News - Archive for April 2011

Property Developers to Face Chinese Cooling Measures

As the Chinese government looks to regain control of the country's burgeoning property market, real estate developers are expected to be the next in line to face cooling measures...

Commercial real estate transaction in London for 2010 totalled GBP 9.9 billion, new statistics have revealed. The figure represents an increase of around a third compared to the previous year, Cushman and Wakefield has revealed....

Balkan Property Recovery Led by Albania

Albania's property market managed to weather the effects of the economic crisis well, with the Western Balkan nation leading the region's recovery, according to the latest figures from the EC Economic and Financial Affairs Department's Candidate and Pre-Accession Countries' Economic Quarterly Report Q4 2010...

Following a period of decline in the wake of the global financial crisis, Dubai is making a comeback as a real estate investment destination...

A growing number of buy-to-let investors are looking to take advantage of current UK property market conditions...

A growth in the number of international buyers active in the UK property market is expected to bolster the region's real estate market, it has been suggested. Despite being hit hard by the recent financial crisis, the sector is expected to recover strongly...

There are still a number of "sound reasons" for investors to be looking at the opportunities available to them within global commercial property markets, it has been suggested...

Confidence in real estate both in the UK and abroad remains high, with 56 per cent of individuals questioned by the Worldwide Property Group believing that now is a good time to buy overseas...

Political turmoil in the Middle East and other Gulf regions will be a boost to the property market in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, it has been suggested. According to a poll by Reuters, many investors view the emirates as safe havens amid the troubles....

Investment in European retail property has hit its highest level for three years, with the asset class clearly outperforming other sectors within the region's commercial real estate market...

Real estate analysts have forecast that the Chinese government will introduce further measures to cool its property market. Property price growth in the country slowed in March, but values were still up from a year earlier...

Residential property buyers from mainland China are helping to push real estate values in Singapore to new market highs, according to the latest figures...

Albania Leads Balkan Nation Recovery

Albania is currently leading the way in terms of economic recovery among the Western Balkan nations. This is according to the latest figures from the EC Economic and Financial Affairs Department's Candidate and Pre-Accession Countries Economic Quarterly Report Q4 2010...

Dubai Office Markets Continue Recovery

Recovery across Middle Eastern economies and property markets has continued at a fast pace, with the latest report suggesting that occupier demand for office space in Dubai increased in the first three months of 2011....

The property market in Thailand is experiencing a slight slowdown as government cooling measures begin to take effect. Following robust growth last year, analysts have expressed caution about the long-term prospects of the sector....

UK Farmland Reaches New Record High

UK farmland continues to offer investors some of the best prospects on the market. Knight Frank has reported that the asset class was the best-performing in the first three months of the year, with values reaching record highs....

International real estate investors have been urged to make key decisions surrounding property purchases quickly if they want to receive maximum returns from the current cycle...

Demand for overseas property from Russian buyers is set to soar, as many wealthy investors look to diversify their portfolios with homes abroad. Property magazine International Residence recently released new research...

German office markets appear to be on the mend, with the majority of cities reporting year-on-year gains in the first three months of 2011...

A growing number of UK property investors are looking at the opportunities available to them in Mediterranean markets, new research has suggested...

As yet, there has not been a significant increase in the number of investors looking to increase their property portfolios in the UAE. Abu Dhabi's real-estate sector will take centre stage this week at an annual industry summit in the emirate....

Moody's Predicts Tough Year for China

A tough operating environment for property developers as a result of new government legislation, rising interest rates, reduced bank lending and a growth in supply has led Moody's Investor Services to downgrade its outlook for the Chinese property sector....

Following the lead of a number of its Asian neighbours, the Taiwanese parliament has approved a new tax on real estate investments and luxury goods designed to reign in the buoyant market...

Commercial property values in the UK continued to post steady growth in March, with the latest index revealing that they rose 0.3 per cent nationwide...

An increase in lending from banks in Dubai has contributed to a recovery in the emirate's real estate market. Transactions climbed in both January and February on the back of greater access to finance for investments, the latest report from Cluttons shows....

Investors with property in Switzerland have enjoyed nine years of consecutive capital appreciation, the latest IPD Switzerland Annual Property Index has revealed. Continuing its impressive performance in 2010, investors saw values rise....

Commercial real estate investors looking for property in Australia are increasingly looking at what Melbourne has to offer. The city, which is located in the state of Victoria, is now one of the best-performing markets in the Asia Pacific region....

Jones Lang LaSalle has released preliminary new figures which suggest that global commercial real estate volumes surged to USD 90 billion in the first quarter of 2011 - up 38 per cent compared to the previous year....

Supply shortages in a number of commercial markets around the world mean that there are a number of reasons to invest in the sector at present...

It is always prudent to keep the basics of property markets in mind in order to gain a better understanding of what factors cause changes...