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13 April, 2012:

"New areas of France" attract foreign buyers

"New areas of France" are starting to attract foreign buyer as people avoid hotspots to find cheaper prices.

12 April, 2012:

Asian investors look to London and New York

Asian investors are looking to London and New York for new property purchases, according to industry experts.

Farm land grows another bumper crop for investors

The latest Farmland Index saw farmland prices in the UK rise by 0.4 per cent in the first quarter of 2012. The average value of agricultural land is now £6,073/acre, a mere £83 below the record high of £6,156/acre reached in summer 2011.

Are Olympic landlords losing the lettings race?

Investors hoping to make gold from London's Olympics may be losing the lettings race, according to some agents. Homeowners are rushing to join in the frenzy as rental values pole-vault upwards in the run-up to the Olympics, but agents are saying that landlords have flooded the market, leaving no hope of tenant demand meeting the hype.

11 April, 2012:

Kuwaiti investors surge into the Gulf

Kuwaiti investors are entering the Gulf and "surging" into Turkey's property market, announced a Turkish government official this week.

Only 5 homes in Famagusta were sold last month

The number of foreign buyers in the first three months of this year fell by over a quarter compared to 2011, according to the Department of Lands and Surveys. A total of 129 contracts (out of 563) were registered by overseas investors between January and March, with only five properties sold to foreign buyers in Famagusta last month.

UK rental market booming with rental properties up by 10pc annually

Experian analysis has revealed the rental market in the UK is flourishing with an additional 58,000 properties being marketed to rent in 2011 compared to the same period in 2010.

10 April, 2012:

Malaysia market hits five-year high

Economies and housing markets around the world are still recovering from the financial crash, but it's a different story in Malaysia, where the country's real estate market hit a five-year high. The number of residential property transactions in Malaysia surged by 18.9 per cent in 2011, according to the National Property Information Centre, the highest level since 2007.

Chinese investment in US property shoots up by 24pc

Chinese investment in American real estate shot up by 24 per cent in the last 12 months, the National Association of Realtors has revealed.

05 April, 2012:

Realistic asking prices for Spanish property draw in Scandinavian buyers

It seems that sellers of Spanish property are being a little more realistic when it comes to asking prices according to Spain's largest English language property portal, Kyero.com's Q1 2012 House Price Index.

Investors accounted for one-third of US sales in 2011

Sales of investment and vacation homes jumped in 2011, with the combined market share rising to the highest level since 2005, according to the National Association of Realtors®.

Cluttons: Oman market remains stable

Oman's property market remains stable, the latest report from Cluttons has revealed.

Ecuador tops Global Property Index

Ecuador topped the Global property Index by International Living this week. The country was declared the best overseas hotspot for investment following the construction of a major new access road that allowed access to the Latin American country's North Pacific coast.

04 April, 2012:

"Insane" bidding wars hammer America's hottest markets

Bidding wars, absent from most parts of the U.S. residential market since its peak in 2006, are erupting from Seattle and Silicon Valley to Miami and Washington, D.C. The number of contracts to buy previously owned homes jumped 14 percent in February from a year earlier, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Overseas property boost for South Africa

The number of foreign buyers of South African residential property is once more on the increase, according to FNB Property Barometer figures - this time, with a significant proportion of buyers from Africa.