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Knight Frank sees property market sentiment improving in 2019

ECONOMY Tuesday, 8 Jan 201912:55 PM MYT Sentiment in Malaysia’s property market is expected to improve in 2019, especially the residential property market, says Knight Frank.KUALA LUMPUR: Sentiment in Malaysia’s property market is expected to improve in 2019, especially the residential property market, as policies announced under Budget 2019 are expected to strengthen demand, particularly […]

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Kenya House Price Index and Property Market Analysis Q3 2018

Almost a year after the end of political instability in the country, all market data clearly presents a challenging environment for the property market. Kenya’s real estate industry has been one of the strongest pillars of the economy for several years and therefore normally used to measure economic growth. The temporary strength of the property […]

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Property Markets From Hong Kong to Sydney Join Global Slump

Property Markets From Hong Kong to Sydney Join GloAsia is finally succumbing to the global property slowdown that’s jolted homeowners and investors from Vancouver to London, with markets in Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia showing fresh signs of softening. The economic ramifications could be serious. Lower house prices and higher mortgage rates will not only […]

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London property slump drags back UK house price growth

ondon property prices fell 1.7% in the year up until October 2018. Photograph: Bloomberg via Getty Images London house prices slipped in October, dragging the growth in average property prices to its lowest level since July 2013. The slump in the capital, which began after the Brexit vote in 2016 and reached a fall of 1.7% […]

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Greek property market: Homesharing, tourism driving local property market recovery

Hotels are among the properties attracting buying interest. Three-quarters of the estate agencies and property management companies surveyed in Attica reported strong interest in tourism-related assets. Property investors are firmly focused on apartments in central Athens and tourism properties such as holiday homes and hotels, according to a National Bank of Greece report. The 200 […]

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Property market: Mildly positive and ‘less painful’

At a talk entitled, “The key driver for property demand will always be affordability” during the Star property.my Fair 2018 in KLCC, the audience was asked about Budget 2019. “How many of you here thinks Budget 2019 is positive for you?” No one raised their hands. Perhaps they have yet to feel the effects of […]

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Demolitions in Kenya: How Legal Is Your Legal Title Deed?

One of the biggest challenges that the Real Estate Market faces in Kenya has traditionally been the fear of title deed authenticity. Fake transactions have created fear to investors who remain completely exposed to a registry system and a state that cannot provide indisputable titles of ownership. Land disputes are extremely common even when genuine […]

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UK property market at its weakest for six years, says Rics

Surveyors body expects prices to fall in the south and south-east over next three month.  Houses for sale in Norwich. Rics forecasts property prices in East Anglia will remain flat over the next 12 months. Photograph: Jason Bye/Alamy The UK property market is at its weakest for six years, with prices flat or falling across half the […]

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PROPERTY MARKET KENYA: 2018 SECOND HALF OVERVIEW

The volume of construction material imports such as iron, steel bars and rods declined by 4.9 per cent during the first quarter of 2018. PHOTO| FOTOSEARCH In Summary Affordable housing is not going to change the fact that the current property market, the one that attracted billions of dollars is going down. Low cost housing […]

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Mortgage Rates Are Pushing U.S. Homes Out of Reach

This is how housing markets turn. Slowly. Six years of home-price gains outpacing wage growth; bidding wars replaced by sales at the asking price; days or weeks on the market turning into months; rising mortgage rates. First-time shoppers start to get priced out, making it harder for move-up buyers to sell, and the slowdown ripples […]