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#9 1446 Vine Road, Pemberton, BC

October 30th, 2009

Just sold! This Townhouse at #9 1446 Vine Road, Pemberton, BC .

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#7 7408 Cottonwood Street, Pemberton, BC

October 30th, 2009

Just sold! This Townhouse at #7 7408 Cottonwood Street, Pemberton, BC .

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Olympic Flame entrusted to Canada for Vancouver 2010

October 30th, 2009

Olympic Winter Games at handover ceremony in Greece

Oct 29, 2009

Flame to arrive on Canadian soil in less than 24 hours for start of longest domestic relay in Olympic history

Athens, Greece - As Greek children waved the blue and white striped flag of their country hand-in-hand with the red and white Maple Leaf, Greek officials entrusted the Olympic Flame to a Canadian delegation ...

Cape Verde to benefit from new ferry service

October 30th, 2009

28 October 2009

The Cape Verde property market is expected to reap the benefits of a new fast ferry island-hopping service due to launch next year, according to Cape Verde property agent Noscasa.

The competitively priced service run by Cape Verde Fast Ferry will link all nine inhabited islands and will open up a whole new holiday experience for the ever-growing number of visitors to the ar ...

The Queen makes killing in property

October 26th, 2009

Published: 26th October 2009
Fair play to the Queen! Between her grueling schedule of charity work and state engagements, she has found time to ensure her property portfolio has beaten the market by 11.8% over the past 6 months.

Her estate, managed by Crown Estate increased by 8.3 per cent over the period compared to a 3.5% decline in the widely used Investment Property Databank (IPD) in ...

Hong Kong acts to curb property boom

October 26th, 2009

Barely a week after a developer in Hong Kong set the world price record for the sale of an apartment; the authorities have introduced new legislation to dampen demand at the top-end of the market.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the city's de facto central bank have increased the down payment required to purchase property worth $HK20 million ($2.8 million) or more from 30% to 40% of th ...

OPP Award winners announced

October 26th, 2009

Words: Ashley Rigg

Published: 26th October 2009

Overseas Property Professional has announced this year's winners of its industry awards. Judges of the nine categories included Thijs Stoffer, president of ICREA; Paul Owen, chief executive of the AIPP; Ian Tonge, chairman of NAEA International and John Sebree, vice president of policy at the Florida Association of Realtors.

A Place in the ...

#51 1400 Park Street, Pemberton, BC

October 21st, 2009

Just sold! This Townhouse at #51 1400 Park Street, Pemberton, BC .

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Top 10 best investment destinations

October 19th, 2009

Global Property Guide has put together a list of the most attractive property investment destinations across the world. Their research team has ranked 77 of the world's largest cities according to the average gross rental yields.

The top 10 destinations are dominated by Asian cities with Jakarta, Cairo, Jordan, Lual Lumpa and Manila all making the list.


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Industry Millionaire: Roman Carel

October 19th, 2009

Roman Carel's journey into overseas property is unusual. After an internship with Pierre & Vacances, he went on to set up his own internet price comparison service. The gamble paid off. He sold out to Price Runner a few years later for a tidy profit.

After investing some of the profits in overseas property and then moving to London, he persuaded P&V's CEO to give him the exclusive licence ...

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