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Latest Property News, Aug 2010
Dubai deadline for developers extended
The October deadline for the registration of property owners associations in Dubai may be extended as developers struggle to get all the necessary paperwork done in time...
Tue, Aug 31, 2010
Nz looking to china to sell best homes
Real estate firms are increasingly turning offshore to secure sales amid a drought of willing buyers in the New Zealand market...
Tue, Aug 31, 2010
Victoria receives biggest snowfall in years
Victoria's alpine resorts have recorded their biggest snowfalls overnight in years, with further dumps today and tomorrow expected to create the best late-winter conditions for skiers and snowboarders in nearly two decades...
Tue, Aug 31, 2010
Nz pressure group: ban on foreign farmland ownership
A pressure group in New Zealand wants a ban on selling farmland to overseas buyers and says more and more people want land to remain in local ownership. Lobby group Save The Farms is demanding a moratorium on all transactions while the Government conducts a review of its offshore investment policy...
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
Sections of singapore market cooling?
The private residential real estate sector in Singapore is cooling due to a combination of European debt worries, local stock market jitters and increased land supply, according to analysts...
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
Rome fights for collosseum cash
The Colosseum in Rome is at the centre of a tug-of-war between city officials and the government over who gets to run the ancient monument - and who takes home the €35 million ($50million) in annual ticket sales, which today is pocketed by the national government...
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
Flight deals boost trips overseas
Demand for international travel is soaring as Australian flyers take advantage of a strong Australian dollar and lower flight prices, with research showing average international airfares sold in Australia are more than 10 per cent cheaper than two years ago...
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
Israeli guides rediscover bethlehem after 10-year absence
Israeli Moshe Gabai, 27, admits he has mixed feelings leading tour groups through Bethlehem. Until recently, he had only been to the occupied West Bank on military patrols...
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
More premium-economy seats for qantas
Qantas is making good on its promise to introduce more premium economy seats to more flights - today announcing it would retrofit six jumbos each with 40 premium economy seats for the Tokyo and Frankfurt routes...
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
Protests have 'not impacted on thai property market'
The protests which took place in Bangkok earlier this year have had little effect on the Thai real estate market, property investors will be interested to hear...
Thu, Aug 26, 2010