowed slightly in the wake of new housing… Read more »
Taylor Swift house-hunting in London
Singer Taylor Swift’s relationship with British actor Joe Alwyn seems to be getting serious. She is reportedly keen to buy a property in his hometown – Chelsea. According to a… Read more »
UK construction expands at fastest rate since 2015: Markit PMI
By: David Milliken LONDON: British construction activity grew at its fastest rate since the end of 2015 last month, as a pick-up in housebuilding helped builders shake off a lacklustre… Read more »
Vancouver home prices rise in May as market recovers from buyers tax
By: Andrea Hopkins Home sales in the Vancouver region’s once-hot housing market fell in May compared with a year ago, but prices climbed from earlier in the year as the… Read more »
KKR closes new Asia fund at record $9.3 billion, seeks bigger deals
By: Elzio Barreto HONG KONG: Private equity firm KKR & Co said on Friday it raised $9.3 billion for its most recent Asia-focused buyout fund, more than expected and setting… Read more »