The latest analysis from lettings platform, Howsy, takes a look at where across the UK offers the best mix of happiness and affordable rental costs.
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Vietnamese real estate market attracts Japanese firms
In an interview with correspondents from the Vietnam News Agency on the sidelines of the TMS Group’s investment promotion workshop in Osaka on April 9, Nakata said that it is not just Vietnam’s real estate market, but those in some Asian countries like Cambodia, Indonesia also have good prospects.
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Real estate sector ‘turns on dime’ as housing prospects lift
The outlook for Australia’s property developers has “turned on a dime” following the weekend’s shock election result and dramatic interventions from the Reserve Bank and the banking regulator.
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The Silence Before The Storm In Oil Markets
With oil production plunging in Venezuela and Iran, tension in the Middle East at its highest point in years, and the threat of further outages in Libya, why are oil prices not trading higher?
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Housing market may bottom out over next year, Australian property experts say
Analysts believe soft property markets, particularly in Sydney and Melbourne , may bottom out next year, amid the banking regulator loosening a constraint on mortgage credit and an expected official cash-rate cut.
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Developers must offer low-rent options as Maltese get priced out of market, FAA
The environmental NGO Flimkien ghal-Ambjent Ahjar has called for the government to require that permits for the speculative building of blocks of apartments, should be accompanied by the allocation of a number of low-rent apartments.
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Scottish Labour Proposes Bill to Control Rent Prices
The Scottish Labour Party has proposed a bill that would control rent prices north of the border.
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Australian regulator to ease mortgage rules in reprieve for banks
THE Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has proposed loosening the criteria banks are required to use to assess people’s ability to service home loans, sending shares in the sector higher on expectations the easing would boost borrowing.
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Many rental agencies may be breaching Privacy Act according to new guidelines on tenant applications
New Zealand’s privacy watchdog has issued a new warning to landlords asking prospective tenants for information which could be used to discriminate against them, as the practice remains widespread.
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CLEARGRID: A WORLD FIRST – AIRPLANES ARE NOW BEING USED FOR SMART METER DATA COLLECTION.
Calgary-based clearGRID is enabling fast, accurate, and economic smart meter reading for the gas, water, and electric industries with its aeroRead technology that is capturing readings in a single pass.
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