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  • SNS Reaal property boss resigns

    Jaap van Dijk, head of the Property Finance division of SNS Reaal, has resigned, according to sources at the company quoted in the Telegraaf. The troubled property division lost €941m on its loans in 2012, a figure that had to be written off by the financial services group. In total, the group posted a loss of €972m in 2012. It was nationalised by the government earlier this year. ...

  • UAEs Adma-Opco awards $766 mln contract to local firm

    production of crude oil . The engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to develop the Umm Lulu field has been awarded to Abu ...

  • Prime central London property prices inflate bubble fears

    now comfortably through the half-a-million pound mark, at 515,243 . It sounds a lot, but in some parts of the capital it is small change.Land Registry figures show the most expensive areas of the country - and those that have seen some of the biggest increases in prices - are the neighbourhoods that estate agents like to call "prime central London".The property boom in these places - ...

  • Top firm to invest in Sri Lankas multi-million property project

    After Sri Lanka's government attracted US$500 million from Hong Kong based Shangri-La to develop the country's first ever seven-star hotel in Colombo, the country's Board of Investment (BOI) is in the process of finalising a $640 million mixed-development project in the heart of the country's commercial capital. Minister of Investment Promotion Lakshaman Yapa Abeywardena ...

  • Kenya Top Real Estate Investors Developers Meet in Nairobi

    A two-day seminar that brings together international real estate investors, developers and lenders with interests across Africa starts in Nairobi today. Africa GRI 2013 is being held for the first time and will be hosted at the Eka Hotel. The organiser - Global Real Estate Institute - runs its activities through a series of annual meetings focused on various regions globally. GRI describes ...


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  • SNB lauds UBS Credit Suisse capital steps warns on leverage

    View Photo Reuters/Reuters - A worker uses a cordless screwdriver to fix the logo of Swiss bank Credit Suisse at a branch office in Zurich February 4, 2013. REUTERS/Arnd ...

  • US landlords from hell plead guilty to stalking burglary in attempts to evict tenants

    This undated photo released by the San Francisco Office of the District Attorney shows Nicole Macy. A couple prosecutors dubbed the ';landlords from hell'; for going to scary lengths to drive tenants from a San Francisco apartment building has pleaded guilty to several felonies. Prosecutors said Wednesday that 37-year-old Nicole Macy and 38-year-old Kip Macy threatened to shoot ...

  • Keeping the pests away

    How ironic that your neighbors are pestering you about the perils of pests! I’d begin by speaking with the exterminator about pet-safe solutions that can be used in your apartment. The "green" extermination business has come a long way in the past decade. Tried and true steps such as steel wool to fill any orifices in your floors or walls can help, too. The fact of the matter is, ...

  • Sotheby’s stakes claim in Ottawa’s real estate market

    OTTAWA -- Eyebrows rose when a blue and white For Sale sign appeared in front of houses in Hintonburg and Greely, not at the properties but the seller: luxury real estate brokerage Sotheby's International Realty Canada has landed in Ottawa.The great comfort and extravagance associated with luxury is not a trait generally attributed to a city with housing prices which, according to the ...

  • Fluctuating millage will affect property owners in Brentwood

    The millage in the Brentwood Borough School District for the 2013-14 school year dropped once and then increased twice, at least in the mathematics used to get to next school year's tax ...

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