Far East Buyers Beware in London Property Rush

Mon, 21 May 2012 00:43:14 -0400

When Hong Kong businessman Mr. He paid a 35,000 pound ($56,000) deposit on a four-bedroom apartment in Britain, he believed it was a 40-minute walk from central London, his lawyer says. In fact it ...

Buyers of Olympic-Bundy property plan creative office campus

Mon, 21 May 2012 00:27:26 -0400

The Olympic Bundy Media Campus is an 11.5-acre collection of properties on Olympic Boulevard between Bundy Drive and Centinela Avenue. Above, the intersection of Olympic and ...

FHA may loosen limits on condo mortgages

Mon, 21 May 2012 00:08:54 -0400

The revisions could remove at least some of the obstacles that have dissuaded condo homeowner association boards from seeking approval or recertification of their buildings for FHA ...

Townsville property market stagnant

Sun, 20 May 2012 22:50:33 -0400

TOWNSVILLE'S property market has remained stagnant despite increases in surrounding regional centres. The latest report from the Real Estate Institute of Queensland shows Queensland's ...

Pull of the overseas property markets

Sun, 20 May 2012 22:25:46 -0400

KUALA LUMPUR: Investing in the overseas property market seems to be popular among Malaysian investors despite the eurozone crisis, which is affecting economies worldwide. Among the target markets ...

Greens' concern for energy bill

Sun, 20 May 2012 22:00:36 -0400

Environmentalists now fear that the UK government's draft energy bill to be published on Tuesday will end in a new "dash for gas". They want the bill to be guided by the ...

A different take on addiction in 'Oslo, August 31st'

Sun, 20 May 2012 20:59:17 -0400

Oslo , August 31st" is easy to miss. Even director and cowriter Joachim Trier understands why his quiet study of addiction was met with a muted response when it premiered on the Riviera last ...

Three property owners have paid over €30,000 in household charges

Sun, 20 May 2012 20:24:11 -0400

GORDON DEEGAN, KITTY HOLLAND and ROWAN GALLAGHERTHREE PROPERTY owners have paid between €30,000 and €40,000 through multiple liabilities for the controversial €100 household charge, ...

Milwaukee apartments sell for $11M in Chapter 11 reorganization

Sun, 20 May 2012 20:14:51 -0400

Daniel Bruckner sold two Milwaukee sites to Jomela Properties for $11.1 million and will use the money to pay off debts in his Chapter 11 reorganization. Bruckner in January filed for Chapter 11 ...

Italy quake victims given shelter

Sun, 20 May 2012 19:58:03 -0400

Thousands of people left homeless by a powerful earthquake in northern Italy are spending the night in shelters as aftershocks continue to hit the region. At least seven people died and more than ...

Analysts warm to Singapore property stocks

Sun, 20 May 2012 19:58:02 -0400

SYDNEY (MarketWatch) -- While some see Singapore's property market as too hot to handle, several analysts argue there's still money to be made for the long-sighted equity ...

Owner told to cut grass and clean up Sellers Avenue property

Sun, 20 May 2012 18:34:23 -0400

The owner of property at 307 West Sellers Ave in Ridley Park got a dressing down at borough council's meeting May 15 by council president Bob Berger after he told council he did not receive a ...

Slowdown strikes home sellers

Sun, 20 May 2012 18:29:03 -0400

RP Data has found the time on the market for the average Australian house is 77 days and for a unit it takes about 51 days to find a buyer. This is a big jump compared with two years ago when houses ...

Buying property, jewellery Govt may ask for receipts

Sun, 20 May 2012 16:47:21 -0400

The government may make mandatory the disclosure of high-value purchases such as property and jewellery. Stung by growing public outrage over corruption, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee will on ...

Jamiat wants property rights for women

Sun, 20 May 2012 16:40:31 -0400

Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind , which runs the largest number of madrasas across the country, has sought inheritance rights for Muslim women through amendment of existing laws. "According to the law of ...

LA's Old Chinatown ponders a future with Wal-Mart

Sun, 20 May 2012 16:06:25 -0400

Wal-Mart store might seem out of place in the midst of the old-fashioned curio shops, the little dim sum eateries and the colorful lanterns and pagodas that make up one of the oldest Chinatowns in ...

Scouts' 'shock' after hut blaze

Sun, 20 May 2012 14:16:22 -0400

Investigations are underway into a fire which badly damaged a scout hut near the town walls in Conwy. Fire crews were called to the scene in Llanrwst Road at 05:17 BST on Sunday and found the roof ...

For NY Farmers, Fracking Means Salvation _ or Ruin

Sun, 20 May 2012 14:16:20 -0400

When Dan Fitzsimmons looks across the Susquehanna River and sees the flares of Pennsylvania gas wells, he thinks bitterly of the riches beneath his own land locked up by the heated debate that has ...

More space for Helensvale Plaza tenants

Sun, 20 May 2012 13:55:50 -0400

HELENSVALE Plaza owner Patrick Lu, who has placed on hold a $90 million twin-towers project, is planning to expand the centre's Australia Post and Liquorland outlets.Mr Lu has applied to add ...

Community Property and Creditor-Debtor Law Explained

Sun, 20 May 2012 13:54:04 -0400

CA , ID, LA, NV, NM, TX, WA, WI) that have Community Property laws are often mystified and confused by what it all means. At least as it relates to creditor issues, Community Property is actually ...

Taxpayer loses name in property tax list

Sun, 20 May 2012 13:41:54 -0400

Dear PAO,My brother and I own a property. Both our names are listed in the title as owners. I am paying the tax every year. Recently, I noticed the property lists for the payment of tax is only in ...

