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]

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