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The UK Office of Fair Trading (OFT ) has used its power to issue a prohibition order against an East Yorkshire estate agent banning him from engaging in estate agency work. As part of its role the OFT can bar from estate agency work a person who has committed certain specified offences such as fraud,

Dubai’s Victory Heights luxury golf development has started to welcome new homeowners to the premier residential and golf project. The development is centered on the Ernie Els designed golf course, which makes its way through the 963 luxury villas and townhouses.   The General Manager of Victory Heights, Yasser Al Raee, is pleased to see

Actor and comedian Cheech Marin has recently lowered the asking price for his Malibu, California beachfront house. The former partner in the Cheech & Chong comedy duo was asking $3.9 million, but the price has been dropped to $2.95 million. The home is 3,400 square feet with four bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms. It has a

Following his recent visit to the US, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lulada Silva said that he expects his country to grow in 2009 despite the financial crisis that is enveloping much of the rest of the world. His US trip comprised a visit to the White House and a talk with President Barack Obama. He

The property market in Singapore had a significant improvement in February compared to January, according to the most recent report from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). The sales figures for both December and January were anemic, with only 108 and 131 units sold in these months, respectively. In contrast, February saw a total of 1,323

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The property selling season is nearly upon us and so home owners preparing to sell their homes start putting there properties to market. The asking prices according to Rightmove the UK’s largest property website has seen certain areas of the UK with increased house prices. The rise in asking prices is seen from North to

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) released news that sales of existing homes in the United States rose by 5.1 percent in February from the previous month of January. The annual rate of sales for the month was 4.72 million homes, compared to 4.49 million in January.   This was the largest jump in monthly

Property prices in the largest Chinese cities fell 1.2 percent in February from the same time in 2008, according to the National Development and Reform Commission. Prices in January fell 0.9 percent year over year. The commission measures the prices in the top 70 cities throughout the country.   The three largest cities in China