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UK house prices 'fell 2% in June'

UK house prices fell by 2% in June, according to the UK's biggest mortgage lender, the Halifax. The drop meant that prices were 6.1% lower than a year ago, with the average home costing £180,344. The lender said that average house prices were now at the same level as in August 2006.

Australia housing prices fall 3 percent

New figures show Perth's real estate market has slumped for the second quarter in a row.The Real Estate Institute of Western Australia (REIWA) says prices across Perth fell three per cent in the June quarter, taking the median house price to $446,000.

New Zealand: Property keeps falling - June prices down 2pc

The winter housing slump is showing no sign of abating, with median prices falling by 2.15 percent in June - from $345,000 in May to $340,000 according to official numbers released today by the Real Estate Institute.

City to bless US$200-mil. Horizon Place project today

Aseana Properties Group from the British Virgin Islands and its partner Binh Duong Corporation today will obtain an investment certificate from the HCMC government to develop a US$200-million real estate complex project in the city's District 4.

Firm balks at suspension of parking project

Dong Duong Co. Ltd., which won the rights to build and operate an underground parking lot in Lam Son Square in District 1, has been stunned by the news that the HCM City People's Committee has decided to suspend the project for safety reasons.