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Houston: Drop in property values gives city bigger fiscal headache

As if nosediving sales tax revenues and a looming budget deficit were not enough, a swathe of successful lawsuits from business owners protesting their property values have handed Houston City Council another fiscal headache. Mayor Sylvester Turner lamented what his finance director projects as a $16 million drop in property tax collections during the current […]

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Buy to rent investment strategy

For many people, buy-to-let looks an attractive income investment but if you are considering investing in property – or improving your returns on a buy-to-let that you already own – it’s important to do things right. People buy property for different reasons. Those who want to create a steady income and build wealth are focused […]

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Greece: House prices set to fall further

Property prices in Greece may have plunged in recent years, but a comparison with other crisis-riven countries in the eurozone suggests that the market has some distance to slide yet before it bottoms out. Data from the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the SNL Financial property service company show that compared to other […]

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Housing market ends 2015 with a bang with property prices up by an annual 6.4% in December

The housing market ended 2015 with a bang as property prices rose at the fastest pace since January last year, official figures show. The biggest rises were recorded in commuting towns within reach of London as homebuyers increasingly search for more affordable housing outside the capital, according to the latest figures by the Land of Registry. […]

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40% of real estate business in Africa is done in Nigeria-Chapel

Indication that the property business in Nigeria would still be lucrative despite wobbling economic indices is still high giving the pass mark it received from Mr. Herbert Chapel, a property business expert from the United Kingdom. Chapel, who is in Nigeria to develop his property business, said that research has shown that Nigeria is the […]

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APC Group SA Opens New Office in Geneva to Serve European, African and American Markets

GENEVA, Jan 27, 2016 (PR Newswire Europe via COMTEX) — APC Group SA, an integral part of the global Plantation Capital Group and an award-winning sustainable plantation management company, officially opened its new management Head Office this month in Geneva, Switzerland. As a major, global economic hub, Geneva was identified as the ideal location for […]