If we wanted to choose a logo for this year’s Expo Real, one of the world’s largest international commercial real estate exposition, it would probably be a gigantic question mark. The players of the world’s property markets are undoubtedly concerned about the global financial predicaments, although there is hardly anyone who would dare to make [...]

The current supply of real estate properties in Bulgaria is much higher than the demand while there is a serious segmentation of the real estate market regarding the different types of properties, according to Lachezar Iskrenov, Chair of the National Real Estate Association, who spoke before Darik radio Wednesday.
Iskrenov believes that because of the high [...]

Italy’s position as one of the world’s leading tourist destinations is stronger than ever as Italian holidaymakers opt to spend free time exploring their home country.
“Italians show a strong passion for their homeland, being the main visitors to the sunny southern regions and creating an increased demand for rental property in these areas,” says Cary [...]

In recent weeks, it’s been hard to ignore the stories that have surfaced about rising rent prices and the soaring demand for rented properties in the Capital.
We’re hearing that the credit crunch is still maintaining its grip on the property market and sapping confidence among buyers and sellers, while the demand for rented property is [...]

The Scottish housing market has suffered a severe downturn with the number of loans taken out by homebuyers falling by more than a third in a year. The figures appear to contradict comments made recently by Alex Salmond, the First Minister, who described the market as “relatively stable”.
There were almost 10,000 fewer people who obtained [...]

Weighed down by the credit crunch and high inflation, the global house price boom has ended, according to our latest survey of house price indicators.
Only 13 countries in which dwelling price indices are regularly published saw prices rise during the year to end Q1 2008, while 21 countries saw dwelling prices fall in real terms, [...]

A suspension on stamp duty would create renewed confidence in the housing market, but could play into the hands of those less in need such as investors and second home owners, critics say.
Alistair Darling today hinted he is considering suspending stamp duty in a bid to kick-start the flagging housing market.
In an interview, the chancellor [...]

Real  estate prices in Scotland are letting faster than at any time in recent years with continuing high tenant demand, according to latest research by Scotland’s leading online letting portal Citylets.
The Citylets quarterly report, Trends in Scottish Residential Lettings, released today, shows that more properties are being let, and being let more quickly, than in [...]

More than three-quarters of Irish real-estate agents don’t expect an improvement in housing-market activity over the next 12 months, NCB Stockbrokers reported, citing a survey.
Forty-nine percent of those surveyed expect the property market to remain the same, while 29 percent expect a decline, Dublin-based NCB said in a report today. Twenty-two percent expect an improvement.
“Tighter [...]

The situation on the real estate market in Bulgaria shows that supply has increased by 50% over demand in the last two months which quite logically affects real estate prices.
A major factor, influencing the price of real estate is the world real estate crisis and economic development in the different regions of the country, executive [...]