Overseas Property Investment

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

PETALING JAYA: The Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) has entered into a joint-venture agreement with Singapore’s GuocoLand group to develop a piece of land for mixed-used development above Singapore’s Tanjong Pagar MRT station. A statement from GuocoLand Ltd said the agreement was for the development of a piece of land at Peck Seah Street and Chon [...]

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Contributing Editor Shah Gilani tells Money Morning that the first priority for U.S. economic recovery should be fixing the housing market, and there is a simple way to do it. He advocates unwinding large federal mortgage entities like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, asking for more money up front from…

KUALA LUMPUR: Dijaya Corp Bhd plans to develop properties worth RM2.5 billion after buying a 14.5ha freehold land in Subang, Selangor. The property developer’s subsidiary, Tropicana Subang Development Sdn Bhd, bought four parcels of freehold land from Chunghwa Picture Tubes (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd for RM385.5 million in an agreement signed yesterday. Dijaya plans to transform [...]

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Madrid office rents have fallen 30% since the crisis began, but still rents have risen, which shows just how much prices of commercial property have been eroded in Spain. But still the consensus indicates that investors should be waiting for a little while yet before pouncing on the bottomed market.   77% of the 154 [...]

REAL estate industry players are asking the authorities to step in to control the spike in housing. International Real Estate Federation (Fiabci) Malaysia president Yeow Thit Sang says it is time the authorities look into the matter. “Home prices have gone up so much that it has reached a ceiling to the point that high-end [...]

The Mannells are retiring in Panama in a home they built from scratch utilizing nothing more than people skills, motivation and a will to see a dream come true. The couple describes the risks and rewards of attempting to build a retirement home in a tropical paradise, from learning the language and…

The national unemployment average rose to 9% in the second week of May as many cities continue to struggle out of the recession. More than 100 metro areas are burdened with even higher rates, some as high as 25%; however, 10 U.S. cities are prospering, and seemed to have skirted the negative effects…

Project boom: The Johor Baru city which is located within Iskandar Malaysia economic growth corridor will benefit from the influx of local and foreign investments. JOHOR BARU: The roll out of infrastructure projects in Iskandar Malaysia is fuelling demand for houses, land and properties in the economic zone, resulting in price appreciation. This trend causing [...]