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Dispute resolution in dubai
A new mediation centre for real estate disputes is to be set up in Dubai to settle as many claims as possible before they have to resort to the higher Property Court...
Mon, Mar 16, 2009
Diane keaton sells up
Not only does actress Diane Keaton ("Something's Gotta Give," "Annie Hall," "The Godfather") have a weakness for hats, but she also has a weakness for old California homes...
Mon, Mar 16, 2009
20% us mortgages in negative territory
One in five of all mortgages in the USA, representing around 8.3 million home loans, were in negative equity at the end of 2008, according to a report compiled by Loan Performance, a firm that monitors mortgage data...
Mon, Mar 16, 2009
Oz housing crash after grant glory?
Brisbane's real-estate market is in danger of crashing when the First Home Owner Grant boost ends on June 30th, some experts believe...
Mon, Mar 16, 2009
Oz/nz auction spectacular
Real estate group Ray White is to hold a trans-Tasman auction, hoping low interest rates and the federal Government's first home owners grant will help make it more than £163 million in sales from 500 properties...
Mon, Mar 16, 2009
Students priced out of digs
New Zealand students are having trouble finding affordable accommodation in Auckland because recession-hit families are moving into rental properties...
Mon, Mar 16, 2009
America's first ‘green' mansion
The eccentric American property tycoon Frank McKinney, who describes himself as a ‘maverick devil real estate artist,' has flown in the face of the credit crunch and constructed the world's most luxurious ecological mansion - the largest property in the USA to have ever been certified ‘green' by the local environmental standards committees...
Fri, Mar 13, 2009
Common border for oz and nz
Australia and New Zealand are considering creating a common border between the two countries in order to allow air travel to be classed as ‘domestic,' which would remove barriers to trade and tourism and could reduce air fares and flight times. However, there are numerous barriers to this idea, as TheMoveChannel.com finds out...
Fri, Mar 13, 2009
How to...choose a new residential development in central america
Picture this: you're considering an investment property or a second house in a Central American residential development-in Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua or elsewhere. The shiny brochure is impressive, the website looked great, the pictures blew you away, the marketing representative of the development says all the right things and you're dead set on getting that beachfront lot with the great view...
Fri, Mar 13, 2009
Us foreclosures up despite bank freeze
US foreclosures on homeowners rose in February, highlighting ongoing troubles in the housing market despite a freeze by some lenders and limits in some states, a survey showed...
Fri, Mar 13, 2009