Worldwide

• Stalled property market in Nicaragua set to pick up
  In five to seven years property along the southern coast of Nicaragua is likely to be on par with other South American hotspots, it is claimed.
  
  Land and building costs are cheap and al...
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• Cape Verde government clarifies position on land sales
  The government in Cape Verde has dismissed rumours that it was going to ban the sale of land to foreign investors.
  
  As one of the world's fastest growing property markets, Cape Verde is...
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• Worst travel destinations
  1. Norway
  Norway is a vast and scenic country most famous for the phenomenon ‘Aurora Borealis’ or ‘Northern Lights.’ However unfortunately the country is a very expens...
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• Global Real Estate Transparency Index for 2008
  The latest Jones Lang LaSalle Real Estate Transparency Index has been significantly enhanced. According to the report, it is clear that overall transparency has clearly improved since the last survey ...
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• Terrorism's impact on real estate business
  Human life is unquestionably any terrorist attack's most tragic casualty. However, the economic impact and impact on real estate is unavoidably in the minds of many in the industry.
  
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	Middle East

• Qatar eyes international purchases
  The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), the country's $60bn sovereign wealth fund, plans to make more real estate acquisitions in 2009 as global prices decline and investors sell assets. Navid Chamdia,...
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• Dubai stock market rebounds after sharp downward spiral
  Dubai's main index ended 8.15 percent up at 2,142 points as most Gulf Arab bourses rebound.
  
  Emaar Properties, which is trading at 2.47 times expected 2008 earnings, surged 14.98 per cen...
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• Property: Dubai, here I come
  Bright young things are building a life amid the glitzy malls, towers and beaches of a city on the up, says Anna Tyzack
  
  It is the tower to trump all others. Soaring more than half a mil...
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• Middle East Companies Set to Move Ahead
  Despite the current credit crunch, Middle East companies are planning to move ahead with expansion plans into markets in Asia, the US and the Middle East. Consultants KPMG recently released a survey o...
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• Huge property growth expected in Saudi
  Population growth and an increasingly wealthy middle class are creating a boom in high-end real estate development in the Gulf, especially in Saudi Arabia where government reforms are encouraging deve...
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	Asia

• Latest figures show signs of recovery in Australian property markets
  The Australian property market is showing signs of recovery, according to the latest figures for the September quarter.
  
  Nationally property prices declined by just 0.5%, according to t...
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• Malaysia's residential property market softens
  Malaysia’s residential property market has softened since the beginning of 2008 and is expected to be weakened further by the global financial crisis and the country´s political uncertain...
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• Chinese property market fairing better than the rest of the world in global downturn
  The property market in India has been hard hit by the economic downturn but China is showing more resilience, while the picture in Europe and the US is depressed, according to the latest global surve...
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• Thai banks urged to loosen property lending restrictions
  Banks in Thailand are being urged to loosen their home-loan approval conditions including income and employment requirements in order to help the property industry.
  
  A number of organis...
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• Common visa to boost Thailand's property market
  To boost tourism in the region, Thailand and the Philippines are to push for a common visa amongst Southeast Asian countries. The move would see a single visa for all 10 member countries of the Associ...
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	North America

• Obama win will inject much needed confidence into global property market
  The real estate industry in the US is confident that Barack Obama, the next President, will be able to boost the economy and help the property sector.
  
  At the annual National Association...
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• Existing Home Sales Rise in Florida
  For the first time in nearly three years, existing home sales in Florida rose during the month of September compared to a year earlier. This follows the national trend for the month as sales across th...
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• New data suggests 'vultures' are buying up property in Florida
  Evidence is mounting that “vultures” are moving into some U.S. markets, snatching up depressed property. Nowhere is that more obvious than in Florida, a favored spot for international buye...
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• Top 10 US cities to buy property now
  The real estate slump could get worse before it gets better. Business 2.0 Magazine, in its November 2006 issue, identifies 10 markets that offer great opportunities for those who have the patience to ...
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• How have some parts of the US escaped the property bust?
  For the group of golfers drinking bourbon and looking out over Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, the American credit crisis seems to be a phenomenon that happens to other people. The secure golf communi...
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	Europe

• Ibiza dims the disco lights
  There is a distinct whiff of le crédit crunch wafting across the Channel, but estate agents are holding their noses. Consequently, I am pleased to be in a rental property.
  
  A far...
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• New Spanish Property Law Introduces REITs
  In a bid to revive Spain’s lagging real estate market and to also protect property investors’, the Spanish government has recently drafted a new law that permits property developers conve...
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• UK: A Place in the Sun a Little More Expensive due to a Weakening Pound
  With the current UK economic slowdown, the British pound is taking a nose dive as we speak (currently GBP/EUR 1.19 and GBP/USD 1.49 - a record low against the Euro). The current state of the weak Brit...
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• Outlook still good for the Shrewd Investor.
  We asked Tom Holland director of MSI Developments in London, who specialise in the developing Razlog area of Bulgaria for his opinions on the current market there. Their White Fir Resort recently won ...
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• Spain's brave move to revive property
  Spain last month drafted new regulation that would permit the creation of real estate investment trusts.
  The motive behind the establishment of Sociedades Cotizadas de Inversion en el Mercado I...
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	Latin America

• From Communism to Capitalism - Cuba opening up to property investment
  It is said that a true property hotspot hasn't even been talked about yet. That a few brave investors whisper about the prospects and are careful not to brag and let the news out that they have found ...
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• Nicaragua becomes the new Costa Rica
  As he reclines in a white leather easy chair with cocktail in hand, his gaze wandering beyond the swimming pool across the shimmering Pacific Ocean, Chris Renshaw admits this was not exactly what he h...
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• Uruguay sees invasion of Spanish property investors
  Spaniards are deserting their own country and investing in countries like Uruguay where the language and the culture is just like home, it is claimed.
  
  One estate agent is reporting that...
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• Buying property in Cuba
  With its crumbling colonial architecture, little changed since the days of Ernest Hemingway, and streets full of battered 1950s Buicks and Chev-rolets, Cuba has long been caught in a time warp. Yet th...
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• Developers at beach resort face closure threat from Mexican government
  A planning issue which has resulted in uniformed soldiers showing up at exclusive eco-boutique hotels and closing them is the start of a major push against development on some of Mexico's beaches, it ...
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