Property market is cruising

Home buyer confidence is boosting the property market. 18/03/13. Auctions run hot, especially in west · Healthy bidding augurs well; High end: Penthouse looking to break records; High end: Penthouse looking to break records · Southbank mega-tower gets …
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China's Property Market Sizzles as Toughest Policies to Take Effect

The hectic market follows the toughest property policies announced recently, including one that a 20% capital gain tax will be imposed on a transaction. The capital gain refers to the difference between the price at which the owner sells a property and …
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HDB New Flat Prices to Fall by 30%? – Yahoo! News Singapore

Read 'HDB New Flat Prices to Fall by 30%?' on Yahoo! News Singapore. By Mr. Propwise In a recent parliamentary speech, Minister Khaw Boon Wan …
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Singapore Property Weekly Issue 94 now out

In this week's issue: HDB New Flat Prices to Fall by 30%? Property Buying Tip # 10: Co-Ownership Singapore Property News This Week Resale Property …
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Low interest rates strengthen overall property market, but resistance remains: RBA

While low interest rates have boosted prices in many residential markets across Australia, they remain below earlier peaks in most markets, the Reserve Bank of Australia has noted. The general improvement in sentiment was apparent in auction clearance …
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Tazewell housing market rebounding slowly in Tazewell County

Hancock said that the recession left a lot of people unemployed. That, in turn, forced those people to delay plans to upgrade to better housing. She said that young people coming out of college who traditionally would have been in the market for a home …
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Housing Market Expected To Improve By 2015

Housing market analysts predict there will be a 14 percent increase for U.S. home prices within the next two years. The Federal Savings Bank believes home prices will continue its positive trend especially after recent surprising housing data. Bank of …
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HDB singles scheme: More than 80% qualify, says Khaw … – Today

SINGAPORE — More than eight in 10 singles aged 35 and above here, excluding retirees, earn below S$5,000 and will thus qualify to apply for a new two-room …
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Brisbane prices to draw in buyers

John McGrath of McGrath Real Estate says Brisbane is becoming an increasingly aspirational place to live and he believes the property market will continue to grow here. “Buyers are taking advantage of great value in prime inner city suburbs,'' he says.
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The Singapore Property Trap « Letters « TR EMERITUS

Some of you might wonder, how rich Singaporean are, every new condo launch, sold likes …
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New Zealand's Property Market Continues To Boom

Fears that the housing market in New Zealand is overheating has raised concerns that mortgage interest rates will increase sooner than expected in a bid to cool the market, according to economists. Some property experts are predicting that prices will …
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Winners and losers in property market

House prices are a hot topic, and owners living in suburbs such as Brooklyn, Khandallah and Seatoun will be rubbing their hands at the latest figures. The publication of the REINZ/Fairfax Media Housing Market Report, which provides the median sale …
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Chilled housing market banking on first time buyers

This year, first-time home buyers could determine whether the city's housing market heats up or continues to cool down. While February's sales numbers are down from a year ago, compared to January 2013, 315 more residential properties changed hands.
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Million-plus boom drives property market

But the influx of new buyers into these lower-priced suburbs then started pushing up prices there as well, causing a chain reaction, as many more potential buyers are forced to look even further afield at suburbs on the next rung down the property ladder.
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Singapore property sales plunge 65% in February – Yahoo! News …

Read 'Singapore property sales plunge 65% in February' on Yahoo! News Singapore. New private home sales in Singapore plunged 65 percent in February …
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Commercial property market set to bottom out by 2014

According to market insiders, the local commercial property market will end its decline of recent years and start looking up again within 2014, if not earlier. Rental rate renegotiations and reductions, the drop in prices and the increase in empty …
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Reserve Bank looks to cool property market

The Reserve Bank is looking to introduce new economic tools to cool down the housing market. Interest rates are set to stay steady until the end of the year, easing pressure on mortgage holders, but the Reserve Bank and the Government are looking to …
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Million-plus boom drives property market | Stuff.co.nz

Nearly 300 homes sold for $1 million or more last month, but it is the middle to lower end of the market where activity is the most frenetic according to the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand.Stuff.co.nz – Business
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Calming, not collapsing housing market

Some old assumptions no longer hold. For one thing, singles will be allowed to buy subsidised new Housing Board flats. Current policy allows them to buy only from the resale market. They get a cash grant of $15,000 from HDB if they earn $5,000 or less.
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Home equity is growing as the housing market rebounds.

Depending on where you own your home, it could mean that finally — after years of struggling with an underwater mortgage — the market value of your property has risen enough to put you into positive equity territory. Or closer to break-even equity …
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Steel prices down on China's property market crackdown.

The price of iron ore is down to its lowest level since mid-December, on a slump in steel prices following China's tightening of property restrictions. According to Standard Bank analyst Melinda Moore, the steel de-stocking in China had continued among …
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What the rapid housing market recovery means for China …

What the rapid housing market recovery means for China. Further property restrictions could be imposed. Moody's Analytics' Alistair Chan noted that the quick …
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Greenland Group to tap Australian property market

Shanghai-based property developer Greenland Group is to invest A$480 million ($498 million) in an Australian property project, becoming the latest Chinese developer to explore an overseas market. Greenland said it has reached a deal with Canadian …
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Singapore property sales plunge 65 percent in February

New private home sales in Singapore plunged 65 percent in February from a month before as market cooling measures and the Lunar New Year holidays kept buyers away, official data showed Friday. Only 708 private homes were sold in February, down …
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Black luxury property ownership grows

Black luxury property ownership grows. 15 March 2013. Growth of black owners in the South African property market has more than doubled in the last 10 years, according to the 2013 Property Report by property data provider Lightstone. The report found …
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house prices hit record levels

Low interest rates and rising rents are attracting first-home buyers and investors, further increasing the pressure in a market already short of stock. House prices in the city are at record levels according to the Real Estate Institute, with the …
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New tools won't slow rampant housing market – New Zealand Herald

The Reserve Bank's prospective new toolkit to iron out asset bubbles won't be able to stop a rampant Auckland housing market when it comes into play later this …
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Realtor: Island's luxury market expected to see healthy growth in 2013

After missing out last year — Bermuda's luxury property market is expected to see healthy growth in 2013, said John Sinclair, head of Sinclair Realty, exclusive affiliate of Christie's International Real Estate here. Limited inventory, strong …
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Where housing hasn't hit bottom yet — and probably won't all year

Whether that's bad news is somewhat a matter of perspective: If you're a prospective home buyer in one of these markets, there's a very good chance that you have time to get a property for the cheapest it's been in years (or will be again). But …
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Property Curbs Hit Singapore Home Sales

Investors responded to the February sales figures by selling off shares in Singapore's property developers. By the market's close Friday, CapitaLand fell 4.2% to 3.40 Singapore dollars (US$2.72), City Developments Ltd. dropped 3.7% to S$10.76, and …
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