Record Investment Made Into India’s Property Sector
India is currently suffering from a deficit of between 80 – 100 million housing units and the country’s government have realised that foreign direct investment into the property sector is key to solving this strategic issue and to further boosting the country’s growing economy over the longer term.
Having identified this fundamental fact, the government have [...]
Extending the US Real Estate Tax Credit
As the end date for the 2009 US tax credit nears, the nation waits to hear the outcome of the government’s decision whether to extend the credit an additional six months, or maintain the original completion date.
The credit was designed to further boost the real estate market through the worst of the financial crisis, offering [...]
A Mixed Year for Asian Residential Property in 2006, According to Global Property Guide
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 were also 9.3% real house price increases in South Korea, and 9.1% real house price increases in the Philippines. These were seen in the Global Property Guide House Price Indices, the [...]