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  • Housing market picking up in UK Housing market picking up in UK

    LONDON - The UK housing market seems to be picking up with gross mortgage lending up 4.3 per cent in April over previous month to 12.1 billion pounds, the highest in over four years, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). The mortgage lending was 21% higher than April 2012, but this data is skewed by the end of the stamp duty concession on 24 March, 2012. Under the stamp duty ...

  • Work starts on creation of new Dubai island Work starts on creation of new Dubai island

    Work began on Monday on the development of a man-made island in Dubai, 500 metres directly opposite the Jumeirah Beach Residence complex. To be known as Bluewaters Island, the new development will house five star hotels and resorts, al fresco dining and entertainment zones, and residential apartments and villas. The focal point of the island city, which will cost $1.6 billion, will be a 688 ...

  • Questions raised over valuation dropping Guptas property price in S. Africa

    An objection has been lodged over an error on the 2013 property valuation of a property owned by the well-connected Indian family in Johannesburg. Spokesperson Kgamanyane Maphologela said the City objected to valuations on four out of 14 properties belonging to the Gupta family. According to news 24, Maphologela was responding to a report in the Saturday Star that one of the properties' value ...

  • US immigration reform bill clears key Senate hurdle

    A bipartisan immigration reform bill cleared a key hurdle after its authors negotiated a compromise with a Republican senator to relax some restrictions on high-tech companies on hiring foreign techies, many of whom come from India. Members of the Democratic-controlled panel Senate Judiciary Committee approved the measure 13-5 with three Republicans joining 10 Democrats after the so-called ...

  • Video Sensing property revival Japanese buyers scurry for shelter

    Japan's property sector has been down in the dumps for decades. But the country's massive stimulus drive is finally convincing people to buy again as they bet interest rates and prices will ...


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  • Slowdown Nearly half of Canadian home owners eager to buy property

    Undeterred by record-high housing prices and bolstered by low borrowing costs, nearly half of Canadian home owners plan to buy a property in the next five years, although intentions vary sharply from city to city, a poll released Wednesday has found.According to a Bank of Montreal survey, 45 per cent of Canadian home owners surveyed this spring are looking to buy a place in the next five years, ...

  • Daucourt Joins XL Group as COO Int’l. Property Casualty

    XL Group announced the appointment of Thierry Daucourt as Chief Operating Officer of its International P&C Insurance business. He will be responsible for supporting the unit's Chief Executive, Jason Harris, in the ongoing development and execution of its strategy and main policies to drive expansion, financial performance and efficiencies across the region. Daucourt will report to and ...

  • Wisconsin Realtors Association Wisconsin home sales and prices continue …

    Wisconsin Realtors Association: Wisconsin home sales and prices continue healthy growth in April 5/21/2013 For More Information Contact: Michael Theo, WRA President CEO, 608-241-2047, mtheo@wra.org or David Clark, Economist, C3 Statistical Solutions and Professor of Economics, Marquette University, 414-803-6537, dclark@c3stats.com MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin existing home sales ...

  • James Bond gadget unearthed at yard sale

    Thunderball ," is going up for sale at Christie's auction house. It's expected to go for about $90,000. More amazing than the expected price is the manner in which the watch was discovered. The ...

  • How safe were schools in tornados path

    Two schools were hit by the EF5 tornado in Moore, Okla., on Monday, and seven students at one were killed. Neither school had a safe room, but with storms this powerful, experts say there are no ...

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