News Archive: 2006

20, 2006 December:

New home starts inch higher in Australia

The number of new home starts in Australia barely changed in the September 2006 quarter as new housing demand continued to struggle against poor housing affordability, reports HIA Economics Group...

19, 2006 December:

Australian growth and inflation picking up

The last 4 weeks in Australia have proved frustrating and fascinating. The cricket has been depressing but the chance to see most of East Coast Australia has been a revelation, writes Douglas McWilliams of the Centre for Economics and Business Research...

18, 2006 December:

Emerging markets drive global growth as developed countries slow

According to a new report, an upbeat picture for the global economy rests largely on exceptionally strong growth in some of the world's more exotic markets, as some of the key developed economies falter...

13, 2006 December:

Nearly one in ten Brits live abroad

More than 198,000 British nationals moved overseas last year, bringing the total number of Brits abroad to more than 5.5 million, according to new research from the Institute for Public Policy Research, published this week...

11, 2006 December:

Use your annual bonus to build an overseas property portfolio

It’s that time of year again when many, especially in the finance sector, will receive a little something extra from their employers in the form of an annual bonus...

06, 2006 December:

TheMoveChannel.com expands into 25 new countries!

Today TheMoveChannel.com is expanding its coverage of the world's key property markets by launching 25 new country websites...

05, 2006 December:

Overseas property ownership jumps 45%

Over the last two years the number of overseas property owners has increased by a staggering 45%, with 250,000 more households now owning an overseas property than in June 2004...

29, 2006 November:

Number of Brits owning property abroad trebles

The number of UK households owning property overseas has trebled in the last ten years, reports Grant Thornton...

28, 2006 November:

Property prices push first-time buyers abroad

3.8 million first time buyers would consider buying abroad just to get onto the property ladder, according to the new research from MRI Overseas Property...

22, 2006 November:

House price growth slowing around the globe

Global house price inflation has continued to slow from the peak levels reached in 2004, reports Knight Frank...