Overseas Property Investment

The most recent africa property investment news from a variety of international property news sources.

When we launched Jetpack a few days ago Automattic founder Matt Mullenweg said to Techcrunch, “If you’re on WordPress you’re part of the family, it shouldn’t matter if we host you or not.” Today we’re taking that a step further: we’ll actually help you move from WordPress.com to .org. We’re launching a new upgrade called [...]

When we launched Jetpack a few days ago Automattic founder Matt Mullenweg said to Techcrunch, “If you’re on WordPress you’re part of the family, it shouldn’t matter if we host you or not.” Today we’re taking that a step further: we’ll actually help you move from WordPress.com to .org. We’re launching a new upgrade called [...]

When we launched Jetpack a few days ago Automattic founder Matt Mullenweg said to Techcrunch, “If you’re on WordPress you’re part of the family, it shouldn’t matter if we host you or not.” Today we’re taking that a step further: we’ll actually help you move from WordPress.com to .org. We’re launching a new upgrade called [...]

Back on board the China property market rollercoaster as we ride into 2011. Before the last stop we watch a sub-index of property stocks on the Shanghai Composite Index slump 28% at the end of last year on the promise of new property taxes to curb growth. Now as it seems unlikely the taxes will [...]

This one is bound to have sent a few shivers down the overseas property industry’s spine. South African President Jacob Zuma is thought to be coming nearer to banning foreign ownership of land in the country. However, the ban may not be as alarming as the headlines read. “Land reform will now be based on [...]

JOHOR BARU: Iskandar Regional Development Authority (Irda) chief executive officer Ismail Ibrahim says attracting new investments to Iskandar Malaysia is going to get tougher and more challenging. He said although the country’s first economic growth corridor was making significant progress and moving in the right direction, albeit uncertainties in the global economy, Iskandar could not [...]

Medini is a mixed-development comprising three clusters – lifestyle and leisure, cultural and Iskandar financial district in Iskandar Malaysia, Johor. The three clusters are pivotal to the whole development of Nusajaya City. Investors still committed to Iskandar Malaysia despite downturn, says Millennium Development MILLENNIUM Development chairman Oussama Kabbani, whose company is involved in the development [...]

UEM Land Holdings Bhd, the country’s largest property developer by market value, plans to take control of rival Sunrise Bhd in a RM1.4 billion deal as it aims to be one of the biggest players in the region. “That’s our vision, to have our own version of CapitaLand,” said UEM Land managing director and chief [...]

The launch of a mega real estate project in Kenya by Russia’s Renaissance Group could herald a revival for Africa’s sub-Sahara. Starting in 2012, the joint venture development will accommodate over 60,000 residents to capitalize on Kenya’s boom in population and income. See the following article from…

Geneva, 6th October 2010 – NBA San Antonio Spurs basketball star Tony Parker has bought an apartment in the luxury “Du Parc Kempinski Private Residences” above Lake Geneva, Switzerland, which looks out onto stunning views of the Alps. “Du Parc Kempinski Private Residences” was a former Grand Hotel that was built in 1906, in the [...]