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Us unveils battersea embassy plan
The US Government has today revealed the first plans for its new embassy on the banks of the Thames in Battersea, south London...
Mon, May 11, 2009
Sun shines on nz prices
There are indications today that house prices in New Zealand - which have been falling since late 2007 - may finally have bottomed out...
Mon, May 11, 2009
Costa rica's credit crunch
Property prices are falling and real estate developments are being delayed as the market in some parts of Costa Rica are affected by the global downturn...
Mon, May 11, 2009
Kicking off sa sales
The South Africa property market is expected to boom in the run-up to the 2010 Football World Cup, thanks to the extensive global exposure the host country will receive, according to the Pam Golding property group (PGP)...
Mon, May 11, 2009
Dublin prices halve
Property prices in the Irish capital of Dublin have fallen by 52 per cent over the past couple of years, with 20 per cent of all purchasers now paying in cash only...
Mon, May 11, 2009
Expensive tastes
All three of the ministers responsible for housing have been caught up in the epicentre of the MPs' expenses scandal - they are Hazel Blears, Margaret Beckett and Iain Wright...
Mon, May 11, 2009
Oz bank predicting recovery?
Following on from the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to hold interest rates at three per cent, it has now announced that it is expecting a recovery in the global economy and that any future rate cuts may well be smaller and less frequent...
Fri, May 08, 2009
Heart of stone
It's all very well wanting to take home a souvenir of your foreign holiday - but don't do what one American couple did and break off a piece of Italy's famous Colosseum to put into their suitcase - as you may well face an attack of the guilts as they did and post it back 25 years later...
Fri, May 08, 2009
First franchise in turkey
The Turkish property market has its first franchised real estate operation with the international company hoping to open 50 offices in its first year...
Fri, May 08, 2009
Flagging it up
The number of Italian beaches to be awarded a prestigious Blue Flag for clean water and pristine sands has risen once again this year, the international Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) has said...
Fri, May 08, 2009