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

HOMES DODGE TAX HIKE - Daily Star
The Budget raised stamp duty on homes over £1million to 5%. But experts claim many properties worth more than £1m are often owned by offshore companies exempt from the tax. As many as a third of luxury homes could dodge the duty. Alex Henderson, of

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

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

Top Real Estate Professionals Convene at Luxury - PR Newswire
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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

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

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

Sun Hung Kai, Henderson Join Cheung Kong in Home Cap - BusinessWeek
The government 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 has also pledged to supply more land and proposed selling more public homes.