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China Real Estate Bubble a Worry for the World

by Overseas Property Mall on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 in China Property

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The Chinese housing market is seeing phenomenal growth in prices. Despite the global slowdown, property prices in Beijing and Shanghai have quadrupled in recent years, threatening to push house prices beyond the reach of Chinese families.

Because of this, and the fact that most people expect the phenomenal growth to continue, thousands of Chinese families are stretching themselves very thin to buy a house now, for fear that prices will spiral out of their reach in the coming months and years.

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International Property News Beat – UK Portals Twittering, UK Contraction & Buyers’ Sue Trump

by Overseas Property Mall on Monday, March 16th, 2009 in Property News Summaries

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Sizzling Hot Emerging Real Estate Markets

by OP-Mall on Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 in International Real Estate Trends, Research, Stats

sao-paulo-skyline-night The recent Knowledge@Wharton Real Estate in Emerging Markets Forum revealed some interesting facts in regards to world real estate markets and where the action is right now.

While the US, Western Europe and some of the BRIC economies experience drastic times of little or no growth, no demand and plenty of bankruptcies and job losses, some other countries keep building their assets in earnest.

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International Property News Beat – House Prices in Dubai & Bulgaria, House buying tips in France

by Overseas Property Mall on Monday, September 8th, 2008 in Property News Summaries

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Property Buyers’ Guide to China

by OP-Mall on Monday, July 28th, 2008 in Buying Property, China Property, Guides and Tips

China’s property laws are not easy to see through if you have never been there or are not familiar with local laws and customs. On our journey through the online world of information we came across many contradicting messages and while trying to sort through all the stuff we came up with the following information. To stay true to all the sources we have quoted many and hope the result is a somewhat informative guide to buying real estate in China.

According to a recent report by WorldBank, 120 cities and regions within China have been surveyed for their overall investment climate.

Taken into account were differences in the importance of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in local industries, over staffing of labor, firm access to bank loans, confidence in protection of property and contract rights and overall adequacy of local transport and power.

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