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    Michael McFadyen

Hong Kong property market to plummet in 2014

The Hong Kong property market is expected to take a dive next year with property prices and sales predicted to decline. Knight Frank, a property consultancy agency, has released its forecasts for the Hong Kong market in 2014 and expects to see transactions fall to 45,000-50,000 for the year. This

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Australian property market growth slows

The Australian property market has experienced significant growth in recent months but all this could be coming to an end, according to the latest figures released by RP Data-Rismark. The data released revealed that house prices in Sydney grew just 0.1 per cent over November, after previously growin

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Hong Kong leads global property price increases

Hong Kong has reported the largest increase in property prices, according to the latest global house price index from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). According to the IMF report, asking prices in Hong Kong rose by 14.6 per cent in the second quarter of this year, when compared with the same

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Asia-Pacific housing market hangs in the balance, study says

Despite the introduction of legislation aimed at cooling off the rising property prices across Asia-Pacific, mainstream house prices across the region increased by an average of eight per cent in the third quarter of the year, a study says. The report conducted by real estate consultants Knight Fran

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Greek house prices slip in third quarter

Greek property prices have continued to drop considerably in the third quarter of the year, despite a slight improvement in the country's economic situation, central bank data revealed. Bank of Greece data has shown that apartment prices have dipped by 9.9 per cent in the third quarter, when compare

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Outlook positive for US property market

Property experts have predicted that house prices in the US will have experienced a total growth of 6.7 per cent by the end of 2013, a survey has revealed. The Zillow Home Price Expectations Survey spoke to 108 real estate experts, economists and investment strategists. Respondents to the survey pr

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French Property market experiencing downturn

The French property market experienced a 1.1 per cent fall in the second quarter of the year (2013), but results varied considerably from region to region. That's according to a new report from Notaires, which confirmed that the biggest decline has been recorded in Pas de Calais, which took a dive o

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Australian cities lead property market growth

Australia's biggest cities are leading a surge in the Australian property market, with a 1.3 per cent increase in property prices during the month of October. The rising prices were largely driven by the capital city, Sydney, with significant growth also recorded in Brisbane and Melbourne. The lat

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Singapore property price growth slows

The property market in Singapore is cooling off with house prices still on the rise but the rate of growth slowing down, according to the latest report from the Urban Redevelopment Authority. The data shows that the rate of growth recorded from July to September, was the slowest it has been in five

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