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| Islamic real estate deals set to grow |
| 2008-03-11 11:18:00 |
ABU DHABI: Islamic real estate financing is a sleeping giant about to awaken with international multi-billion dollar deals set to make new records this year, according to leading finance industry watchers.The burgeoning economies of the GCC along with Asia Pacific are the driving forces says Real Estate Finance and Investment Conference director Irina Awote.The conference will be held alongside the second Cityscape Abu Dhabi - the international real estate and investment event from May 13 to 15.One of the main areas of growth is expected to be in Islamic real estate investment trusts, according to the ratings agency Moody's Investors Service. "Given the phenomenal property boom in these markets, Islamic real estate investment trusts are a much needed product and a useful investment tool," Moody's analyst Faisal Hijazi said.
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| Taipei real estate prices continue to rise |
| 2008-03-04 04:38:00 |
The greater Taipei region's real estate market bucked the trend of a traditionally slow second month of the year to post gains for February, according to the latest realtor company statistics released Monday.The average real estate price in the region in February rose 3 per cent from a month earlier to NT$304,000 (US$9,790) per ping, a Chinese measure equivalent to 3.3 square meters.In Taipei City, real Prices">estate prices rose 2.5 per cent month-on-month to NT$363,000 per ping, while in Taipei County, prices increased 3.5 per cent to NT$225,000 per ping.
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| South African Growth Unexpectedly Accelerates to 5.3% |
| 2008-02-26 05:31:00 |
The finance, real estate and business services industry, representing 20 percent of the economy, rose 8.5 percent last quarter, compared with 12.3 percent in the previous three months.Growth in the retail and hotels industry slowed to 2.1 percent from 4.5 percent in the third quarter, the statistics office said.
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| Canada's real estate boom turns 10 years old |
| 2008-02-22 15:52:00 |
Prices of resale homes from 1997 to 2007 increased by 78 per cent for a 5.9 per cent compounded annual rate of return, according to the real estate firm. Unit sales were also 61 per cent higher in 2007 over 1997."The Canadian real estate market has surprised a lot of people, especially given the challenges we've faced from a high-tech meltdown, the 9/11 crisis, SARS and a credit crunch south of the border," says ReMax spokeperson Christine Martysiewicz. "Over the past 10 years, real estate has shown incredible resilience."
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| Asian real estate funds post losses |
| 2008-02-18 01:25:00 |
Real estate securities funds investing in Asia swung into losses in the fourth quarter of 2007, extinguishing the last remaining bright spot for the global industry, according to data from AME Capital, a research outfit.European fund management groups have increasingly been turning their attention to Asian property in the past year as developed world real estate markets have slumped.
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| Optimistic Outlook for India's Corporate Real Estate Sector |
| 2008-02-14 00:31:00 |
According to the group's combined research, regional growth is likelyto remain strong in 2008 with the Asia-Pacific expected to enjoy soundproperty market fundamentals. To date, issues associated with the USsub-prime mortgage sector have had little impact on the region. As aresult, most markets continue to be attractive to investors and sentimentsremain positive. The group reports that regional liquidity levels are high and giventhat both local and foreign investors have maintained their allocations toreal estate in recent months, corporate realty prices have held up.
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| Luxury Resort Area Still Feels Real Estate Pinch |
| 2008-02-07 18:59:00 |
Big Sky, Mont., is a favorite getaway spot for the super-rich, but that hasn't kept the area's real estate market from feeling the pinch in the current housing slowdown.The community, an unincorporated area about 45 miles east of Bozeman and 50 miles from the northern edge of Yellowstone National Park, is anchored by four large resort developments on and around the 11,000-foot Lone Peak mountain.
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| Real Estate Investing, Made Easier Online |
| 2008-02-03 17:11:00 |
But that was a decade or so ago. Nowadays, investing in commercial real estate is easier and far more transparent. With the help of resources that have emerged online in recent years — from third-party sources and, increasingly, brokers — property buyers can quickly narrow their searches, view sophisticated maps and obtain myriad pieces of data about market conditions, demographics or recent sales and leases, long before they ever set foot in a building. Many Web sites also include international property.
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| Real estate securities funds investing in Asia swung into losses |
| 2008-01-30 03:33:00 |
The AMEC analysis, which covers 685 funds valued at $169bn, suggests that even the Asian property sector has now turned negative, at least if the equity prices of companies based in the region are a guide. According to AMEC, the average Asian real estate securities fund fell 7 per cent in the fourth quarter, slicing the calendar year 2007 return to a meagre plus 0.25 per cent, a far cry from the 24.3 per cent recorded in 2006.
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| U.K. Real Estate Losses May Be Biggest in 25 Years |
| 2008-01-25 05:04:00 |
The U.K. market is falling apart,'' said Peter Hobbs, London-based head of research at RREEF Real Estate, a Deutsche Bank AG unit that manages about $100 billion. ``There's a risk that this cyclical downturn turns into something worse.''Britain's 700 billion-pound commercial property market will perform worse in 2008 than the rest of Europe, the U.S. and Asia, Hobbs said. The slide is accelerating as banks tighten lending standards across the globe after losses of more than $90 billion from U.S. mortgage investments.
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| Canadian residential real estate future is solid |
| 2008-01-25 05:00:00 |
The Canadian housing market in 2007 set a number of MLS(R) sales records, and the re-sale housing market is expected to remain at near record sales levels in 2008, according to The Canadian Real Estate Association.Annual residential MLS(R) sales activity totaled 520,747 units in 2007,up 7.6 per cent from 2006 levels. This was the largest annual sales growthsince 2002, and the first time transactions via the MLS(R) systems of realestate boards in Canada have surpassed 500,000 units sold in one year.
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| It's getting harder to hide from the housing bust. |
| 2008-01-24 16:56:00 |
Even Manhattan, where prices continued to rise briskly last year, looks more vulnerable to a slowdown. Falling home prices and soaring defaults elsewhere have created more than $100 billion of losses on mortgage-related securities at Wall Street firms, destroying many jobs in the New York area. The number of homes listed for sale in Long Island and Queens at the end of 2007 was enough to last 18 months at the current sales rate, up from a 12-month supply a year before.
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| U.S. real estate a 'bargain' for foreign buyers |
| 2008-01-24 04:18:00 |
"When you consider how the U.S. dollar has slid in value compared to other international currencies, you begin to understand why investors are purchasing real estate in this country," said Mitch Creekmore, senior vice president of Stewart Title Co. "Real estate prices here are a bargain compared to many areas in western Europe and Asia."The currency environment probably played a major role in the proportion of foreign buyers who paid cash for their homes. The cash group (28 percent) was much greater than that of the general U.S. home buyer population (8 percent).
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