Property News
China stock swoon could boost US real estate
CNBC - 8 Jan 2016 19:20
China nearly quadrupled its U.S. real estate play in a year. As China's economy and stock market spiral, will that help or hurt here?
Dubai to get more affordable homes
Property Wire - 8 Jan 2016 18:56
Dubai is usually associated with luxury property that fits with the glitz associated with the celebrities and wealthy property owners in the emirate but several new announcements now suggest otherwise. One developer is t...
Are home prices finally peaking in these perpetually hot Boston suburbs?
Boston - 8 Jan 2016 18:33
At least 10 towns are seeing their median home price stay flat or even drop in 2015.
Surge in demand for buy to let funding via limited companies from UK investors
Property Wire - 8 Jan 2016 12:12
The decision by the UK government to charge an extra 3% in stamp duty on but to let property buyers from April this year has led to a sharp increase in demand for limited company lending. New research shows that property...
Millions of pounds handed over to councils for new homes in UK
Property Wire - 8 Jan 2016 11:24
Housing Zones around the UK are now receiving funding that the government says will kick start work to build tens of thousands of new homes. Nearly £6.3 million is being distributed to help revive brownfield sites acros...
Buying and selling a home is second most stressful life experience
Property Wire - 8 Jan 2016 10:23
Buying and selling a house is one of the most stressful life experiences, more so than having a child and second only to going through a divorce, new research for UK consumer organisation Which? has found. As many as sev...
City of Boston permitted more affordable housing in 2015 than ever before
Boston - 8 Jan 2016 00:26
Mayor Marty Walsh announced 1,022 new affordable housing units were permitted in the past year.