Hainan fears real-estate bubbles - again Asia Times | By Stephen Wong | SHANGHAI - Money has flooded into the tropical Chinese island province of Hainan for property speculation in the few weeks since the central government unveiled a plan to turn it into an international tourist resort. | More than 100 developers, including publicly listed China Van...
The new iPhone application that takes some of the stress out of house hunting The Daily Mail | House and flat hunting is about to get easier with the launch of a new iPhone application from Findaproperty.com. | Instead of signing up with estate and lettings agents and searching the internet for dream properties, the new app allows users to do it all through one source. | Its quick and easy ...
Slow and steady growth in house prices to continue Business Report | By Roy Cokayne | Submit your comment | House prices are continuing to improve. Absa Home Loans yesterday reported that the upward trend in nominal house price growth, which has been evident since the middle of last year, continued last month...
Canada's competition czar targets real estate fees The Guardian * Asks Competition Tribunal to strike down MLS rules * Wants to let consumers pay for fewer services (Adds industry reaction in final two paragraphs) OTTAWA, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Canada's competition czar took aim at the Canadian Real Estate Association...
No Exit in Sight for U.S. As Fannie, Freddie Flail Wall Street Journal By NICK TIMIRAOS And JAMES R. HAGERTY | MCLEAN, Va.—When Charles E. Haldeman Jr. became Freddie Mac's chief executive officer in August, the ailing housing-finance giant had already consumed $51 billion of government money to stay afloat. It's ...
Winter weather hits housing market The Guardian | The winter weather put a freeze on the housing market during January as buyers and sellers put their moving plans on hold, research has shown. | The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors recorded its first drop in inquiries from potential buyers...
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Hacking into the mind of the CRU climate change hacker The Guardian | Analysis suggests the hacker was in east coast of America and operated over a number of days, but much remains unknown | Hacker in staged photograph surrounded by computers. Phot...
Vertical living: The rise of the rental apartment Newsday | February 3, 2010 Special to Newsday | Photo credit: Freelance/Photo by John Dunn | The Avalon is a new, 3-story apartment complex on Charles Drive in Coram. An overhead vie...
Middle-class NYC housing complex to be sold The Miami Herald | NEW YORK -- A judge has ordered the foreclosure sale of the historic Riverton Houses, a middle-class Harlem apartment complex that plummeted in value amid the housing downturn. |...
Hainan fears real-estate bubbles - again Asia Times | By Stephen Wong | SHANGHAI - Money has flooded into the tropical Chinese island province of Hainan for property speculation in the few weeks since the central government unveiled a plan to turn it into an international tourist resort. | More than 1...
Paying off mortgage is best investment you can make Fresno Bee | thefresnobee_994:/1044/story/1814211.html E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name | tool goes here Comments (0) | Question: I am 59. My income is $60,000 from a pension and $40,000 from a second career. I have approximately $300,000 in cash and no debt b...
Windsor's Taxable Property Value Increases By $18 Million Hartford Courant WINDSOR — - A modest increase in the town's grand list was cause for relief, if not joyous celebration, among town leaders who are well aware that the news from the assessor's office this year could have been a lot worse. | The net value of tow...
Bank of China tightens mortgage loans China Daily | Bank of China (BOC) has decided to cut discounts that home buyers can get on interest of mortgage loans, a source with the bank's Shanghai branch told Xinhua on Wednesday. | The Shanghai branch has already received orders from the Beijing headquarter to cut the mortgage rate discount to first-time home buyers to 15 percent from the previous 30 pe...
