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Mukesh Ambani, Lakshmi Mittal Part Of Dubai's Luxury Property Boom
This month, the Dubai Land Department reported a property deal worth $163 million on Palm Jumeirah. The relentless rise of Dubai's real-estate market over the past year means that few believe even that record will stand for too long.
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Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro to Soon Get Crypto Payment Services for Property Taxes
Rio de Janeiro will let its residents pay their property taxes in the form of cryptocurrencies starting in 2023. With this, Rio has become the first Brazilian city ever to do so. Crypto firms that will be hired as part of this initiative will convert the payments to the Brazilian Real for the treasury.
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Top 4 Real Estate Stocks To Add To Your Watchlist
These leading real estate players stand to be the biggest beneficiaries of a major turnaround in the realty sector.
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Dubai Applies Brakes On Building Boom After Billionaires Call for Pause
The desert gave Dubai an easy excuse to keep building. But five years into Dubai's property funk, the emirate's leadership is drawing the line.
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The Unlikely Chinese Cities Where House Prices Rival London
Some of the world's priciest housing markets aren't where you might think. A four-year property boom in China has elevated a collection of little-known cities and turned them into real estate gold.
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A Saudi Billionaire Vanished For 400 Days And His Global Empire Boomed
Some 400 days after Mohammed Al Amoudi went missing, word came Thursday of his whereabouts: In custody in Saudi Arabia and awaiting trial on corruption and bribery charges. The good news for Al Amoudi, one of the world's richest men, is that during his prolonged absence, much of his global business empire has thrived. Sales at his Sweden-based oil ...
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"Bad City Dreams": Photos That Capture Darker Shades Of Gurgaon's Boom
A photographic exhibition in Paris aims to capture both the rapid growth of Gurgaon and the deep divide in India's urban centres, where workers aspire to live in the gleaming properties they build or clean. "Bad City Dreams" features about 20 photographs of Gurgaon, 30 kilometres southwest of New Delhi, by Paris-based Arthur Crestani
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Saudi May Axe Billions-Worth Constructions As The Money Dries Up: Report
Many of these massive construction projects are relics of a decade-long boom of high oil prices and lavish state spending.
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Start-Up Offices Should Be in Suburbs to Cut Cost: Property Consultant
Start-ups should ideally have offices in suburban locations that command significantly lower rentals in order to cut costs and boost profitability, says property consultant CBRE.
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Dubai Building Boom Continues Despite Echoes of 2008 Crash
Dubai developers are pressing ahead with their construction plans despite expectations that property prices will fall yet further this year, undaunted by memories of a 2008 crash.
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In Capital's Real Estate Boom, Dream Homes Become Nightmares
For many people like Brigadier Rakesh Dhir, who have managed to scrape together enough for buying a home in or around Delhi, the dream has turned into a nightmare over the last few years.
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HDFC's New Fund Plans Logistics Foray, Targets Raising $500 Million
A new private equity fund of mortgage lender Housing Development Finance Corp (HDFC) will target raising $500 million from offshore investors for domestic property projects, including in warehousing and logistics, a senior company executive said.
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China Crisis Covers Tracks of Japan
The abrupt end of Japan's boom in the 1990s, complete with stock crash and property bust, offers the most striking similarities, and the most valuable lessons.
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Flipkart, Amazon Fuel Commercial Property Boom in India
Demand from e-commerce firms, a tiny fraction of India's retail industry, accounted for as much as 40 per cent of 1.7 million square feet of warehouses leased in 2014 - a seven-fold increase from 2013, according to consultants CBRE South Asia. Warehouse rents have risen by a quarter over the past year.
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Amazon, E-Commerce Rivals Fuel Commercial Property Boom in India: Report
Demand from e-commerce firms accounted for as much as 40 percent of 1.7 million sq. feet of warehouses leased in 2014, said CBRE South Asia.
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Mukesh Ambani, Lakshmi Mittal Part Of Dubai's Luxury Property Boom
This month, the Dubai Land Department reported a property deal worth $163 million on Palm Jumeirah. The relentless rise of Dubai's real-estate market over the past year means that few believe even that record will stand for too long.
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Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro to Soon Get Crypto Payment Services for Property Taxes
Rio de Janeiro will let its residents pay their property taxes in the form of cryptocurrencies starting in 2023. With this, Rio has become the first Brazilian city ever to do so. Crypto firms that will be hired as part of this initiative will convert the payments to the Brazilian Real for the treasury.
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Top 4 Real Estate Stocks To Add To Your Watchlist
These leading real estate players stand to be the biggest beneficiaries of a major turnaround in the realty sector.
-
Dubai Applies Brakes On Building Boom After Billionaires Call for Pause
The desert gave Dubai an easy excuse to keep building. But five years into Dubai's property funk, the emirate's leadership is drawing the line.
-
The Unlikely Chinese Cities Where House Prices Rival London
Some of the world's priciest housing markets aren't where you might think. A four-year property boom in China has elevated a collection of little-known cities and turned them into real estate gold.
-
A Saudi Billionaire Vanished For 400 Days And His Global Empire Boomed
Some 400 days after Mohammed Al Amoudi went missing, word came Thursday of his whereabouts: In custody in Saudi Arabia and awaiting trial on corruption and bribery charges. The good news for Al Amoudi, one of the world's richest men, is that during his prolonged absence, much of his global business empire has thrived. Sales at his Sweden-based oil ...
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"Bad City Dreams": Photos That Capture Darker Shades Of Gurgaon's Boom
A photographic exhibition in Paris aims to capture both the rapid growth of Gurgaon and the deep divide in India's urban centres, where workers aspire to live in the gleaming properties they build or clean. "Bad City Dreams" features about 20 photographs of Gurgaon, 30 kilometres southwest of New Delhi, by Paris-based Arthur Crestani
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Saudi May Axe Billions-Worth Constructions As The Money Dries Up: Report
Many of these massive construction projects are relics of a decade-long boom of high oil prices and lavish state spending.
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Start-Up Offices Should Be in Suburbs to Cut Cost: Property Consultant
Start-ups should ideally have offices in suburban locations that command significantly lower rentals in order to cut costs and boost profitability, says property consultant CBRE.
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Dubai Building Boom Continues Despite Echoes of 2008 Crash
Dubai developers are pressing ahead with their construction plans despite expectations that property prices will fall yet further this year, undaunted by memories of a 2008 crash.
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In Capital's Real Estate Boom, Dream Homes Become Nightmares
For many people like Brigadier Rakesh Dhir, who have managed to scrape together enough for buying a home in or around Delhi, the dream has turned into a nightmare over the last few years.
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HDFC's New Fund Plans Logistics Foray, Targets Raising $500 Million
A new private equity fund of mortgage lender Housing Development Finance Corp (HDFC) will target raising $500 million from offshore investors for domestic property projects, including in warehousing and logistics, a senior company executive said.
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China Crisis Covers Tracks of Japan
The abrupt end of Japan's boom in the 1990s, complete with stock crash and property bust, offers the most striking similarities, and the most valuable lessons.
-
Flipkart, Amazon Fuel Commercial Property Boom in India
Demand from e-commerce firms, a tiny fraction of India's retail industry, accounted for as much as 40 per cent of 1.7 million square feet of warehouses leased in 2014 - a seven-fold increase from 2013, according to consultants CBRE South Asia. Warehouse rents have risen by a quarter over the past year.
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Amazon, E-Commerce Rivals Fuel Commercial Property Boom in India: Report
Demand from e-commerce firms accounted for as much as 40 percent of 1.7 million sq. feet of warehouses leased in 2014, said CBRE South Asia.
