05.03.2010 Centara Hotels ventures outside Thailand
Copyright Centara Grand Island Resort & Spa Maldives For long, Centara Hotels have only been synonymous of hotels in Thailand. The end of 2009 witnessed however the Thai hotel company venturing outside the Kingdom to make its brand better known around the world.

05.03.2010 L.P.N. turns to low-rise development
L.P.N. Development Plc has increased its land investment budget to 2.5 billion baht from 2 billion earlier so that it can acquire a large plot.

05.03.2010 Home prices boosted by record low completions
A record low number of homes completed last year - just 7,160 - helped boost prices in the fourth quarter by 23 percent.

05.03.2010 NYC Real Estate Brokers Finally Desperate Enough For Reality TV
Time was, realtors catering to New York's ruling class would show an open house in Jackson Heights before exposing A-List clients and their palatial Gold Coast floor-throughs to TV-watching slobs. Bless the recession, because on March 17th the Upper East Side Monopoly board goes public with Selling NY. -

05.03.2010 US lead the way in distressed property listings
The number of distressed properties on the market is expected to continue to grow in 2010, with the US leading the way, according to a new report.

04.03.2010 Irish commercial property market still challenging but confidence improving, report shows
Signs of rental and yield stabilisation have begun to emerge in the Irish commercial property market but conditions remain challenging, according to a new report.

04.03.2010 CB Richard Ellis named premier commercial real estate brand for ninth year in row
Ireland - CB Richard Ellis has been named the premier global brand in commercial real estate, according to a survey of worldwide real estate professionals by The Lipsey Company. CB Richard Ellis has topped Lipsey’s annual ranking of commercial real estate brands for nine consecutive years.

04.03.2010 Glass houses: light fantastic
Inside looking out: glass walls in Fulvens Hanger Forget brick walls – go for glass and open your eyes to the outside world. Caroline McGhie meets two couples with a very clear vision .

04.03.2010 Luxury property for sale in Provence
Arabella Youens examines the enduring appeal of buying property in the Lubéron in Provence

04.03.2010 Homeowners to be replaced by tenants
Reporting on its recent “Future Housing” conference the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) says it expects the UK to see a smaller proportion of homeowners and a higher proportion of tenants, mostly in the private sector, in the years ahead.

04.03.2010 Luxury property in the British Virgin Islands
They’re not as easy to reach as Antigua but they’re worth the extra effort. The British Virgin Islands have some charming properties for sale

04.03.2010 Second home ownership pushes up property prices in top spots in UK, research shows
Second home ownership driving up prices in UK Second home ownership drives up prices in the UK in areas with a high concentration of these types of property and the effect is not just limited to the popular south coast towns, research reveals.

04.03.2010 House swapping in the UK
A flat in Bristol's Clifton Village seemed a fair swap for North London Photo: CORBIS House swapping is a simple way of enjoying a city break closer to home, finds Jessie Hewiston.

04.03.2010 Is East London's property market back on track?
Patricia Radulescu with her daughter Rebecca at their Croydon home With the Olympics just two years away, this area of the capital is on an upward curve

04.03.2010 UK housing recovery 'stronger than Europe'
The UK property market is ahead of many other European nations in its recovery from the recession, according to a new report from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics).

04.03.2010 CIMB Thai sings off THB480-million loan to support U Delight @ Huay Kwang Station
Mr Subhak Siwaraksa (3rd left), President and CEO of CIMB Thai Bank Public Company Limited, together with Mrs Ornruedi Na-Ranong (3rd right), Chairman of Grand Unity Development Company Limited and management from both companies, recently signed off a THB480-million loan agreement contract to support the U Delight @ Huay Kwang Station project, which launched into the market since end of last year.

04.03.2010 Photo Release: Sinthroranee Property Appoints CB Richard Ellis for “The Trendy” office building on Sukhumvit 13
Sinthroranee Property recently appointed CB Richard Ellis as the sole leasing agent for “The Trendy”, the office tower on Sukhumvit Soi 13.

04.03.2010 Real estate market may be improving
Home purchase activity rebounded last week, suggesting that the residential real estate market is slowly beginning to improve.

04.03.2010 New Zealand: Special Report
In our latest special report on New Zealand property we profile three investment picks from some of the country’s top agents. New Zealand is ranked by many of Singapore’s leading agents as one of the top three international destinations for real estate investment, due to its stable economy, top class infrastructure, high long term returns, stunning scenery and easy access from Asia.

04.03.2010 RICS survey shows increase in China’s distressed property
The US and Japan are set to see the biggest rise in distressed sales in the first quarter of 2010, says the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in its research paper, Global Distressed Property Monitor Q4 2009.