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After escaping largely unharmed from the global financial crisis, Australian property prices have boomed over the last couple of years.  However, there are now signs that the property market is cooling in the country, making it more affordable for overseas investors to buy property in Australia. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that ‘dramatic price growth, […]

Real estate  prices in Canada are rising to unsustainable levels as household budgets are increasingly stretched.  That is the view of a leading Canadian economist who believes that property prices in the country may have to fall significantly over the next three years as debt levels rise. Low interest rates pushing up property prices Property

Substantial growth in all 12 branches of a leading Maltese real estate agent points to 2011 being a good year for the property market in Malta.  Joseph Lupi, managing director of Frank Salt Real Estate believes that whilst 2010 saw the recovery in the property market begin, 2011 is set to be even better. British

A leading property services company believes that property prices in the Penang, Johor and KlangValley areas of Malaysia will grow by 10 to 15 per cent in 2011.  Whilst this is a great level of growth, these figures are, surprisingly, even lower than some initial forecasts. Growth in property values set to be 10 to

‘After years of gentle decline and sometimes sharp falls, the French housing market appears to be picking up.’  That’s the conclusion of the Guardian who reports that increasing numbers of international buyers are returning to the popular destination. Average property price increases in 2010 as buyers return Graham Downie, who runs Cognac Property in western

A leading economist believes that property prices in New Zealand may have fallen as far as they will go and that that they could begin to recover in 2011. This comes after figures show that asking prices in New Zealand rose 1 per cent between February and March 2011. Prices set to rise by 3

Fewer investors are buying off-plan apartments at discounted prices before selling them for a profit some months later.  That’s the conclusion of a new report from a leading property firm who believe that Mumbai is now seeing a buyer’s not a seller’s market. Developers taking longer to sell property in India The Times of India

The real estate magazine International Residence has just released their survey results taken during the Moscow International Investment Show held in March. The show attracted 181 companies from 29 countries, and just over 6,800 visitors. This was a record number of investors, for this 8th edition of the two day event.   International Residence conducted their own

Property prices in Bulgaria have increased by more than 200 per cent in the last decade, according to new data from a leading Sofia based estate agent.  This stunning growth outstrips many other European countries and is despite significant falls in values since the global financial crisis of 2008. Residential property prices grew 201 per

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