Spain’s property market goes through the roof
By: Andres Gonzalez | Robert Hetz MADRID: According to a Spanish proverb, it is a bad idea to start building a house from the roof. But that is just what… Read more »
Category: World
US home prices rise 5.1% in October
WASHINGTON: U.S. home prices rose again in October as buyers bidding for scarce properties drove prices higher. The Standard & Poor’s CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 5.1% in… Read more »
Brazil commercial real estate prices, lease values fall in November
By: Ana Mano SAO PAULO: The price of Brazilian commercial real estate has continued to contract, signaling the sector remains vulnerable to the effects of the country’s recession, according to… Read more »
Beijing to take more steps to cool residential property market
BEIJING: Beijing, one of China’s hottest residential real estate markets, will step up property controls to keep home prices stable next year, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday…. Read more »
Donald Trump’s boyhood home is going back on the auction block
NEW YORK: President-elect Donald Trump’s boyhood home in New York City is going back on the auction block. Paramount Realty says the 1940 Tudor-style house in Jamaica Estates in Queens… Read more »
London offices have designs on tech as Brexit puts brake on finance
By Esha Vaish, Sarah Young High up in western Europe’s tallest skyscraper, an office layout shows how the power balance in London’s property market is shifting in favour of booming… Read more »
China’s President Xi Jinping calls for wide-ranging measures to regulate hot property market
By Elias Glenn BEIJING: President Xi Jinping said China’s approach to regulating its red-hot property market will include financial, fiscal, tax, land, and regulatory measures as Beijing looks to develop… Read more »
UK house prices likely to rise by around 3% in 2017
By Andy Bruce LONDON: British house prices are likely to rise on average by 3 percent next year as a shortage of new homes coming to the market continues to… Read more »
Brazil housing starts rise 25% in October
By Ana Mano SAO PAULO: Brazil’s housing starts rose sharply in October in a sign that homebuilders believe the worst of Brazil’s recession may be coming to an end, a… Read more »
China’s November home prices show gov’t curbs starting to cool sharp rally
BEIJING: China’s property market slowed further last month, with average new home prices in the nation’s 70 major cities cooling from October as a raft of government curbs appeared to… Read more »