We start the international property news beat on a light note with a post from Curbed L.A’s Celebrity Real Estate Wrap on Celebs (Tom Jones, Rudolph Velentino & Kirk Kerkon) moving homes.
And the major headlines -
- Invesco plans to launch a US$300 million property fund to invest in China and Japan due to the surging prices of Asia’s property markets [China Knowledge]
- Foreigners buy $450 million in Turkish real estate shares [Turkish Daily News]
- Asian Bubbles Defy Higher Rates; Nations Try Other Tools [Blooomberg]
- China plans more measures to cool property market in H1 [Forbes]
- Related Group to invest $1 Billion Mexico Real Estate for US second home buyers [Bloomberg]
- USA: Philadelphia – Commercial Real estate investment trusts strong investment vehicle in 2007 [Investment News]
- UK Housing market ‘strong in 2006′ with growth rates exceding all other major European economies [BBC]
- UK: One in every five home buyers in Britain is now a Polish immigrant [First Rung]
- Abu Dhabi realty sales to top $2.5bn this year [AME Info]



