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French law change 'Will boost leaseback sales'
A little-known modification to French law relating to VAT on leasebacks means that they can be sold on at any time without tax penalties; according to international tax specialist, Sykes Anderson.....
Boom on the horizon for the Malaysian property market
The Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia claims the tax change will further improve the country’s property sector - which has been sluggish over the past few years....
Surging worldwide hotel prices could favor buy to let
A new survey from hotels.com, part of Expedia, found that hotel prices around the world rose by an average of 15% during the fourth quarter of 2006 compared with the same period in 2005. The website found that the cost of staying at a hotel in the UK rose by 17% to £98 per night in the last quarter of 2006....
Ringgit hits 9-year high as Fed shows the way
Asian currencies climbed Thursday, with Malaysia's ringgit reaching the highest since February 1998, as the US Federal Reserve dropped its bias toward raising interest rates, encouraging investors to seek higher- yielding assets....
Unpegging the ringgit is a sign of Malaysia's strength
Malaysia received little attention when it followed China's lead by scrapping the ringgit's peg to the U.S. dollar. That's just fine by officials here in Kuala Lumpur.
European retail real estate investment up by 77% in 2006
In 2006 a total of €26 billion was transacted in Continental European retail real estate, up by 77% on 2005 (€14.6 billion) and more than three times higher than in 2004, according to new research by Jones Lang LaSalle....
Northern Europe's markets perform best as global growth slows.
Of the 40 countries monitored by the Global Property Guide, those in Northern European saw the highest house price rises in 2006 – with Estonia a clear leader.....
Spanish house price growth buoyed as buyers look further inland to Granada
New low cost flights and cheaper properties are luring buyers away from the most expensive provinces according to Spanish property portal Kyero.com ...
ING closes property fund for Eastern and central Europe
ING Real Estate Investment Management (ING REIM) has raised its targeted investment volume of €1 billion for its CEE Property Fund ...
Low cost airline "will boost Cyprus property market"
Monarch's move into Cyprus will boost property sales by making it cheaper for the UK's tourist investors to explore property investment opportunities on the island ...
Gdp up across Central and Eastern European States
Recent figures indicate that the economies of a range of former Eastern Bloc countries are growing at a very healthy rate, with gross domestic product (GDP) rising by up to around 7% in some cases...
Where will Brits buy and why in 2007?
Will sales be driven by investors, lifestyle buyers or a combination of the two in 2007 and, more importantly, where will they buy and why?...
Why are Brits buying in Spain?
Kyero points out that Britons invested £12 billion in Spanish property in 2004/05 and this is predicted to reach £21 billion by 2009. With 75,000 properties purchased, at an average price of £160,000, it also claims that one in three want to retire to Spain...
Australian Market Update
Over recent years we have seen a sharp decline in vacancy rates in all major capital cities, according to the ANZ Property Outlook July 2006, the long run average for residential rental vacancy rates is just above 3%. ...
Slowing Bulgarian market to be boosted by new mortgage products
Hoping to attract more buyers and investors into the Bulgarian property market, brokers and lenders are starting to offer a range of new mortgage options.
With domestic and foreign first time buyers finding it difficult to buy in Bulgaria’s cities and resorts, particularly since Bulgarian mortgage providers often require large deposits (up to 35%) on only repayment loans, AJ Property Europe Ltd recently launched a 100% non status mortgage. This is designed for high end detached houses and aimed at the corporate rental market in Sofia.
Dubai’s List Of Freehold Locations
Dubai: The Government of Dubai has published for the first time the locations where expatriates will be able to buy property in the emirate.
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, has issued the three-page, five-article Order No. 3 of 2006 designating areas for expatriates who can enjoy freehold ownership in Dubai, published in the government's official gazette on July 3, 2006 - a copy of which was obtained by Gulf News yesterday.
Uk property wealth creates record number of ‘Demi-millionaires’
While recent surveys have highlighted the growing number of property millionaires in the UK and Ireland, The Daily Mail has identified a record number of 'demi-millionaires'.
Citing the findings of a report from stockbrokers Brewin Dolphin, it found that more than 820,000 people in Britain have assets worth at least £500,000 – and this number is rising at about 10% a year.
Uk mortgage brokers to do more business overseas by 2020
A new survey reveals that nearly two thirds of UK mortgage brokers expect to do more business in the overseas market by 2020 – with the majority in Spain, France and Bulgaria.
According to a study by Alliance & Leicester Mortgages, entitled 'The Broker World in 2020', 90% of them think that Europe will see the biggest impact and nearly half (45%) expect to expand into Europe by 2020. With over half (53%) saying that the broker market would consolidate by 2020, brokers predicted that lenders will form more strategic partnerships with major intermediary firms - with 78% saying they expect lenders and brokers to align their expansion plans.