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US mortgage problems hit new peaks

NEW YORK: A stunning 48 per cent of America’s homeowners who have a subprime, adjustable-rate mortgage are behind on their payments or in foreclosure, and that’s not the worst of it, new data yesterday showed. The reckless lending practices in states like Florida, California and Nevada that were the epicentre of the housing crisis are [...]

US mortgage problems hit new peaks

NEW YORK: A stunning 48 per cent of America’s homeowners who have a subprime, adjustable-rate mortgage are behind on their payments or in foreclosure, and that’s not the worst of it, new data yesterday showed. The reckless lending practices in states like Florida, California and Nevada that were the epicentre of the housing crisis are [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-02-07

McColl: lay off Sir Fred – Sunday Herald http://tinyurl.com/bccxhg # Fate of UBS hangs on tax evasion case – guardian.co.uk http://tinyurl.com/bqgsjw # Property News: WEEKEND COLUMNISTS Harry Eyres – Financial Times http://tinyurl.com/armeut # Property News: Can EU citizens have UK mortgages? – Financial Times http://tinyurl.com/cb6e6j # Rock Bottom for Decades, but Showing Signs of Life [...]

Interview with a Property Developer in Iraq

Damien Degueldre is the Vice President of Sigma International Construction Iraq; the Iraqi division of a US based company, that specialises in construction, engineering consulting and project development. As a company, Sigma International Construction has set itself apart by partaking in challenging construction projects in the line of crossfire. With projects involving the renovation and [...]

House in Tony Blair’s neighborhood fetches top price

What does £4.3 million (about €4.8 million) buy in London these days? Try a six-bedroom, fully restored Grade II listed Georgian house a few doors down from former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s place. The house on Connaught Square, not far from Hyde Park, sold a few days ago, suggesting some neighborhoods in London can still [...]

Investor Concerns about Ortega

Recently we had one of our readers contact us.  He is considering Nicaragua as an investment location but had some concerns about Daniel Ortega and all the recent media surrounding him.  We really appreciated the message and thought we would share our response back with everyone.  We share the concern that some have about about Daniel Ortega [...]

Tequio in Oaxaca

Alvin Starkman M.A., LL.B. From the roadside it appears to be a Georgia-style prison chain gang, working away with picks, shovels and wheelbarrows, lacking only the supervision of a shotgun toting warden on horseback à la Cool Hand Luke. Such an assessment is not far off, based on the Oxford definition of tequio: “Forced labor, [...]

Fancy A Jamaican Home?

Jamaica is an island paradise especially favoured by the rich and famous. Back in the Fifties and Sixties, celebrities such as Princess Margaret and John F. Kennedy used to spend winters shacked up in colonial style beside the Caribbean Sea. Since then not much has changed, only the names of celebrities. These days it isn’t [...]

For Sale in Erbil, (Kurdistan) Iraq – Homes in The American Village Residential Development

The American Village in Erbil, Kurdistan is strategically located in a country with lots of future potential. It lies a convenient 15km drive from Erbil international airport and next to the international school of Choueifat. A planned future hospital will also be close by giving residents required infrastructure for modern living. Surrounding the village are [...]

For Sale…Luxury Waterfront Villas on Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi – Nurai Island Resort

Zaya, an Abu Dhabi based real estate development company launched Nurai back in May this year. Nurai is one of their many planned property ventures. It is a private community of limited edition beach front estates, as well as water villas, built on a natural island off the coast of Abu Dhabi. Property owners on [...]