The International Monetary Fund is raising red flags about Canada’s housing market, warning that moves by Ottawa in recent years to tighten mortgage lending standards and boost oversight of the country’s financial system haven’t gone far enough. Household debt levels remain well above those in other Western countries, the organization said in a commentary posted […]
It’s not the foreignness of global capital flowing into the capital’s property market that is the problem but the uses to which it’s being put One Hyde Park. It’s become received wisdom that wealthy foreigners are to blame for the unaffordability of homes in London. You know how the story goes: they buy everything in […]
MUMBAI: KPMG, one of the big four consultancies globally, has acquired the Indian arm of Spanish boutique advisory firm AF-Mercados for an undisclosed sum. MUMBAI: KPMG, one of the big four consultancies globally, has acquired the Indian arm of Spanish boutique advisory firm AF-Mercados for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition is aimed at entering the […]
Kenya ‘s Real Estate Market is easy to confuse investors. People following the rule of demand and supply believe that the Real Estate Market in Kenya is still strong and has a long way to go. Well sometimes things are not so simple. Kenya has a huge need for housing, but for affordable housing. The […]
The world’s richest individuals are piling into properties in the world’s most expensive cities, pushing up prices of luxury homes. The value of luxury residential property across the world rose by an average of about two per cent last year, based on prices in the 100 locations covered by Knight Frank’s Prime International Residential Index […]
**A view of the Nairobi CBD Chinese businesses have been moving into Kenya’s property market, where failed investments are rarely reported, the 21st Century Business Herald reported. There is no exact figure about the number of Chinese property developers operating in Kenya, and even the Chinese embassy in the African country cannot give such information. […]
Toronto’s housing market broke through an important financial threshold in February as the average price of detached homes topped $1-million for the first time. Realtors say that despite a deep freeze in the city last month, the all-important spring market has come early this year as buyers rush to do battle over the scant supply […]
The continuous need for more housing is one of the few things most French politicians seem to be able to agree on. Both the Socialist Party and the centre right UMP argue that France needs to build at least 500,000 new homes every year. That quota is never quite reached, but the idea still remains […]
Big Apple is world’s hottest luxury property market New York was followed by Aspen, Bali, Istanbul and Abu Dhabi, which saw gains of between 14.7 percent and 16 percent. Read MoreWill the Waldorf become NYC’s hot new address? San Francisco, Dublin, Cape Town, Muscat and Los Angeles rounded out the top 10, with price advances […]
Any market that looks solid and secure we have to remember that has the same chances to fluctuate as any other market (It is not if … it is when this will happen) .Timing is one of the most important parameters when it comes to take investment decisions and we must be ready to get […]
