The Global Property Guide

The world’s housing markets are showing signs of recovery, according to the latest survey of world-wide house price indices prepared by the Global Property Guide (www.globalpropertyguide.com).

Among the 32 countries in the Global Property Guide’s survey of house prices, 27 recorded price falls during the year to the end of the first quarter of 2009, in real terms.

Chinese residential property prices aren’t likely to recover soon. That’s the conclusion of recent research by the Global Property Guide (www.globalpropertyguide.com)

It has been a dismal year for house prices, according to the Global Property Guide’s latest survey of publicly-available house-price time-series for the year 2008. And seen from a global perspective, the downturn is still accelerating.

There are surprisingly large differences between returns on residential property in Chile’s main cities. Santiago and Concepción are attractive for residential property investors, Viña Del Mar less so, says the Global Property Guide. [www.globalpropertyguide.com]

Monte Carlo is No 1 in the Global Property Guide’s list of World’s Most Expensive Residential Real Estate Markets 2009, more than twice as expensive, at US$45,000 per square metre, as the runner up. [www.globalpropertyguide.com]

Weighed down by the credit crunch and high inflation, the global house price boom has ended, according to the latest Global Property Guide survey of house price indicators.

Asian property markets, though still relatively unaffected by the credit crunch, will soon be affected by inflation and higher interest rates, warns the Global Property Guide, because of rising food, fuel and other commodity prices.

Shanghai, China (up 35.4%) was the world’s strongest residential property market during the past full year, according to a compilation of official and private-sector statistics by the Global Property Guide.

In an extended research article, regimes in about 40 countries are reviewed by the Global Property Guide, an international research firm.

Mumbai, India’s financial capital is one of the most expensive places in the world to buy a condominium unit, according to a Global Property Guide (www.globalpropertyguide.com) survey.

According to the Global Property Guide, Monaco and London continue to be the most expensive locations to buy an apartment in Europe. Prices in the Baltics have risen to the same level as capitals such as Copenhagen, Berlin, Munich, Stockholm, Vienna, and Frankfurt.

The Global Property Guide today re-launched its web site to make its data more accessible.

Asia's real estate markets seem to have recovered from the Asian crisis and to be back on their feet. But the reality is quite different. Asia's residential markets have performed poorly, according to a report released by the Global Property Guide. Once the price rise figures are adjusted for inflation, Asia's record looks poor.

Exceptionally high tax, transaction and other costs discourage the provision of housing in Asia, according to the Global Property Guide.

With the re-emergence of the left in Latin America, how much risk is there for private property owners and investors in residential real estate?

Global house prices continued to rise rapidly in 2006, but at a slower pace than in 2005. Northern Europe leads the house price boom.

Weighed down by the credit crunch and high inflation, the global house price boom has ended, according to the latest Global Property Guide survey of house price indicators.

Monte Carlo is No 1 in the Global Property Guide’s list of World’s Most Expensive Residential Real Estate Markets 2009, more than twice as expensive, at US$45,000 per square metre, as the runner up. [www.globalpropertyguide.com]

Singapore experienced Asia’s highest residential property price increases during 2006, with 9.5% real (inflation-adjusted) house price rises.

The Global Property Guide today re-launched its web site to make its data more accessible.

Singapore experienced Asia’s highest residential property price increases during 2006, with 9.5% real (inflation-adjusted) house price rises.

The Baltics have till recently been Europe’s hottest residential investment destination, with Estonian house prices (e.g.) rising 556.41% between 1997 and 2006, and 245.95% in the past five years. But residential property in the Baltics is now expensive. Apartments in capital cities are priced at around the same level as in Copenhagen, Helsinki and Stockholm, according to research by the Global Property Guide (www.globalpropertyguide.com).

With the re-emergence of the left in Latin America, how much risk is there for private property owners and investors in residential real estate?

Exceptionally high tax, transaction and other costs discourage the provision of housing in Asia, according to the Global Property Guide.

Global house prices continued to rise rapidly in 2006, but at a slower pace than in 2005. Northern Europe leads the house price boom.

In its latest survey of Caribbean property prices (March 2008), the Global Property Guide finds that in Bermuda, the average price of a three bedroom house and lot is around US$1.5 million.

According to the Global Property Guide, Monaco and London continue to be the most expensive locations to buy an apartment in Europe. Prices in the Baltics have risen to the same level as capitals such as Copenhagen, Berlin, Munich, Stockholm, Vienna, and Frankfurt.

The rental returns from letting residential condominiums in central areas of Metro Manila range from 8% to 15% yearly, according to a survey just released by the Global Property Guide (www.globalpropertyguide.com).

Almost a decade after the Asian crisis, the mortgage markets of several Asian countries are in much better shape and are poised for expansion. Increases in capital, the consolidation of banks, and increases in foreign ownership and participation are spurring growth, according to a report released by the Global Property Guide.