2012

Brazilian hotel market the answer for investors?

Overseas property investors wanting a slice of the Brazilian market may want to consider putting their money into hotels, according to global real estate services firm, Jones Lang LaSalle.

10 April 2012

Dubai to auction off foreclosures

The Dubai Land Department is set to auction off up to 80 foreclosed homes this year in an effort to recover losses on non-performing loans.

10 April 2012

Investment property now makes up a third of US market

US houses bought as investments represented nearly a third of all existing home sales in the country last year, according to a new report by the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

5 April 2012

Hunger Games’ District 12 town goes on sale

Henry River Mill Village in North Carolina, one of the settings used in the box office smash film The Hunger Games, has gone on the market for $1.4m.

5 April 2012

AIPP awards - winners announced

On Friday 30th March 2012 the successful winners of the AIPP (The Association of International Property Professionals) Awards 2012, sponsored by Barrasford & Bird Worldwide, were revealed in front of a live consumer audience at A Place in the Sun Live.

5 April 2012

Spanish property prices expected to fall further

Property in Spain is expected to drop even further in price as the year goes on, leaving a quarter of all homeowners in negative equity as the government leans on banks to sell their back log of properties.

4 April 2012

Cheapest US housing markets revealed

While the glut of foreclosures has pushed property prices down throughout Florida, property experts are flagging up alternative US locations outside of the Sunshine State, where thousands of homes are available for $10,000 or less.

4 April 2012

Valencia tops Spain’s home repossessions index

The Valencian Region has recorded almost 12 property repossessions for every thousand inhabitants since the Spanish housing crisis got underway in 2007, according to research by real estate portal Idealista.

3 April 2012

Expats looking east

British expats, especially those looking to continue working after relocation, are looking east towards China and Singapore, according to the most recent NatWest IPB Quality of Life study.

3 April 2012