Press Releases from Global Property Guide (24 total)
Most expensive real estate markets in 2009
No surprise - Monte Carlo is No 1 in the Global Property Guide’s list of World’s Most Expensive Residential Real Estate Markets 2009, more than…
World property market slide worsens
As financial markets tumble, the world’s housing markets have continued to slide during the year to end-Q2 2008. Inflation-adjusted house prices fell in 21 out…
The end of the global house price boom
Weighed down by the credit crunch and high inflation, the global house price boom has ended, according to the latest Global Property Guide survey of…
Gloomy days ahead for Asia’s housing markets
Asian property markets, though still relatively unaffected by the credit crunch, will soon be affected by inflation and higher interest rates, warns the Global Property…
Asia house prices lead the world
Shanghai, China (up 35.4%) was the world’s strongest residential property market during the past full year, according to a compilation of official and private-sector statistics…
Caribbean Property Prices
The Caribbean, the playground of the rich and famous, has been getting more affordable. The depreciation of the US dollar against major currencies such…
Research firm assails rent control in Middle East
Rent control, seen by many economists as old-fashioned, has recently made a surprising comeback in one group of high-growth, dynamic economies – the Gulf.
In December…
The Global Property Guide – relaunched
The Global Property Guide today re-launched its web site to make its data more accessible. The home page has been simplified. Major categories…
2007: The world’s housing markets in review
In 2007, the US housing market crashed, and Europe’s housing markets slowed. But house prices in Asia-Pacific gained momentum.
Bulgaria saw the world’s strongest house…
Buy-to-let investing in the Middle East
As US and European housing markets slow, investors are looking further afield. The Middle East’s housing markets have been rapidly opening - and both opportunities…
Asia-Pacific leads house price boom
Europe’s house price growth continues to moderate, whereas prices in Asia-Pacific are heating up, according to indices assembled by the Global Property Guide (www.globalpropertyguide.com) based…
Swiss, US rental taxes highest in OECD
Switzerland imposes the highest taxes on rental income of non-resident landlords, according to a study on the tax situation in more than 90 countries around…
Housing Transaction Costs in the OECD
In OECD countries, roundtrip transaction costs are generally below 10%.
However there are some countries with transaction costs which are really unnecessarily high. South…
Global housing boom shifts focus
Eurozone slows, but Asia-Pacific house prices surge
The global house price boom continues in 2007, albeit at a much slower pace and with different set of…
Asian property: A decade after the crisis
A decade after the 1997 Asian Crisis erupted, most housing markets in Asia are well on their way to recovery.
Boosted by strong economic growth…
House prices tumble in Latvia – The end of the Baltics house price boom
House prices have begun to fall in the Greater Riga area – a fall of 3.5% in the month of June 2007, following a fall…
Mumbai's sky-high apartment prices
Mumbai, India’s financial capital is one of the most expensive places in the world to buy a condominium unit, according to a Global Property Guide…
Slovak Republic most attractive among Europe's high yielding housing markets
The Baltics have till recently been Europe’s hottest residential investment destination, with Estonian house prices (e.g.) rising 556.41% between 1997 and 2006, and 245.95% in…
High Housing Transaction Costs in Europe
Overseas residential property-buyers beware! When you buy in Europe, you can pay up to 25% of the purchase price in round-trip costs, i.e., legal…
Residential Investment Rating Downgrade for Moscow, Russia
Effective immediately, the Global Property Guide (globalpropertyguide.com) is downgrading its Residential Investment Rating on Moscow residential real estate.
Residential Investment Rating DOWNGRADE
WHERE: Moscow, Russia
FROM: 2…
Restrictive rental markets in the Caribbean
The Caribbean is a playground of the rich and famous. It is also seen as business-friendly. Perhaps surprising, then, that some Caribbean countries…
A Mixed Year for Asian Residential Property in 2006, According to Global Propert …
The winners: Singapore, South Korea and the Philippines
Singapore experienced Asia’s highest residential property price increases during 2006, with 9.5% real (inflation-adjusted) house price rises.
There…
London and Monaco are Europe's Most Expensive Cities for Residential Property Bu …
London and Monaco are Europe’s most expensive cities for residential property buyers. Prices in the Baltics have risen to the same level as capitals such…
Asian residential property buyers beware
Asia’s real estate markets seem, on the surface, to have recovered from the Asian crisis and to be back on their feet. In fact the…
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