Chinese splash cash in Portugal
By Andrew Batt: Chinese property buyers and investors have been buying big in Portugal, with one agent reporting sales worth more than €25million in just two and a half months.Real estate agency Fine & Country recently took part in a Beijing property show and promoted the...
Continue Reading • 12 Jun 2013
What drives student living decisions
By Andrew Batt:With a growing number of property buyers from Southeast Asia investing in student accommodation overseas, it’s important to get inside the mind of students and understand what drives their decision on where to live whilst studying.A leading UK student accommodation...
Continue Reading • 11 Jun 2013
UK house sales at three-year high
By Andrew Batt:The amount of homes sold in the United Kingdom over the past three months reached its highest level since January 2010 as buyers across the country began to return to the market.According to the latest RICS residential market survey, published today, chartered surveyors in...
Continue Reading • 11 Jun 2013
Australia tops for regional buyers
By Nikki De Guzman:Australia has emerged as the top destination of choice among the 1,282 respondents across Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia who are interested in buying property overseas, according to PropertyGuru’s Q2 Regional Property Affordability Survey. Three in...
Continue Reading • 10 Jun 2013
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Continue Reading • 5 Jun 2013
India approves new real estate law
By Andrew Batt:India’s government yesterday approved the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill 2013 with the aim of providing greater transparency in the sector.Developers who publish misleading property advertisements could face jail. Project launches can now only take place once...
Continue Reading • 5 Jun 2013
UK landlords law to be changed
By Andrew Batt: UK government plans that would have required all private landlords to confirm the immigration status of their tenants looks set to be amended.Media reports suggest the new law, which could have seen property owners fined thousands of pounds if found to be letting their property to...
Continue Reading • 27 May 2013
Buy a home, get a visa in Spain
By Andrew Batt:A new law in Spain which is expected to come into force in July is expected see many more buyers from Southeast Asia investing in property there - because it will come with residency. The law, which we first reported about in late 2012, will allow non-European Union residents to...
Continue Reading • 22 May 2013
Battersea sells 95% in just five months
By Andrew Batt:Less than 50 of the 866 units which form part of the first phase of the Battersea Power Station project in London remain for sale after the developer reported it has exchanged contracts with close to 95 percent of buyers - worth £675 million.Units officially opened for sales...
Continue Reading • 21 May 2013
Starck-designed villas up for sale
By Romesh Navaratnarajah: A total of 12 unique luxury villas at The Stairs Villa Hotel on the southern coast of Bali in Indonesia have gone on sale with Savills as the market agents.Designed by the world-famous Philippe Starck, the one-bedroom loft villas (pictured) are located within the hotel...
Continue Reading • 21 May 2013
London price confidence rising
By Andrew Batt: For only the second time since June 2010, London homeowners believe the value of their homes went up in the last month, and they expect them to carry on rising over the next year.The latest Sentiment Index from Knight Frank and Markit showed the second-highest confidence level...
Continue Reading • 21 May 2013
Miami woos Chinese property buyers
By Andrew Batt: The Miami Association of Realtors has launched a campaign to woo affluent Chinese property buyers and investors, and promote Miami as a key market for investment.Representatives from GDTV, a leading television station in Guangdong province of China, will spend five days in Miami...
Continue Reading • 20 May 2013
No foreign rush to buy in Ha Noi
By Andrew Batt: The widely predicted influx of foreign property buyers and investors into Vietnam’s capital city following a relaxation of foreign ownership regulations has failed to materialise – at least for now.One week after the Ha Noi People’s Committee agreed to grant...
Continue Reading • 17 May 2013
Unusual lots come under the hammer
By Andrew Batt:A former court complete with cells and a Second World War air raid shelter are just two of some 368 properties which are set to go under the hammer at a property auction in London later this month.The Allsop property auction, which will take place at the Cumberland Hotel in London...
Continue Reading • 16 May 2013
London desk for KF Indonesia
By Andrew Batt: In yet another sign of the burgeoning interest in London property from Indonesian buyers and investors, property agency Knight Frank has announced it will be establishing a dedicated London desk in the Indonesian capital.In a statement yesterday the company revealed that Joel...
Continue Reading • 15 May 2013
Italy set to abolish property tax
By Andrew Batt:The newly elected Italian government is widely expected to abolish the country’s property tax.Eurozone nations, together with second homeowners in Italy, are cautiously welcoming the appointment of new prime minister Enrico Letta. They’re also hoping for a period of...
Continue Reading • 30 Apr 2013
Tougher rules to sell in Singapore
By Andrew Batt: From the start of 2014, overseas developers selling their projects through real estate agents in Singapore will need to meet additional requirements.Singapore’s Council for Estate Agents (CEA) has published a 34-page Professional Service Manual which stipulates guidelines...
Continue Reading • 29 Apr 2013
Book reveals China buying secrets
By Andrew Batt:A new book reveals that despite recent cooling measures introduced by the Chinese government, non-Chinese can still buy a home in China.Landed China, written by Christopher Dillon, is a unique guide for foreigners buying property in Chine’s Tier One cities, offering the local...
Continue Reading • 17 Apr 2013
Gold Coast buyers urged to act fast
By Andrew Batt:Property buyers who are looking to acquire new premium apartments on Australia’s Gold Coast are being urged to act fast as the current supply may be entirely sold within the next two years.Tony Holland, Residential Director of Project Marketing for Colliers International,...
Continue Reading • 17 Apr 2013
London buyers focus on Thailand
By Andrew Batt:British overseas property investors were out in force last weekend at the A Place in the Sun property exhibition in London, although just one exhibitor from Southeast Asia was present to take advantage of the growing interest in overseas property from UK buyers.More than 5,000...
Continue Reading • 17 Apr 2013