The market for new housing units in Auckland New Zealand is going up – into new high rise buildings. The recent boom in building has fueled a spate of new residential towers in New Zealand’s largest city. Somewhere in the range of 2,000 new units per year have gone up over the past sever
French real estate has become even more attractive with recent changes in the way French Leaseback property is taxed on its sale. Changes in French law now remove the necessity to pay VAT on French Leaseback properties when they are sold making this type of French property an attractive over
When it comes to buying property abroad the South Koreans know how to flash the cash. In fact Koreans spent $780 million on real estate abroad in 2006, 34 times more than in the previous year. Blomberg.com reports that the surge followed the relaxation of government controls
The Valencia Region of Spain is one of the most popular places for foreigners buying property. A recent report notes that approximately 22% of all property purchases last year in the Region were sold to foreigners. Salvador Villa, president of the Valencia Association of Real Estate Promoters indica
CEO of propertyfinder.com a UK based property portal has hit out at claims made by Estate Agency News that stated that propertyfinder were not prepared to release official traffic figures to the property web site. Propertyfinder is one of the UKs major property portals and was purch
Property prices in Hungary are slowing and may even be shrinking in certain parts of the region. Hungarian property investors appear to have lost the will to invest in their own region. The Budapest Times reports that Hungarian property agents are now looking to overseas property investors to h
Indications for a positive start for this year’s construction and property sector in the UK can be seen from the home builder Bovis, property portal Rightmove and estate agents Savills. All are set to exceed city predictions with for their pre tax profits. &n
A Place in the Sun Magazine which is published 13 times a year by Brooklands Media Ltd in the UK have announced the result of a survey which gives the top 20 places to buy property abroad. Matt Havercroft editor of the overseas property magazine writes’ The idea was quite simple
Righmove.co.uk the UKs largest property website has controversially signed a contract with the governments Valuation Office Agency (VOA). The contract will see Rightmove handing over data to the government that will help tax banding. The government department which is part of HM Revenu
When you’ve invested in real estate in Chicago, Illinois, you already know what kinds of benefits you’re getting. It’s a great city with lots to do, excellent restaurants and exciting sporting events. You can live near the water without the problems of hurricanes
