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BPF says tax change to prolong UK property downturn

Punitive new tax rules could prolong Britain's commercial property downturn, which is already on course to continue well into 2009, the head of the country's leading property industry body said on Friday.

Foreigners start selling out Bulgarian real estate properties

A number of foreign citizens, who had purchased real estate property in the Bulgarian capital for speculative purposes, are now starting to sell them out in order to make a profit.

Experts optimistic despite cooling Toronto real estate market

After years of record-setting prices, the GTA’s real estate market increasingly appears to be leveling off, analysts and statistics suggest, although experts remain relatively optimistic about the health of the region’s market.

Canada house prices to rise 3.5 pct

The price of a Canadian house will rise only modestly this year, and home sales will fall from last year's record levels, realtor Royal LePage Real Estate Services said on Thursday.

Singapore rents to ease most in decade

Singapore prime home rents may ease in the second half by the most since the Asian financial crisis a decade ago, according to real estate brokerage Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.