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Latest Property News, Oct 2009
Feast on nero
Yesterday's opening of the Vigna Barberini, a 110 x 150 meter artificial terrace on the north-east corner of the Palatine Hill, allows visitors to view the Colosseum from a previously hidden angle and to see the remains of what is believed to have been Nero's revolving banqueting hall, mentioned by Suetonius in "Lives of the Caesars" [c. 121 AD]...
Thu, Oct 29, 2009
Island hopping in cape verde
The Cape Verde property market is expected to reap the benefits of a new fast ferry island-hopping service due to launch next year, according to Cape Verde property agent Noscasa...
Thu, Oct 29, 2009
New builds for barbados
The Crane in Barbados has announced that it will be releasing 30 new apartments on the island to the market at the end of the year. This will mark the end of the development of the multimillion pound renovation project at The Crane...
Thu, Oct 29, 2009
Ireland: further price falls
Property prices in Ireland could fall as much as 45% from the peak of the market in late 2006 due the economic downturn and increased costs of funding the banks, it is claimed...
Thu, Oct 29, 2009
Word for word in italy
The 2010 edition of lo Zingarelli , Vocabolario della lingua italiana [ Zanichelli ] Italy's bestselling Italian dictionary, has been published amid a chorus of controversy over the inclusion of 1,200 recent coinages, 700 of which are new entries...
Thu, Oct 29, 2009
Jetstar launch credit card
Rewards Australia's low fares airline Jetstar has launch of a new low-rate credit card, the Jetstar MasterCard - partnering with the card's issuer, Macquarie Bank, the news marks Jetstar's first foray into a product beyond airline and holiday travel, offering consumers a low-rate MasterCard or Platinum MasterCard...
Wed, Oct 28, 2009
Barbados: top of the props?
Properties in Barbados, where it is widely claimed that values have never fallen, is the most popular destination with property investors and holidaymakers buying homes and visiting the Caribbean, according to fresh research...
Wed, Oct 28, 2009
Hungary for more
The worst of the Hungary property market downturn is now over, according to Ecostat's Real Estate Barometer - the gauge shows that the latest measure of sentiment on the Hungarian property market measured 35.4% in Q3 2009, up 1.54% quarter-on-quarter, the first quarterly rise recorded this year...
Wed, Oct 28, 2009
Oz price boom
Ten key centres in Australia look set to experience a residential property price boom as the country's economy continues to show genuine signs of recovery, according to one Australia property expert, reports the Australian Associated Press (AAP)...
Wed, Oct 28, 2009
Rates on indian property fall
Mortgage borrowing rates for those people seeing to buy property in India continues to fall, as lenders compete with each other for greater market share...
Wed, Oct 28, 2009