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Dubai one of worst performing global housing markets in Q1

Dubai was one of the worst-performing housing markets in the first quarter of 2015, according to new research. Knight Frank’s Global House Prices Index scored the city 53rd out of 56 locations monitored – one place lower than Greece but higher than China, Cyprus and Ukraine. Property prices in the emirate fell by 6.1 per […]

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Buying Off Plan: The Best Way to Invest in Real Estate?

During the last decades, markets around the world have been trying alternative ways to finance projects. In the construction industry, there have been several options in order to raise the capital required or to finance a project. Bank Loans, equity funds, are some of the most popular amongst others. The option though that most developers […]

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Reuters: RPT-Sydney’s crazy housing market no mere craze

SYDNEY, June 28 (Reuters) – Outlandish property prices make daily headlines in Sydney – a peeling 1900s three-bed with no kitchen sink for A$2.6 million ($2 million), a parking space in Kirribili for A$120,000 – and first-time buyers have little prospect of relief. Home price growth in the harbour city is well into the double […]

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10 Worst First-Time Homebuyer Mistakes

Are you gearing up to buy your first place? Shopping for a home is exciting, exhausting and a little bit scary. In the end, your aim is to end up with a home you love at a price you can afford. Sounds simple enough, right? Unfortunately, many people make mistakes the prevent them from achieving […]

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UK rents ‘most expensive in Europe’ at time of cheap mortgages

UK rental costs are the highest in Europe but homeowners are benefiting from cheap mortgages, data suggests. Tenants typically spend 39.1% of their income on rent compared with a European average of 28%, figures from the National Housing Federation suggest. The federation, which represents housing associations, also said that renters were less secure in their […]