- China hunts for property bargains in Dubai [FT]
- What Burj Kahlifa (tallest building) owes to Frank Lloyd Wright [Slate]
- Chinese Looking in America, but Not Buying [NY Times]
- Distressed commercial properties in Las Vegas slows, hits $17.6b [Las Vegas Sun]
- South African House-Price Growth Surges to 20-Month High [Bloomberg]
- CapitaLand Makes $2.2 Billion Bet on China Property [WSJ]
- European commercial property rebounds [FT]
- Ski property faces meltdown as global warming chills the market [Observer]
- SA escapes global house price crash – new stats [realestateweb.co.za]
Archive for the ‘Property Industry News’ Category
2010′s First – International Property News Beat
by Overseas Property Mall on Monday, January 18th, 2010 in Property Industry News, Property News Summaries
Commercial Property Distress Sales On Global Increase
by OP-Mall on Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 in Commercial Property, Property Industry News
More and more countries report an increase in distressed property sales in their commercial markets. Numbers have steadily gone up between April and June this year and chances are they will continue to do so well into the next.
UK Letting Agents Discriminate Against Migrant Workers
by OP-Mall on Thursday, August 13th, 2009 in European Property, Property Industry News, UK Property
OK letting agents are being discriminating with overseas migrant workers even so it is against the law. Uncovered by a secret BBC video, the shameful methods by which these people are turned down from becoming tenants had now been made public to the world.
Property Vultures in London Lured by Tempting Buy-to-let Profits
by Overseas Property Mall on Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 in London Property, Property Industry News, Property Investment Strategies, UK Property

Professional investors who have held a portfolio of properties for some years are cashing in on the buy-to-let market as for the first time in many years mortgage rates are so low that cash from tenants is actually yielding a profit.
MIPIM – The Land of the Lost Property Developer
by Overseas Property Mall on Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 in Commercial Property, Property Exhibitions & Events, Property Industry News

The property industry’s annual backslapper MIPIM was more about building contacts than projects this year.
Since last year’s event, property prices have gone down quicker than a bottle of bubbly in a room full of freeloaders, leaving the delegates little to do other than bask in the Cannes sunshine and title-tattle over their predictions for the coming year.
Marketing International Property to Russian Buyers
by Overseas Property Mall on Monday, August 25th, 2008 in International Real Estate Trends, Property Exhibitions & Events, Property Industry News
We stumbled on this via ActiveRain; it is a mention of ways American and International property agents can market to Russian buyers (who seem to be buying up the whole world at the moment).

Here are the top Russian International Property Exhibitions:
- International Property Show in St. Petersburg (17th & 18th October 2008)
- Property Show in Moscow (14th & 15th November 2008)
- Moscow International Investment Show (3rd & 4th October 2008)
- Moscow International MICE Forum (17th March 2009)
One of the ways to market and sell your real estate to Russian buyers, is participation in International Real Estate Exhibitions in Russia. They happen in Moscow and St. Petersburg several times a year and are getting more and more interest on the part of foreign exhibitors and Russian public.
Photo credits: International Property Show Moscow
£2.8 Billion German Investment Plan for Dubai
by Overseas Property Mall on Friday, February 22nd, 2008 in Property Industry News, UAE Property
The ACI management team with Niki Lauda recently
ACI real estate announced yesterday that it’s investment plans for the emirates is currently standing at a stunning £2.8 billion – which is scheduled for both Dubai and Abu Dhabi prime property development. Up-to-date investments include the 3 sports legend commercial towers, known as the “Trilogy” project situated along Dubai’s high-end Business Bay and another 5 new towers soon to be launched in Abu Dhabi.
ACI Real Estate is an affiliate of Alternative Invest Capital, a forward-thinking investment house from Germany.
Baghdad Property Explodes – in a good way
by Overseas Property Mall on Thursday, January 31st, 2008 in Iraq Property, Property Industry News

The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad
Despite the current political upheaval in Iraq, one area of the economy is already starting to recover – the Baghdad housing market. House prices fell through the floor last year as bombings and kidnappings increased. But as some stability begins to emerge from the rubble, the housing market has poked it’s head up from behind a parapet and said, “open for business.”



