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Feeling the pain in spain
An increasing number of Brits who have bought Spanish holiday homes are struggling to meet their monthly mortgage payments, law firm DWF has warned...
Thu, Apr 23, 2009
Ba unveils '09 schedule
British Airways' biggest-ever regional summer schedule comes at a time when several leading regional and global carriers have reduced seasonal schedules to combat the current economic downturn...
Thu, Apr 23, 2009
Missing the point
One of America's most popular tourist destinations has been revealed to be a fake - well, almost - The Four Corners Monument, which claims to be the only spot in the USA where visitors can stand in four separate states, was built in the wrong place...
Wed, Apr 22, 2009
Raffle tickets
One of the most famous hotels in the world, Raffles in Singapore, has hosted Queen Elizabeth II, Ava Gardner and Charlie Chaplin, but now this symbol of colonial grandeur has been put onto the market for £300 million as the effects of the credit crunch hit its royal owner...
Wed, Apr 22, 2009
Fees for fannie and freddie
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the US Government owned mortgage lenders are adding on extra fees for many loan applicants, while some lenders are going even further in tightening underwriting rules, it has been revealed...
Wed, Apr 22, 2009
Italians take stay-cations
A greater number of Italians will be taking their holidays in Italy this year because of the economic downturn and this should prove to be a boon for domestic tourism, a new study has found...
Wed, Apr 22, 2009
Egypt immune to crisis?
Egypt's property market offers several advantages for investment that have allowed it to weather the global economic crisis...
Wed, Apr 22, 2009
Charles chasing la dolce vita
The House of Augustus on Rome's Palatine Hill will be among historic stop-offs for Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla Duchess of Cornwall when they make a three-day state visit to Italy next week...
Wed, Apr 22, 2009
Nz's basil fawlty
Prominent residents of Wainuiomata in New Zealand have hit back at a Palmerston North "Basil Fawlty" who has banned anyone from the Lower Hutt suburb from ever staying at his motel...
Wed, Apr 22, 2009
China up and down
Average residential property prices in 70 major Chinese cities fell 1.3 per cent year-on-year in March, according to the National Bureau of Statistics...
Wed, Apr 22, 2009