http://www.freedomoverseashomes.com/ View the latest Freedom Overseas Homes news entries below. For archived news reports and articles or to view all news items, please visit our website. en-gb Copyright 2008, Freedom Overseas Homes Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:56:35 GMT 20 http://www.freedomoverseashomes.com/78/news/Russians_to_boost_Cypriot_property_market/15_July_2008 After months of negotiation, the Russian parliament (Duma) has voted to approve a double taxation treaty with Cyprus, paving the way for Russian citizens to buy property in the country under more favourable conditions. http://www.freedomoverseashomes.com/79/news/Spanish_property_transfers_up_25_in_April/15_July_2008 During the month of April the number of property transfers across Spain rose by 2.5% y-o-y and 19.3% on March’s recorded figures pushing the total number of transfers up to 214,795, according to figures released by the Spanish National Statistics Office (NSI).
http://www.freedomoverseashomes.com/80/news/New_Finance_for_Caribbean_purchases/15_July_2008 HiFX Mortgage Services, the fee-free overseas finance arm of FX brokers HiFX, has announced the addition of the first Caribbean lender to its portfolio. http://www.freedomoverseashomes.com/76/news/More_Spanish_resale_price_falls/10_July_2008 Resale property prices across the major housing markets in Spain have fallen by between 2% - 4% throughout the second quarter of 2008, with falls of 2% in Barcelona, 2.1% in Madrid, 2% in Valencia and 2.1% in Bilbao, according to Spanish property portal Idealista.com http://www.freedomoverseashomes.com/77/news/Russian_gas_giant_invests_in_Morocco/10_July_2008 The property arm of Russian gas giant Gazprom has revealed its intentions to invest nearly €1billion in the Moroccan property market by developing two new projects along the African country’s mountainous and coastal regions.
http://www.freedomoverseashomes.com/74/news/Italian_fashion_comes_to_Dubai/01_July_2008 Italian fashion house Gianfranco Ferre and the Dubai-based property financer Galadari Investment Office (GIO) has announced its intention to build a $1.2billion, 60-floor residential and commercial tower block in Dubai, becoming the third company from the fashion sector to enter the Emirates property sector in as many years.
http://www.freedomoverseashomes.com/75/news/New_low_cost_airline_for_Dubai/01_July_2008 The Dubai government has announced that its first low-cost airline to operate in the country has been named FlyDubai. http://www.freedomoverseashomes.com/72/news/Spanish_tax_loophole/25_June_2008 Hundreds of Britons who have sold a property in Spain between June 2004 and December 2006 have begun the fight to reclaim their money from the Spanish government, which, it is claimed, overcharged them Capital Gains Tax (CGT) by 20%.
http://www.freedomoverseashomes.com/73/news/Emerging_markets_improve_transparency/25_June_2008 Emerging markets have significantly improved their levels of real estate transparency according to the latest Global Real Estate Transparency Index from property consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle and LaSalle Investment Management, its global real estate investment management subsidiary.
http://www.freedomoverseashomes.com/71/news/New_marina_for_Pathos/17_June_2008 A consortium headed up by one of Cyprus’ biggest property developers, the Leptos Group, has won its bid to build the new Paphos Marina.