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Property values continue to slide in New Zealand

The residential property market continued to slow in June, and values declined in many areas despite a tiny increase in the average sale price, the valuation firm QV says.

In real estate sales, not all cities are equal

Cambridge's real estate market is taking a harder punch from the economic downturn than its neighbors.

UK: Rented homes more valuable than commercial property

The value of the housing stock in the UK private rented sector now exceeds that of all privately-owned commercial property, a new report finds.

India: realty PEs to execute real estate projects on their own

Private equity (PE) funds in the real estate space are starting to don the developers’ hat. Funds such as Trikona Capital, South Asian Real Estate (SARE) and Yatra Capital have started to create in-house teams that can execute real estate projects on their own.

Australia: Property nearing once-in-100-year slump

Plummeting property values have prompted warnings Australia is heading for a one-in-a-100-year real estate slump. New figures from property analyst Residex showed house and unit prices in nearly every city and country centre fell last month. The last time all states fell at the same time was just before the Great Depression.