http://www.bdpropertyonline.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:04:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en HOUSE prices in cities with high exposure to mining, manufacturing and the car industry are expected to stay flat for up to a decade, according to a leading property researcher. Residex chief executive John Edwards said Perth property prices would stagnate after more than doubling in the past six years. The ... http://www.bdpropertyonline.com/blog/property-boomtowns-turn-to-bust/ TEMPORARY residents and overseas businesses will soon be able to purchase residential property more easily in Australia. The Federal Government has relaxed rules restricting their ability to buy local real estate. The changes will streamline and update foreign investment screening arrangements, and benefit more than 7500 overseas purchasers. Market flexibility will be enhanced, ... http://www.bdpropertyonline.com/blog/changes-to-property-rules-to-benefit-overseas-investors/ Boston residential property owners appear to be in line for some good news amidst all the economic gloom and doom. Tax rates for Boston homeowners are expected to drop for the second straight year, despite the current economic crisis and an estimated $80 million shortfall in the city's budget for the ... http://www.bdpropertyonline.com/blog/property-tax-rate-expected-to-dip/ HOUSTON, Dec 11, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce that Susan K. Knoll and Steven G. Spears have joined the Firm's Houston office as partners in the Intellectual Property, Media ... http://www.bdpropertyonline.com/blog/superior-intellectual-property-litigators-inaugurate-mcdermotts-ip-practice-in-houston/ SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 09, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- AMB Property Corporation(R) (AMB: 19.27, -3.18, -14.2%) , a leading global owner and developer of industrial real estate, today announced it has leased approximately 130,000 square feet (12,100 square meters) to two customers in its AMB Amagasaki Distribution Center 2 development ... http://www.bdpropertyonline.com/blog/amb-property-corporationr-leases-130000-sf-in-osaka-japan-port-development/ Shares of Russian companies have lost nearly three-quarters of their value in six months. The price of government bonds is down by almost a quarter. The ruble is sliding, losing 20% of its value against the U.S. dollar since August. The price of oil, Russia's chief export, has fallen by ... http://www.bdpropertyonline.com/blog/the-real-estate-crunch-comes-to-russia/ SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec 09, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The nation's foreclosure hemorrhage has finally slowed and 2009 should see a significant decline in foreclosures as buyers return, pushing home prices up and fueling a real estate ... http://www.bdpropertyonline.com/blog/foreclosurescom-housing-markets-will-roar-back-in-2009-us-foreclosures-index-paints-bright-picture/ The listed property firm manages to negotiate a settlement with a Queensland property developer. Embattled property group City Pacific has finally settled a property dispute, about which it had been in negotiations earlier this month. On December 5, the company issued a trading halt on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) with respect ... http://www.bdpropertyonline.com/blog/city-pacific-settles-property-dispute/ LONDON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - The global property derivatives market is likely to keep growing despite the financial crisis, as fund managers and property firms seek to better manage their real estate risks, experts said on Tuesday. The fledgling market, which offers over-the-counter trading mainly in swaps based on property indexes, ... http://www.bdpropertyonline.com/blog/property-derivatives-growth-seen-despite-crisis/ QUEENSLAND'S peak property body has predicted that up to 3500 people could lose their jobs as a result of a revenue measure introduced by the Bligh Government in yesterday's budget review. The budget review contains three revenue-raising measures that will be introduced from the middle of next year and will bring ... http://www.bdpropertyonline.com/blog/queenlands-property-industry-predicts-job-carnage/