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One of Scotland’s leading property management firms has reported record occupancy levels across a number of UK cities with soaring levels of demand for rentals, despite the recent doom and gloom across the property sector.

New McGrath office opens in Gosford to service one of the most desirable lifestyle areas in NSW, located just 60 minutes north of the Sydney CBD, at the gateway to the Central Coast.

Buy to let financial services specialist Smartlandlord.co.uk can help landlords get a 25% discount on Energy Performance Certificates until the end of November 2008.

A sprawling mansion hugging a tropical beach is the stuff property dreams are made of. Fantasise no more. For less than 175,000 euros you can have this mansion, well one of the 11 homes within it, on the beaches of Brazil’s northeastern coastline.

National Association of Home Builders economic assessment calls for stimulus to encourage homeownership and limit foreclosures. Central Florida Real Estate Property Appraiser weighs in. Mid-State Appraisals founder Paul Davis evalutes Florida market.

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the development of an International Convention Centre (ICC) in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa.

London-based estate agency, Young London (www.younglondon.co.uk) is offering for rent a selection of brand new 1 and 2 bedroom luxuriously appointed apartments at Kings Quarter, Kings Cross, N1 from £275pw.

Smartlandlord.co.uk welcomes the publication of the Review of the Private-Rented Sector (PRS) written by Dr Julie Rugg and David Rhodes as good news for landlords.

Contemporary Villas’ quite incredible Casa Mexicana had ‘Best Architecture Spain’ written all over it, and the judges of this years’ CNBC-sponsored European Property Awards clearly agreed.

Having shown initial resilience to the Spanish property slowdown the Costa de la Luz has finally succumbed to the inevitable and, faced with a diminishing pool of buyers, decided to waft various price reductions and incentives under people’s noses.

Guests and residents of the luxury Fairmont Palm Hotel & Resort in Dubai will be able to enjoy increased peace and quiet thanks to a specialist flooring system from Flowcrete to be Installed in all bedroom suites and corridors to minimise sound.

Letting site takes off Two pilots are behind a new web site, launched two weeks ago which concentrates solely on property lettings. The Lettingsite.co.uk features thousands of residential and commercial properties and is completely free for agents.

If you can't get enough golf, you aren't alone. One service is bringing communities together for the sole purpose of a single interest: the sport of golf.

To help the property and facility indiustries stay afloat during the flood of current economic challenges, BOMI International is pleased to announce the 2009 release of their newly revised Asset Management course.

The UK’s first commercial implementation of Street Level View in commercial property search engine NovaLoca makes it even easier for agents to market and occupiers to find commercial property online.

In the testing times for UK economy, house prices might see another significant slump of around 15 percent which might ultimately lead to recession period, as predicted by Travis Perkins group.

The UK Facilities Management market is set to reach a value of GBP28 billion in 2008, according to MTW Research, with the market continuing to experience growth against a backdrop of a worsening economic climate.

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The purpose of the British Homes Group “webinars” is to explain the process and answer all the questions potential buyers might have.

Poised over the 14th green of Monte Mayor Golf & Country Club’s picturesque course, Casa Colina is in one of the resort’s best locations for views. Golf, mountains and the Mediterranean make for a very pleasant outlook from the infinity pool.

Island city Abu Dhabi, capital of the UAE, is an interesting place in which to invest right now. The authorities are mindful of the day when oil runs out and diversifying into financial services and tourism, with some incredible projects underway.

Keshav Thukaram, Managing Director at Smartlandlord.co.uk, comments on the annoucement by the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England of a 50 percentage point cut in the Base Rate of interest.

Covell Communities recently won two 2008 Monument Award for its one of a kind project Chester River Landing.

Residential properties owners of UK are possibly seeing the worst phase in their lives, as the prices of properties have posted an unbelievable slump of 1.7 percent in September.

No stranger to winning awards, Bolt Property Group has just added a brace of CNBC-sponsored European Property Awards to its trophy cabinet scooping up Best Property Spain for both villa F1-36 and F1-18, the latter at the highest five star level.

