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• Spanish Banks Stuck with €30bn in Unsellable Property
• World’s Most Expensive Family House – Antilia (Mumbai...
• Why Did America’s Property Bubble Burst? Here Are 8 Reasons...
• Cameron’s New Housing Bid: Lend, Build, and Repeat

Spanish Banks Stuck with €30bn in Unsellable Property

According to a recent report from a risk adviser to Banco Santander SA (SAN) and five other lenders, Spanish banks are currently holding 30 billion Euros worth of property that they can’t sell. “I’m really worried about the small- and medium-sized banks wh...read more

World’s Most Expensive Family House – Antilia (Mumbai) Lays Empty! Now the World’s Biggest Waste

Unbelievable.That is the only word fit to describe the fact that the world’s tallest, most luxurious, lavish and downright most expensive single-family home has been left lying empty for what is now more than a year since its completion. People are understandably ...read more

Why Did America’s Property Bubble Burst? Here Are 8 Reasons…

The global property markets are imploding, and fast. The strain that first found its footing in the U.S has now truly gone viral. From Dubai to Denmark, developers have been left reeling, while national exchequers struggle to hold ground. So, how did the housing market ...read more

Cameron’s New Housing Bid: Lend, Build, and Repeat

David Cameron has finally decided to do something about Britain’s troubled housing market, but it’s not sitting pretty with analysts and investors alike. His radical new strategy (his words, not mine) includes: letting first-time buyers access mortgage funds after o...read more

OPM’s News Round-Up & Linkage – Our Hottest Picks – Dubai for Christmas Anyone? Chilean Luxury Bubble & Britain’s Richest Woman

Posted on November 25th, 2011

UAE – Dubai We already reported on how UAE’s thriving aviation industry is helping the region keep out of trouble, and now apparently it’s even flown in to revive those flat lining property markets. Rental specialists, Campaya, just cited Dubai as this holiday season’s go-to destination of choice, reporting a marked uptick in demand for [...]

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Spanish Banks UNABLE to Sell Toxic Real Estate Assets

Posted on November 24th, 2011

Spain’s markets are in a fix, and there seems to be no creditable solution in sight. In fact, there is no credit. Lending activity in the country has slowed down dramatically, having experienced its greatest fall this year (a record 2.64% decline till September). The property markets gone bust, and looks to have taken all [...]

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China’s Falling House Prices

Posted on November 23rd, 2011

The Chinese authorities have succeeded in making good on their promise to lower property prices, but this bid to make housing affordable for the greater half of the Chinese population mightprove particularly costly for the Chinese economy as a whole. The residential sector is a major contributor of short-term economic growth in China, and accounted [...]

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Can the UAE ‘Fly’ its Way Out of a Property Slump? – Abu Dhabi’s Thriving Aviation Sector

Posted on November 22nd, 2011

The UAE seems well perched on the formidable wings of its soaring aviation industry. Markets are swiftly jetting towards the promise land of both recovery and progress. The region is close to realising its long held ambition of piloting growth independently off its naturally occurring oil reserves (UAE is the 4th largest exporter of oil [...]

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• Africa

  • South Africa to Ban Land Sales to Foreigners
  • DAMAC Properties Announces Customisable Floor-plans at Hyde Park
  • South African Property Prices Continue to Grow
  • For Sale in Hurghada, Egypt – Apartments in the West Side Village Holiday Resort Development
  • Zaha Hadid Architects Win New Cairo Expo City Competition

• Americas

  • Brazilian Buyers Breathing Life into South Florida Real Estate Market
  • Property prices slowing down in Sao Paulo
  • Brazil Hotel Investment to Surge in 2011 says Ernst and Young Survey
  • Fortaleza: One of the “Hottest” Places to Invest in Brazil Now
  • Trump Realty Hits Brazil…

• Asia-Pacific

  • World’s Most Expensive Family House – Antilia (Mumbai) Lays Empty! Now the World’s Biggest Waste
  • China’s Falling House Prices
  • Sri Lanka to Scrap 100% Tax on Foreign Land Buys
  • Chinese Property Bubble: More Measures to Curb Foreign Investment
  • Rents in Shanghai Fall Drastically in Wake of World Expo

• Europe

  • Spanish Banks Stuck with €30bn in Unsellable Property
  • Cameron’s New Housing Bid: Lend, Build, and Repeat
  • Spanish Banks UNABLE to Sell Toxic Real Estate Assets
  • UK and US Face Buy to Let Boom Hand in Hand
  • Trump to Fight Scottish Wind-Farm on Every Possible Front

• Middle East

  • Can the UAE ‘Fly’ its Way Out of a Property Slump? – Abu Dhabi’s Thriving Aviation Sector
  • Emaar’s Dubai Bank Write-Off Sends Profits Tumbling
  • Dubai Rents ONLY Fell 17% in 2010
  • WikiLeaks: Afghan vice-president ‘landed in Dubai with $52m in cash’
  • Drawing Parallels between Florida’s Property Bust in the 1920s and Dubai’s Boom & Burst

• Research / Surveys

  • Vancouver is the Best Place to Live in 2011 says Survey
  • Global Housing Recovery Stalled in 2010
  • Russia and the East Leading, Emerging Market Dominant in Expat Wealth
  • Foreign Investment in U.S. Real Estate (2010) – The Stats (Realtors® Report)
  • 2010 Wealth Report: Prime Property Back on the Menu

• North America

  • Why Did America’s Property Bubble Burst? Here Are 8 Reasons…
  • Canadian Housing Market Refusing to Stall
  • UK and US Face Buy to Let Boom Hand in Hand
  • Chicago Development Proposed to be the Tallest Tower in U.S.
  • Florida Real Estate: It’s About to Get Messy

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