Budget 2010: Moves to end luxury homes on handouts - Daily Telegraph
The Government has faced criticism for a system that allows some families on handouts to live in luxurious properties paid for out of the public purse. From October next year the most expensive rental properties around the country will be removed

DLF's Rs 4 crore luxury homes draw big numbers - Economic Times
NEW DELHI: DLF, the country’s biggest realtor, has sold three-fourths of its upscale flats in central Delhi at Rs 4 crore apiece within two days of launch in a sign that demand for such properties is alive and well despite the drift towards

Luxury home prices set to rebound this year, developers - Channel NewsAsia
SINGAPORE : Those looking to buy into high-end living will have more options, with the launch of "The Residences at W Singapore" at Sentosa Cove this weekend. With luxury homes touted to be star performers of 2010, market watchers expect developers

Mansion dream turns to €3.8m debt nightmare - Irish Times
According to correspondence in Fingal County Council’s planning file for the Sutton Park site, the two luxury homes were “necessitated by the school’s requirements for funding its own development programme”. Sutton Park ranks as one of the

Cheung Kong Caps Homes Per Buyer at New H.K. Project - BusinessWeek
Hong Kong’s government has expressed concern about surging property prices and will raise stamp duties on luxury residences from April 1 after increasing down payments for homes costing more than HK$20 million ($2.58 million). It also has pledged

Luxury-Home Prices Drop on Financial Crisis; China - Bloomberg
March 23 (Bloomberg) -- Luxury homes became more affordable last year as the financial crisis eroded prices from Monaco to Barbados, according to Knight Frank LLP. Prime real-estate values at 56 locations declined by an average of 5.5 percent, the

Top Real Estate Professionals Convene at Luxury - Earthtimes
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Luxury home builder charged with tax theft - Everett Herald
ECHO LAKE — Grey Lundberg cast a somber glance over the burnt ruins of the $2 million home he’d built on the Street of Dreams, the cul-de-sac of luxury homes destroyed two years ago by arson. Days after the March 2008 fires, which investigators

World’s Luxury-Home Prices Drop on Financial Crisis - Bloomberg
March 23 (Bloomberg) -- Luxury homes became more affordable last year as the financial crisis eroded prices from Monaco to Barbados, according to Knight Frank LLP. Prime real-estate values at 56 locations declined by an average of 5.5 percent, the

Luxury houses tempt buyers with lower tags - Economic Times
LONDON: Luxury homes became more affordable last year, as the financial crisis eroded prices from Monaco to Barbados, according to Knight Frank. Prime real-estate values at 56 locations declined by an average of 5.5%, the London-based property broker