EuroGroup Real Estate, one of Bulgaria’s leading real estate companies, today announced its expansion into the European market, by establishing a partnership with one of the biggest real estate agencies in France.

After 25yrs at the forefront of the Spanish property market, Mercers see their recent award win at the CNBC-sponsored European Property Awards as an endorsement of their business and a real pat on the back for a quarter of a century of hard work.

Portugal provides a close-to-home property option for Northern Europeans tempted to warmer climes. And with three distinct coastal regions to choose from Portugal really does offer something ‘old’, something ‘new’ and something ‘blue’…

We are unable like most to secure a sale on our house so we have decided to raffle it on our website www.jackscarparts.co.uk , you can enter for £25 as many times as you like, the competition will run until june 2009 unless all entries sell sooner

7th Heaven Properties, the Caribbean property specialist, has launched a new service for major property developers seeking financing for property and land development in the Caribbean region.

Brazil's ‘less is more’ approach allowing the beaches, climate, cuisine and locals to speak for themselves is what attracted Richard and Nicola Hobday, both 38 from Surrey, to buy their first overseas property in this popular S. American nation.

With the actual real estate market targeting prospective buyers from Europe has become increasingly attractive for realtors and real estate professionals. Now there are new services providing online advertising of real estate lisitngs in Europe.

The Spruill Investment Group, LLC was founded in 2005 to successfully perform real estate consultation services.

Parsvnath has launched a new project Parsavnath Exotica, Gurgaon spread over 27 acres of which over 84% is landscaped to emerald perfection.

Connectdirect4property.com has launched their new website offering owner direct property marketing and sales to potential buyers in Spain. The site, designed and promoted by adclixpro.com Malaga offers affordable....

Kicking off at the Worldwide Property Show in Dubai on October 23 and moving to the same-titled event in Bahrain on 29 October, Morocco’s multi award-winning Le Jardin de Fleur resorts are set to highlight their projects to their Gulf counterparts.

Simplyzigzag.com, the premium online property group, has today signed up with Profile (www.profile.com) – a leading international property developer, headquartered in Dubai.

Texas entrepreneur reveals comprehensive online presence

Property and Casualty Insurance Provider Relocates to Miami Gardens

Now boasting five CNBC-sponsored Arabian Property Awards, Le Jardin de Fleur is now rolling-out its who’s who of hotel operators. Hot on the heels of Radisson Hotels & Resorts, Best Western Premier and Hivernage have now signed on the dotted line.

Mid-Atlantic Builders, Inc., an award-winning homebuilding and land development company, received 7 prestigious Monument Awards, more than any other builder in the Maryland, Virginia or Washington, D.C. area.

The Brazilian property market is already riding the crest of a boom, but now even the currency is co-operating as the Real has weakened by over 8% against the dollar in the last month alone. This makes that beach property more affordable than ever.

As the credit crunch hits the UK housing market, thinkproperty reveals bad first impressions mean home owners are losing out on all important property sales

The Homebuyers Consultancy has been formed by an ex-estate agent to act on behalf of the property purchaser. This new company aims to use knowledge of the property profession to secure property at the cheapest available price for its UK clients.

Simplyzigzag.com, the premium online property group, has today finalised its partnership with one of France’s biggest English speaking estate agency – Leggett Immobilier – to cross market their respective properties.

The iProperty.com Group expects to bring its suite of print, exhibition and online luxury products to the India market in partnership with Realacres.com in due course.

Regions of Italy such as Veneto, Marche, Lazio and Calabria are becoming more popular with British property buyers as the search for good value widens across the country. BuyAssociation offers a buying guide to help users make these purchases.

Property buyers are now accustomed to the potential of the 'emerging' countries in the east of Europe, such as Bulgaria and Poland. But what about the Hungarian market, quietly attracting higher numbers of buyers.

Alpha Risk Services, a Florida based risk management company specializing in multi-family housing, identifies ways to reduce insurance costs at both the corporate and property level, saving property owners thousands a year

BuyAssociation looks at the real estate market and property in India, one of the countries with the most potential in the world.