International Realty

Hanoi Real Estate – Rich Potential Market

Jul 18th, 2008 | By RT Staff | Category: International Realty

Hanoi s real estate remains a rich potential market and investors can be confident of the rehabilitation and prospect of this market, according to the US real estate service firm, CB Richard Ellis (CBRE).
At a press conference held on July 17 to review the Hanoi real estate market in the first months of this year, [...]



UK Investors look at Philippine Buy-to-Let Property Investments

Jul 17th, 2008 | By RT Staff | Category: International Realty

UK Hedge Funds and Property Investors are looking away from concentrated property areas like Paris and London’s West End to other markets all over the world, and Philippine Apart-Hotel or Condotel or Buy-to-Let rental properties fit the bill a new report states
PLC International Marketing Networks has revealed that some institutional investors are trying to diversify [...]



Real Estate Market Falls in Hungary. Romania may Follow

Jul 17th, 2008 | By RT Staff | Category: International Realty

The real estate market in Hungary saw two critical points during the past few years, just as Romania did: the accession to the European Union and an interior economic crisis. One year before and one year after the accession to the EU, the price for real estate properties kept growing. After two years, the growth [...]



International Real Estate Listings Exchange is Launched

Jul 16th, 2008 | By RT Staff | Category: International Realty

Immobel, a technology company that expertly translates online real estate listings into thirteen languages, today announced the launch of the International IDX Alliance, an online exchange for real estate professionals worldwide to share and market each others’ properties. The Alliance — which seizes opportunities presented by an increasingly global real estate market fueled by the [...]



Poland is the second most attractive real estate market

Jul 10th, 2008 | By RT Staff | Category: International Realty

Poland has the second most attractive real estate market in Central-Eastern Europe and the ninth most attractive market in the world, according to a ranking by the A.T. Kerney strategy consulting company.
The A.T. Kearney Real Estate Opportunity Index 2008 ranking analyses the attractiveness of real estate markets in 50 developing countries. Points were awarded for [...]



Landlords will ‘increase rental demands to pay for mortgages’

Jul 7th, 2008 | By RT Staff | Category: International Realty

Britain’s landlords may well be forced to increase rental demands in order to meet mortgage payments as a result of the credit crunch.
A new poll by comparison service moneysupermarket.com suggests that over four million households in Britain have been forced to take out a personal loan or credit card to cover mortgage and rental costs [...]



International Real Estate Federation Supports GHF Plan to Expand Micro Mortgage Initiative

Jul 3rd, 2008 | By RT Staff | Category: International Realty

The International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI) announced its support of a plan by the Global Housing Foundation (GHF) to provide access to affordable housing for residents living in some of the world’s poorest communities. The “Micro Mortgage” program, which has been successful in Central America, has received a quarter-billion dollar commitment from Merrill Lynch. It [...]



Agents using new strategies to close the real estate deal

Jul 3rd, 2008 | By RT Staff | Category: International Realty

As the credit crunch, soaring food and oil prices and other economic problems continue to hobble the sale of homes throughout Europe, real estate agents are being forced to rethink how they can push sales through.
Even though house prices across Europe, especially in Britain, Spain and Ireland, are continuing to fall, borrowing costs are spiraling [...]



Glut of listings chills torrid Sask

Jul 2nd, 2008 | By RT Staff | Category: International Realty

The mercury might be rising in Saskatchewan lately, but the housing market is showing distinct signs of cooling down, industry observers say.
Amid a booming economy, house prices in Saskatchewan grew about 32 per cent last year and are projected to grow another 20 per cent this year. That’s expected to be the biggest rise in [...]



UK mortgage approvals collapse to record low of 42,000

Jul 1st, 2008 | By RT Staff | Category: International Realty

Mortgage lending into the property market in effect collapsed during May, according to the latest figures from the Bank of England. The number of mortgages approved for house purchase fell to just 42,000 the lowest figure recorded by the Bank since it began collecting this information 15 years ago.
Economists described the numbers as “alarming”, [...]