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New Zealand limits risky mortgage lending to head off risk of bubble

From yesterday, banks have to keep lending to borrowers with mortgage deposits of less than 20 per cent of a property's value - so-called high loan-to-value ratio lending (LVR) - to no more than...

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Australians lured to residential market by record-low interest rates

Dharmendra Singh has spent A$1.3 million (HK$9.4 million) since July on two houses 39 kilometres northwest of Sydney, drawing on an existing mortgage to pay a deposit on one and taking out two new...

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Home sales revive in Greenwich, Connecticut, favourite of bankers

For Mari Nuzum, who spent three years searching, it's the best time to buy a home in Greenwich, Connecticut. She and her husband, Richard, bought a six-bedroom Colonial revival in the back-country...

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Swedish homes 25pc overvalued

Swedish housing is overvalued by as much as 25 per cent after prices accelerated at a faster pace than disposable income, according to Standard & Poor's.

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Hong Kong investors buy hotels to profit from oil boom in US Midwest

Chinese investors, including some from Hong Kong, have bought property near drilling rigs in the northern United States to share in the country's oil boom.

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Dubai raises property-sale fees, hoping to avoid another crash

The Dubai Land Department will raise the transaction fee to 4 per cent from 2 per cent from Sunday, its director general, Sultan Bin Mejren, said. The change will apply to residential and...

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Foreign investors shun Cairo property in face of political turmoil

The flight by foreign companies from violent unrest in Egypt threatens to drive up vacancy rates at offices and shopping centres and prompt international investors to shift funds to sub-Saharan...

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Dublin's real estate prices increasing while other parts of the country stagnate

According to latest data from the Central Statistics Office, Dublin's residential property prices grew by 3.3 per cent in July, gaining 8 per cent year-on-year. This contrasts with house prices in...

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UK survey rules out housing bubble

House prices in England and Wales posted their biggest month-on-month gain in more than six years in September, but talk of a price bubble is overdone, property analysis firm Hometrack said in a...

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British house prices rise by most in 6 years

House prices in England and Wales posted their biggest month-on-month gain in more than six years in September, but talk of a price bubble is overdone, property analysis firm Hometrack said in a...

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UNITED STATES

Buying still cheaper than renting in US thanks to Fed's support for loans

Kenyatta Harper, a freelancer for advertising agencies, is trading the one-bedroom Brooklyn, New York apartment she's renting for US$1,600 a month for a two-family home nearby that cost her about...

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UK property market uneven, with London and southeast driving prices

House prices in parts of Britain continued to surge upwards in July, with homes in London fetching almost 10 per cent more than the year before, official figures showed.

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