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‘monumental falls' in oz
House prices in Australia are falling at their fastest pace in at least a quarter of a century and there are just half the number of job advertisements as a year ago...
Fri, May 08, 2009
Spanish swaps scrapped
Spanish banks have announced that they intend to reduce debt-for-property swaps with developers, due to a glut of homes on their books, according to a report in the Spanish daily El Pais...
Fri, May 08, 2009
The new belle of brooklyn
When Agent Provocateur model Daisy Lowe moved to New York recently you might have expected her to settle in the Meatpacking District, NoHO, or some other edgy Manhattan locale. Instead, she joined the fashionista exodus to Brooklyn, where two-bedroom loft apartments rent for £2,300 a month...
Fri, May 08, 2009
Are you eligible?
Overseas mortgage adviser, Conti, is reminding Britons who rent out second homes in Europe that they could now be eligible for a tax rebate from HM Revenue & Customs...
Fri, May 08, 2009
Energy tax incentives for oz
Households in Australia will be able to claim some of the cost of reducing their greenhouse gas emissions as tax deductions under a new Carbon Trust unveiled yesterday...
Fri, May 08, 2009
Duchess returns to karaka
A British aristocrat who spurned her family's vast British country estate is returning to her New Zealand properties this month...
Fri, May 08, 2009
Romeo rory heads for florence
Rory Keegan, the self-styled Proust of the London nightclub world, has swapped the delights of Chelsea for la citta bella, Florence...
Fri, May 08, 2009
Sa prices stuck in ‘06
South Africa property prices have fallen back to levels last recorded in December 2006, according to First National Bank's (FNB's) house price index...
Fri, May 08, 2009
Portugal property: looking good
One look at the hoards of tourists coming through Portugal's international airports and it is hard to believe that there was actually a time when the country was an off the beaten path destination. That time is now clearly over. Buying property in Portugal is no longer an exotic pursuit - especially for Brits and Europeans. Places like the Algarve, the country's southernmost region, have seen an explosion of resorts...
Thu, May 07, 2009
‘filthy' london has ‘best nightlife'
The UK capital was also considered to have the worst-dressed locals in a survey of 2,376 European travellers by the TripAdvisor company...
Thu, May 07, 2009