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Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy

The Leaning Tower of Pisa or simply The Tower of Pisa is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa. It is situated behind the Cathedral and it is the third structure by time in Pisa's Piazza del Duomo (Cathedral Square).

Private equity real estate funds in Asia still booming

The global financial turmoil has deflated the private equity boom in Asia but regional real estate buy-out funds are still going strong. Private equity real estate funds - many holding Asian assets - raised 32 percent more cash in the first half than in the same period a year ago.

House prices 'up by 25% by 2013' in England

Average house prices in England are set to rise by 25% by 2013, a National Housing Federation report says. It sees prices falling 4.4% in 2008, 2.1% lower in 2009, recovering by 2010 and rising at over 9% in 2012 and 2013.

Spanish house sales dive 34 pct in May

Spanish house sales plunged 34 percent year-on-year in May as households baulked at 8-year-high mortgage borrowing rates and waited for prices to fall after the collapse of a decade-long property boom.

Australia: Don't abuse rates excuse, landlords told

As many as half of all landlords have paid off their mortgages and should not be using interest rates as an excuse to push up rents, one of Sydney's top property analysts says.