Bleak times for Calcutta business

Sun, 20 May 2012 13:15:08 -0400

Reform halted Many companies are now worried that the entire state of West Bengal seems to be in a policy paralysis. Recently, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton chose to stop over in Calcutta ...

Man, 90, dies after fire in his Hoffman Estates home

Sun, 20 May 2012 13:15:07 -0400

Hoffman Estates home overnight, officials said.Emmet Keating of the 700 block of North Cumberland Avenue was pronounced dead at 2:19 a.m. at the scene after the fire ripped through his home, ...

Market's decline may continue this week

Sun, 20 May 2012 13:15:05 -0400

By Angela Moon, Reuters Normally, a big decline would set up Wall Street for a technical rebound. But that may not be the case next week, even after the market posted its worst weekly loss for the ...

7-Eleven Plans to Break Global, Domestic Store-Growth Records Set in 2011

Sun, 20 May 2012 13:15:05 -0400

7-Eleven, Inc. is in line to have an even bigger year in 2012. The world's largest retailer by units added more than 4,600 stores worldwide in 2011 and plans to continue the company's ...

Nakheel plans new housing project on Palm

Sun, 20 May 2012 12:12:58 -0400

Indebted developer Nakheel plans to build a new 192-unit residential project on one of its man-made palm-shaped islands, relying on unit sales and internal resources to fund the construction, its ...

Tenants return home in villages around fire-stricken ammo depot in Primorye territory

Sun, 20 May 2012 12:06:23 -0400

VLADIVOSTOK, May 20 (Itar-Tass) -- All the tenants evacuated in a fire at the artillery ammunition depot in the Primorye territory have returned home, the territorial emergency situations department ...

Chinese premier vows to maintain property controls

Sun, 20 May 2012 10:06:52 -0400

View Photo China's Premier Wen Jiabao stands in front of a Chinese national flag as he attends a joint news conference of the fifth trilateral summit among China, South Korea and Japan at the ...

Economy, housing market grind forward

Sun, 20 May 2012 09:40:39 -0400

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. economy is going through a bumpy patch, but signs still point to steady if unspectacular growth in the months ...

N. Italian 6.0 quake kills 7, injures 50

Sun, 20 May 2012 09:40:38 -0400

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake and aftershocks struck northern Italy early Sunday, killing at least seven people and injuring 50 others, emergency officials said. The U.S. Geological Survey said the ...

A South Jersey foreclosure counseling agency reluctantly closes shop

Sun, 20 May 2012 08:49:54 -0400

The residential mortgage-foreclosure crisis was good for business at Ahome Affordable Homes in Millville. Make that too good: After several years of growth, the respected nonprofit agency, which ...

Most Expensive Homes in the US

Sun, 20 May 2012 07:53:48 -0400

Despite recent dreary forecasts for the U.S. housing market, a handful of wealthy Americans are still shelling out the big bucks for lavish homes. From New York to California, country mansion to ...

Commercial property markets take an early holiday

Sun, 20 May 2012 07:10:37 -0400

Yields in the European commercial property investment market gathered pace in the second quarter of 2008 rising to their highest since 2006, according to Cushman & Wakefield. The real ...

Fidelity International Real Estate Business expands into Germany

Sun, 20 May 2012 07:09:49 -0400

Fidelity International’s Real Estate Business is planning to expand into the Continental European market with the opening of a dedicated Fidelity Real Estate Business office in Munich. ...

Look good on the internet

Sun, 20 May 2012 06:29:31 -0400

RP Data has found the time on the market for the average Australian house is 77 days and for a unit it takes about 51 days to find a buyer. This is a big jump compared with two years ago when houses ...

East Africa to join world gas giants

Sun, 20 May 2012 05:15:22 -0400

East Africa 's assets of spectacular wildlife, abundant land and shimmering beaches you can now add gas - so much gas it could transform global energy flows along with some of the world's ...

UAE's Danube to open 40 new outlets over next four years

Sun, 20 May 2012 04:52:32 -0400

Construction, building materials and home interiors group, Danube has announced plans to more-than-double its showrooms from the current 35 to 75 in the next four years, as it ventures into the ...

Phinma Property's IPO pushed to 2013

Sun, 20 May 2012 04:46:09 -0400

InterAksyon.com The online news portal of TV5 MANILA, Philippines - Phinma Property Holdings Corp. will wait until next year for a long-delayed initial public offering (IPO). Willie Uy, Phinma ...

Tighter FHA rules locking many entry-level buyers out of condos

Sun, 20 May 2012 03:33:07 -0400

Condo developer Jason Sherrill says he would prefer to hand keys for his new units to families, but tighter rules from the Federal Housing Administration have him selling to investors ...

Chamber of Mines' Property Portfolio Up 8,9 Percent

Sun, 20 May 2012 02:49:29 -0400

ZIMBABWE'S Chamber of Mines says the value of its property portfolio held by its property fund went up 8,9 percent last year to US$79 million, from US$72,7 million the previous year, after ...

Celebrity sellers have little effect on home prices

Sun, 20 May 2012 00:06:33 -0400

Meg Ryan has put her Bel-Air manse back on the market at $11.4 million — a 42% price chop from its 2008 listing. Although the masses respond to rock-star branding, housing is too expensive ...

The $40m mansions nobody wants

Sat, 19 May 2012 23:31:19 -0400

There is a cluster of super-rich houses that no one wants to buy - and agents say it's unlikely they will sell at their current prices of $40 million or more / ...