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Dubai real estate market bottoming out in Q1 2016

The first quarter 2016 real estate review issued by local consulting firm ValuStrat, has shown that after a nine month relatively stable residential market, there were minute indications of an early recovery in some areas, signalling possible signs of a bottoming-out in property values across the coverage locations. The ValuStrat Price Index (VPI) features monthly […]

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House prices up, fewer properties on market – New Zealand

With demand for housing in Auckland still increasing, the declining number of properties available for buyers is hitting home. The median house price in Auckland was $820,000 in April. Photo: RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson Sales volume through the region’s biggest real estate agency, Barfoot and Thompson, was down in April after a busy March, […]

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Bank of Mum and Dad props up UK housing market

British parents and grandparents are giving their offspring £5bn a year to help them get a foot on the property ladder, making them the equivalent of the 10th biggest mortgage lender in the country. Borrowing from family and friends to help fund deposits will help younger homebuyers complete on some 300,000 transactions this year, equivalent […]