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Whilst Spain’s Central Bank is downgrading its economic forecasts from 3.1% GDP growth this year to a revised 2.4%, its Latin American rival across the Atlantic is massaging its figures in an upwards direction from 4.5% GDP up to 4.8%.

Panama’s “Big World Villas” Development in Santa Catalina is a luxury residential development that has an eye for tourism.

It is commonplace for the new Eastern European emerging markets to receive grants........

Boa Vista, the furthest east of the Cape Verde archipelago and known as the ‘island of beaches and dunes’, is home to Palm View Resort – one of only a handful of six-star residential resorts in existence and more than worthy of its rating.

Italy’s property market is on the move and it’s all in one direction - up. A leading property search portal revealed this year that Italy is now the most searched for country by Brits taking 8.5% of all searches on the website.

Golf tourism is already experiencing strong growth in Turkey, revenues should hit 500mn euros by 2010, but now Turkey really means business and intends to take golf giant Spain on head-to-head with the Aegean province of Mugla as its secret weapon.

Germany was the biggest climber in A Place in the Sun's annual top-20 chart of the top investment destinations, which is based on a survey of visitors to their road-shows.

In what could still happen in the American Presidential election, December 2007 saw Ms Cristina Fernández de Kirchner replace her husband as President of Argentina.

Property portfolio managers, Young Group (www.younggroup.co.uk) is pleased to announce its joint venture with BridgeStreet Worldwide, a leading international provider of serviced apartments, for The Water Gardens apartments in Canada Water, London.

Big World Villas is designed to be a full-service ocean-front community offering luxurious condominiums and associated amenities and services.

Top estate agents at Husband and Wife Team advise sellers on getting there home ready for show day to get the best possible price in a tough market.

Emaar MGF plans to roll out IT Parks in the name of Digital Greens across IT cities. The building will be first unveiled in Chennai real estate and this will be replicated in other IT cities such as Hyderabad, Gurgaon, Mohali and Pune.

The weak Dollar is not a bad thing for companies and individuals looking to invest or relocate business to Panama. It makes investing here more affordable than ever.

Assurance Wills, a fresh and vibrant new London based, Will Writing company are offering 10% discount on fees throughtout April as way of special thank you to new clients using their services.

The Canary Island of Tenerife attracted 1-1.5 million tourists in 2007, from Britain and Ireland alone.

Panama has been making the headlines recently. There is much furore as the Bush Administration applies pressure on Congress to approve free trade agreements with Panama, Peru, Columbia and South Korea.

David Stanley Redfern Ltd have just added a new U.S. property to their port-folio. The Solair development is on the world famous corner of Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles California.

Duchy Estates had an unannounced visit from a Decreto 218/2005 Inspector last month and received a fine of several thousand euros for ‘non-compliance’. You may think us odd for publicising but what hurt our pocket has improved our business.

Residential property values in Jaipur have escalated by three times in the last three years, veterans from real estate industry of Jaipur reveal.

India is rapidly growing into one of the world's economic giants...........

Fairinvestment research reveals that more than half of UK first time buyers are willing purchase abroad in order to get onto the property ladder

Building Maintenance & Asset Management Expo Asia 2008

Australia's Number One architect - creator of some of the nation's most important and iconic cultural buildings and spaces - will be touring Australia and Hong Kong over the coming six months to speak on his experiences and architecture.

After Singapore, Sydney and Melbourne have been rated the best locations in the world for Asians to live, according to the latest Location Ranking Survey on expatriate living conditions by human resource organization ECA International.

David Stanley Redfern Ltd are currently on the lookout for partners in Berlin............

Air France/KLM are starting flights between Amsterdam and Panama City this month. This connection will be welcomed by many people traveling between Central America and Northern Europe.

In order to leverage opportunities in the middle-income housing segment, country's largest real estate company DLF Limited and investment major Merrill Lynch have tied up hands to develop residential townships in Chennai.

Property in Panama that begins construction before July 2009 will not pay any property tax for 20 years. This is good news for retirees and investors.

So full of enthusiasm about the underestimated established Berlin property market, David Stanley Redfern Ltd have opened a new office in Mitte Berlin, and employed the necessary staff to run the office.

Almost all of the newest emerging markets have warm climates and great beaches.

Costa Rica made it into my list of top ten destinations in the world to make a property investment in, and is certainly a contender for the country to become as popular and as successful for property investors as Spain is and has been respectively.

Thailand is currently one of the best countries in the world to make a property investment profit.

It seems that the experts were right, whilst American nationals are struggling to come to terms with a very depressed housing market, European property investors, in particular the Brits, are starting to make hay while the sun shines.

The one-home-fits-all approach can no longer sell on Sofia’s competitive real estate market, experts claim

After IT industry, the multi billion dollar game?Indian Premier League (IPL)?has been seen as a major growth driver for the segment of serviced apartments in Bangalore.

Jaipur is both a heritage and a hi-tech city. Touted as an alternate addition to Gurgaon, Jaipur's real estate market is attracting both investors and end users.

With interest-free payment terms from as low as a £499 a month over just two years, investors can own a freehold property in the five-star tropical paradise of West Side Village in the Egyptian resort of Hurghada for the price of a family car.

IDX Broker offers real estate professionals a custom IDX solution that meets all of their search tool needs.

Thailand is currently one of the best countries in the world to make a property investment profit......

Property isn’t the kindest of industries to the environment in terms of emissions and waste. Buy a second home abroad adding aviation to the equation and you have a real conundrum – unless of course you opt for Villa dell’ Olivara in Calabria.

The residential market in Pune is in a slowdown phase. With fewer transactions happening and values holding, the real estate action has shifted to the rental front.

Good news for vacationer and vacation rental home owners alike in the Anna Maria Island area. There is a new online vacation rental listings directory dedicated solely to Anna Maria Island. It's called 'Vacation Rentals on Anna Maria Island'.

Young Index Reveals Stable Property Market Sentiment

BaySoft Software Development Ltd, have released an exciting and unique product that is designed to create more vendor (seller) leads for estate agents.

Looking for a new way to refresh your marketing approach? These guys found it

The global property market is going to be shattered by even more changes in 2008. In the middle of all this turmoil where can investors turn to for safety and profits? These are the predictions made by Emerging Markets Property Advisers for 2008

Worcestershire property letting company Mark Jones Property Letting announced launch of its corporate website at www.markjonesletting.com with online property listings service.

MagicBricks.com presents a unique & innovative Property Bazaar on 8-9 of March at Navi Mumbai which will not just offer thousands of residential and commercial options to choose from, but will provide Home Financing Options as well

Ditch the blinkers and remove the rose tinted specs. Samantha Gore, Head of Sales and Marketing for Brazil experts www.uv10.com, tells us ten things you probably didn’t, but definitely should, know about investing in property in Brazil.

As widely predicted, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) today announced that the base rate will remain at 5.25% during March.