business / International Real Estate
The Wave, Muscat wins UK magazine awardsThe Wave, Muscat has won five accolades at the Homes Overseas Awards held in London. Homes Overseas, awarded The Wave, Muscat the Gold award for Best Development in the Middle East, Silver awards for Worldwide Best Luxury Development, and Worldwide Best Marina Development and Off Plan Top Twenty award. They were also awarded the Readers Choice Award.
ameinfo.com Monday, December 15, 2008Norman Disney plans Gulf expansionAccording to Norman Disney and Young (NDY) director, Dennis O'Brien, NDY is expanding its presence in Dubai with Abu Dhabi and Doha also looking promising. NDY are to provide mechanical, electrical, fire and hydraulic
services for the kilometre-high Nakheel Tower, a 'vertical city', which will have over 200 floors, and 150 lifts.
ameinfo.com Monday, December 15, 2008Museum of Islamic Art OpensThe Museum of Islamic Art opened recently in Doha, Qatar and is the home of the largest collection of Islamic art in the world. The I.M. Pei designed structure has 41,000 square feet of galleries organized around a towering atrium capped by a dome. It sits on its own island that sets if off from the rest of the city and so it wont be hemmed in by future construction.
homesgofast.com Monday, December 15, 2008US & Canada Real Estate Price Predictions 2009Real estate prices are being forecast to decline in 2009 by the research house Global Property Guide. The latest international property
reports indicates that house prices in the US are likely to fall further until end-2010 or mid-2011. Coastal states with huge housing overhang such as Florida and California are likely to experience the most prolonged house price slump.
homesgofast.com Monday, December 15, 2008Report on House Prices in AsiaResearch undertaken by the Global Property Guide believes that property prices in Asia will continue a downward in 2009.Prices fell in most of Asia in the second half of 2008, because of inflation, interest rate increases, and contagion from the financial crisis.
homesgofast.com Monday, December 15, 2008International Real Estate Prices Show Global SynchronizationThe international
real estate research house Global Property Guide present their new findings that confirm 2008 house prices falls and some predictions for 2009. Interestingly the report covering the major overseas property destinations shows that the entire worlds property markets now move in a synchronized manner
homesgofast.com Monday, December 15, 2008Dollar Exchange Rates ImproveSome cheer at last for buyers of property in the USA the dollar exchange rate has improved against the ailing Pound on fears of more interest rate cuts in the States.
Analysts predict that the Federal Reserve will announce an interest rate cut tomorrow evening, after their 2-day meeting today and tomorrow
homesgofast.com Monday, December 15, 2008
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