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A new National Planning Policy Framework has been introduced in the UK by planning minister Greg Clark aimed at streamlining a system which has been stifled by bureaucracy. It aims...
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The MLS Home Price Index, the leading measure of Canadian home prices, continued rising in February 2012, according to the latest statistics released from the Canadian Real Estate ...
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A 4.8% growth in the average monthly rent led buy to let investors across the UK to achieve a rental yield of 6.1% in 2011, according to new figures from BM Solutions. Its latest r...
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Around 65% of luxury property sales in Venice are to foreign buyers and this figure has remained largely unchanged in the last decade, new research shows. French buyers account for...
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New stamp duty rates take effect in the UK from today with properties over £2 million subject to rates of 7% and 15%, depending on who is buying them. All properties worth £2 mil...
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The cost of renting a flat in the UK has reached record heights with the average monthly asking price at £833 per month, the highest on record and 2.5% above prices this time last...
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Floods and the economic crisis have had a severe impact on property prices in parts of Australia with areas badly affected seeing prices fall and in some cases homes becoming unsal...
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India has seen the biggest rise in house prices since 2001 while the eurozone is in the 10 worst performing property markets, according to new research. Emerging markets saw the bi...
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The launch of the UK government’s NewBuy scheme which provides 95% mortgages for people buying new homes has been widely welcomed by the property industry. It is also hoped that ...
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Americans are driving the lettings market in parts of the UK with US professionals and their families making up almost half of rentals in popular areas near London. For example, in...
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Residential property prices in New Zealand continued to edge upwards in February, according to the latest QV index. Values are now up 1.1% over the past three months, 2.9% up over ...
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House prices in UK cities have risen by an average of 382% over the past quarter of a century from £35,209 in 1986 to £169,707 in 2011, research from the Halifax shows. This exce...
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Illegal properties on beachside sites on the Thai island of Phuket are to be investigated as officials arrive on the island to clamp down on corruption and illegal land deals. The ...
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The Association of Letting Agents (ARLA) is urging UK Chancellor George Osborne to boost the private property sector in his Budget later this month. The organisation wants to see L...
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The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has updated its quarterly forecast for home sales activity via the Multiple Listing Service and extended it to 2013. National home sales...
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UK tenants are staying in their properties for longer which will inevitably lead to a rise in wear and tear disputes, according to the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (...
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A quarter of home owners in the UK have benefited from lower base rates but now on the third anniversary since rates dropped to a record low of 0.5%, research indicates many are co...
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Owners of properties in spa towns across England and Wales have seen the value of their home rise by nearly £130,000 over the past decade, according to new research. The average h...
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The Australian residential property market is experiencing a weak number of new housing starts with building approvals barely rising in January 2012, the latest figures to be publi...
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Despite the difficult economic climate in the UK and overseas, the UK farm land market shows signs of remaining more robust than other markets as the investment performance of rura...