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Prime property prices in central London increased a further 1.1% in March taking the annual increase to 11.3%, according to the latest index from Knight Frank. Residential Property Market in Dubai Sees Stability And Growth in Some Locations
Residential sales transactions saw a natural increase in January and February 2012 as mortgage lenders compete to offer the most attractivepackages, according to the latest real estate report from Cluttons. Teachers Credit Union Now A Bank; Lenders Jack Up Fixed Mortgage Rate
Due to the rising dissatisfaction level among Australians with large banks, more people are bringing their business to credit unions. As a result of this change, a number of Aussie credit unions are becoming banks. AIG Looking at Buying Home Loans: FT
Bailed-out insurer American International Group (AIG.N) is looking at the possibility of purchasing whole loans as another investment vehicle, leveraging the growing market share of its mortgage insurance business, the company's chief executive said in an interview with the Financial Times. Brazil's PDG Realty to Sell $77 Mln in Debt
PDG Realty, Brazil's biggest homebuilder, said on Friday it will sell 140 million reais ($77 million) in debentures non-convertible for shares to financeinvestment and boost the company's cash position. Former Goldman Sachs Executive Lands Lucrative Book Deal-report
Greg Smith, the former Goldman Sachs executive who condemned the powerful investment bank in a scathing New York Times opinion column, has landed a deal to write a book about his 12 years at the firm, according to media reports on Friday. Bad Assets Overshadow Banks' Huge Profits
When asked by reporters on March 15 about how he perceived the huge profits of China's banking industry last year while the private sector was foundering on a shortage of bank loans, Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of People's Bank of China, said he thought banks' staggering profits were a natural result of readjustment of economic cycles. Low-income Housing Surge Will Ease Market Slump
The outlook for China's real estate market remains sluggish this year, after Premier Wen Jiabaopresented the government's resolution on the issue at the National People's Congress in March. Current restrictions on house-buying will not be eased in the short term, the resolution said. Midwest Towns Cannot Give Land Away to Modern Homesteaders
In Marquette, Kansas an ice cream cone is $1.09, haircuts start at $10 and land is free.The land draws a lot less interest than ice cream or haircuts.In a modern day version of President Abraham Lincoln's 1862 Homestead Act that gave free land to settle the vast American interior, Marquette is among a dozen struggling central Kansas towns offering free lots to anyone who agrees to build a house. World's Wealthy Create Safe Haven Property Markets Most Notably in London and Miami
Wealthy people are shunning emerging property markets as they value security, good education for their children over volatility, political insecurity and risk, new research shows.
