Just how bad is the housing market?
As if anyone needs to be told the housing market is suffering one of the worst slumps for almost thirty years, that is not to say that prices have fallen down to those prices or that they ever will. It is just that the confidence in someone or a couple to commit to paying off [...]
May 13, 2008Village runs on solar power
Solar power is great idea, but unless there is a serious amount of sun they really don’t work properly, there is also the cost. However, the technology has moved along so quickly that they have become more efficient and the cost effective.
This can be shown by a village in west of South Korea, Donggwang is [...]
Green Development in Australia
It comes as no surprise that Australia where they have plenty of open space and sunshine, that they should be looking at creating new developments which are eco friendly and a project in Sydney is just one example of this growing trend towards redeveloping older sites, instead of taking land that could be used for [...]
April 18, 2008Property Portals put off agents and developers
Potential buyers of an overseas property may be losing out on some good deals when they visit an over seas property portal, this is because there are many foreign estate agents and property developers who do not use the property portals.
The main reason for this is that they find the portals too time consuming or [...]
Property bubble bursts
There are two separate industries that are attached to the housing sector, one is the buying and selling of homes, this includes estate agents and solicitors. While on the hand is the DIY sector, which has recently been suffering due to the buoyancy of the housing sector.
But it would as the housing sector begins to [...]
Massive building to be green
For a skyline that has remained unchanged for some time, the people of Philadelphia in the States are going to get a surprise when the second tallest building in the world appears in their city. The American commerce centre will rise up into the sky for 1,500 feet, the empire state building stands at 1,250 [...]
March 14, 2008Buying a property in India
As with any property purchase there are many risks involved, but buying a property in a country like India can be a potential minefield for some one who has little or no experience of the market or for that matter culture, which is entirely different to the way that we do business here.
But as with [...]
Buying property at auction
For someone who visits the local property auction they will notice that the whole process is entirely different to way that everyone else has to buy their home. The auction will leave the buyer in control they have the financial limitations and can see step by step as the prices gradually creep up until it [...]
February 25, 2008Investing in UK property
For some people the idea of investing the UK housing market at this time may seem to be a bit strange, after all there are a few aspects of the market that could put even the bravest investor off even if only for a short time. But the UK market has its advantages which should [...]
February 20, 2008Amsterdam to build underwater city
Considering that most of Holland is below sea level anyhow, the decision to build an underwater city may not at first appear to be something to shout about, but this is really an underwater city, something that could only be thought of in a film.
The city of Amsterdam is undergoing some major changes but there [...]
The £100 million apartment
The most expensive apartment in world is not where you would probably think it would be, when thinking of places that are in tens of millions of pounds there is Dubai, Hong Kong and other places where you could imagine such sums of money being freely available, but no this apartment is in London, and [...]
February 11, 2008Work Begins on Green City
Work has begun on the worlds first zero carbon and zero waste city, which is going to be built in Abu Dhabi. There has been much speculation as to the reasoning about the new city which is going to be called Masdar City, firstly Abu Dhabi has the worst record in the world for the [...]
February 5, 2008Building better than buying?
It seems that with the rocky state that the property market finds itself in these days, that there may be other ways of being able to make a profit within the property market.
The concept of building a house may at first seem to be a rather daunting scheme, but with all the expert help that [...]
City within one building
Could this be the way cities will be created in the future? This is crystal island, Moscow, which is going to be built on the outskirts of the city by the river. It will rise up into the sky for 450 meters finishing in a pointed top, but this is no ordinary building it will [...]
January 30, 2008US new home sales fall
If the UK market is normally effected by what goes on in the States then we could have something else to worry about in the future. In a market that is already suffering the figures for the sales of new homes have been released and they do not make pleasant reading at all.
In fact new [...]
Farmer builds castle, then hides it
Building your own castle may be many landowners dream, and for a farmer who has a lot of land and not many neighbours, it is a tempting prospect and one farmer Robert Fidler could not resist the temptation and began to create a mock Tudor residence.
But there would always be the possibility that someone may [...]
City of the future will be sky high
As the population of the world increases, space on the planet is going to become rare. This means that eventually there are going to be problems for housing, business and agriculture.
The solutions that some people are thinking of are, cities in the sky, these are huge constructions with large bases that support a self contained [...]
Building a log house
Apparently there could not be a better time to build a log house! For one reason these buildings are eco friendly and the market is so, that getting good contractors in to do the work is a real good time as their work may be falling off slightly and so is a good time for [...]
January 9, 2008The greenest buildings in the world
For past few years the green has begun to precede almost all words and property is no different. We hear of some green issues that are connected to the building and property industry, but if you just sit back for a second or two, do you actually know of any green buildings?
Well just in case [...]
Property meltdown in Spain
There are fears of an imminent property meltdown in Spain, this comes as one of the largest property businesses in the country Colonial had their shares suspended, and this is simply because the company has lost around forty per cent of is value, which has lead to half the board resigning.
There may be some other [...]