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Recent house price increases in Brisbane spell bad news for those thinking about immigrating to Brisbane and first time buyers. Average house prices in the region have now increased to over £300,300. Brisbane house prices  rose by 8.1 per cent to AUD $535,000 in the three months to the end of December 2009.The Chamber of […]

A recent Daily Mail  (Friday 5th March) article highlighted the changes that are taking place in the way people buy and sell property in the UK. It found that estate agents were now under pressure as a growing trend for selling homes online threatened the industry. It’s now a fact that the majority of buyers

Smart Meters  which identify household  consumption in minute detail are set to change the way the British monitor energy consumption and are being used by one utility company First Utility’s to entice new clients.   Customers on the First Utility’s iSave V3 tariff will be offered a free smart meter in coming months, as First Utility

Sterling – Euro exchange rates plummet, where next for the Pound? Recently the Pound has been suffering against most major currencies due to a number of reasons. Mainly the GDP figure for the Q4 of 2009 came in under expectations and despite showing we were out of recession finally, a 0.1% growth was not much

Positive housing market news comes to the UK in the form of second home ownership figures supplied by Knight Frank which reveal surprising rises. Cornwall in  the South West of England which is favourite destination for vacations showed particularly strong demand.      The number of second homes in England rose by 2.6% in 2009 following

25/02/10-Madeira is set to recover swiftly from the natural disaster it has experienced with an impressive clean up operation. Secretary General of the UN World Tourism Organization Taleb Rifai comments on the hotel and Tourism industry after the recent natural events in Madeira.   “The quick response action undertaken by the competent authorities at local

25/02/2010-Confidence in the Brazilian real estate market is at a high and the fact that BR properties plans to raise 1.71 billion reais by selling shares could signal more growth for the sector.   The Sao Paulo-based BR Properties and its stockholders will jointly offer 71.88 million voting shares at a price range between 14

International and UK property developers are missing out on opportunities in the UK to build developments aimed at the growing elderly population in the UK. According to Knight Frank’s ‘Retirement Housing Report’ 2010, retired people form the country’s fastest growing demographic group.   Liam Bailey, head of residential research, Knight Frank, commented: “An explosion of

According to Facilismo.com,  a Spanish property portal, Murcia has posted the highest house price rises of all the nation’s autonomous regions at 0.24%. This makes it one of a select quartet of communities showing positive growth in January 2010 with Valencia in second at 0.11%, Cantabria third with 0.09% followed by the Basque Country with

Bodrum Airport officials are in for a busy 2010 as three major low-cost airlines have all targeted the Turkish resort for boosted direct services. Operating from airports across the UK, EasyJet, Monarch and Turkish airline, Pegasus, will all be capitalizing on the Bodrum boom. With a floundering pound, the eurozone is off-limits for many holidaymakers