- US borrowers pay down mortgages
More homeowners are paying down their principal balances when they refinance their mortgages, reversing a trend that became popular during the housing bubble, when rising prices allowed borrowers to "cash out" by taking on more debt, Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored... - CBRE upbeat on global recovery
The world's largest real estate consultancy reports the strongest growth in revenue and earnings since 2007 as it benefits from the global recovery in commercial property activity ... - Foreclosures jump among prime US borrowers
Credit-worthy clients with straightforward mortgages have entered foreclosures at a record pace of 425% since January 2008, says a Lender Processing Services report ... - Nil-premium merger far from a case of plain sailing
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The last day of April and the end of the first-time buyer tax holiday was expected to be a dark day for US housebuilders. Yet few anticipated how sharply activity levels would fall once government support was removed ... - Chinese property insider denies bubble
Wilfred Wong, a deputy of the National Congress of the People's Republic of China and executive chairman China of Pacific Star Group, a property investment firm, on China's property market ... - Chelsea Barracks developer apologises to Prince
Christrian Candy has settled a legal dispute with a property company backed by Qatar over the proposed £3bn residential project on a prime site in London ...
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 By 2015, the cost of property will plunge eight per cent once increases in the general price of goods and services are taken into account, Britain’s oldest economic think-tank said. ... - Farmer refused permission to build a home... while an illegal travellers site flourishes next door
 Bruce Margetts, 46, has been living in a mobile home on his 47-acre farm for the past 13 years as he repeatedly attempts to gain permission to build a permanent home. ... - Home of pioneering author Arthur Mee is virtually unchanged decades after his death
 Mee published more than 200 books, including The Children's Encyclopedia. Now Eynsford Hill, the home near Sevenoaks, Kent, he built in 1913, is up for sale. ... - Talking Turkey: From Istanbul to golf getaways in Antalya, the prospects are sunny
 Tourism was up 20 per cent last year, according to figures from ABTA, the Association of British Travel Agents. ... - PROPERTY FINANCE: Hedge your bets with a mix-and-match deal
 The Co-operative Bank and Britannia building society have just joined HSBC by launching official 'hedge your bets' deals. ... - A sense of drama... in just 1,173 sq ft: Set designer gives octagonal Georgian lodge house a magical touch
 When East Lodge, five miles outside Grantham in Lincolnshire, came up for sale in 2004, it was easy for Tony Halton to see its potential. ... - BBC1's Beat The Bailiff star Jamie Waller tells how he fell victim to the crash
 A multi-million-pound development he has been building in the market town of Faringdon, Oxfordshire, has run out of steam and the banks won't lend to him any more. ...
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