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The Caribbean hurricane season will be officially over as of 30th November, when the winter season begins in the rest of the world. This is when the islands will see an influx of tourists from Europe and America, as they try to escape the cold of their home country. It is also around November time [...]
French properties outside the capital, Paris, fell by an average of 1.6% in the first quarter of 2011, according to French notaires. This is a contrast to the cost of flats and apartments which saw an increase of 1.9% over the same period. This is thought to be because house prices were too high for [...]
According to new reports, the prices of luxury properties in Greece are being cut by up to 45% due to owners looking to sell their property quickly in a bid to avoid having to pay the higher taxes enforced by the governments latest austerity measures. Many luxury properties have had huge amounts slashed off the [...]
The property market in Sicily is beginning to change its negative image, thanks to tourism. This and a string of low cost airlines providing flights to the area means that Sicily is fast becoming one of the most popular holiday destinations for 2011. Holiday operator, Travelzest, believes that because flights to the west of Sicily [...]
According to new figures from Stats NZ, the number of approvals for the building of houses rose last month by 6.3%. Taking our some seasonal factors, and omitting the numbers of apartments, the number of new homes which gained consent for building rose the 6.3% from June. With the number of apartments was taken into [...]
Despite seeing an improvement throughout July, the property market in Portugal is still facing negative territory, according to the latest figures from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics). Although activity and confidence within the housing market was up last month, house prices did fall at the same time. Senior economist for Rics, Josh Miller [...]
Despite wider problems across the Spanish property market caused by the economic crisis, the exclusive market for luxury properties is thriving well. It has been revealed by Lucas Fox International Properties that homes within the higher end of the market in Barcelona, Ibiza and on the Costa Blanca have been in high demand during the [...]
According to the figures released by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), July saw a decline in residential property sales in the United States; however the figures are still much higher than the same time of last year. Regions all over the country saw a month on month decline, with the exception of the West, [...]
New data from property experts has shown that over the last two years, around 10% of estate agents in Bulgaria have closed down due to the world wide credit crunch. Of the 4500 estate agents which were active in the country two years ago, there are now around 50-70 less operating, said former head of [...]
The Australian city of Melbourne has been officially named as the world’s most liveable city, knocking Vancouver off the top spot for the first time in nearly ten years. Three other Australian cities made it into the top 10; with Sydney being ranked as sixth and Perth and Adelaide coming in joint eighth. World crises [...]