Americas & Caribbean

The great B.C. real estate bust, (The Globe and Mail, Canada, October 30, 2009).

NHT stuck with Jamintel building, (The Jamaica Gleaner, Jamaica, October 28, 2009).

Home prices up in August; off 2008 peak: survey, (Vancouver Sun, Canada, October 28, 2009).

Calgary's house, condo sales up as market rebounds, (Calgary Herald, Canada, October 27, 2009).

Build it well and they will come, says Montreal condo king, (Financial Post, Canada, October 26, 2009).

Asia/Pacific Rim

Median cost of a Sydney house tops $600,000, (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, October 31, 2009).

Cold water for Asia property market, (The New York Times, China, October 28, 2009).

Grants to ease housing shortage 'miss crisis area', (The Australian, Australia, October 28, 2009).

Newcomers buoy Waimate house sales, (The Timaru Herald, New Zealand, October 28, 2009).

Foreign buyer pays $185m for The Four Points hotel, (The Australian,Australia, October 27, 2009).

Coastal property prices could fall on climate fears, (www.ninemsn.com.au,Australia, October 27, 2009).

Asian policy makers move to prevent bubbles, (The Age, Asia, October 27, 2009).

Europe

UK house prices up 0.5 pct in October, report says, (Forbes, England, October 30, 2009)

Childhood castle of Carla Bruni for sale for $30 million, (Sydney Morning Herald, Italy, October 29, 2009).

First LEED-certificate for new buildings in Nordic countries, (Europe Real Estate, Finland, October 29, 2009).

House price mini-boom slows as Christmas looms, (The Times, England, October 29, 2009).

Overseas investors pile into Central London office market, (Property Week, England, October 29, 2009).

Ireland just half way through its property slump with prices expected to tumble 45%, (PropertyWire, Ireland, October 28, 2009).

First-time buyers make cautious return to West Midlands housing market, (Birmingham Post, England, October 27, 2009).

Italy's real estate market expected to slump in 2010, (NuWire Investor, Italy, October 27, 2009).

Recovery underway in French property market as prices rise and lending soars, (PropertyWire, France, October 26, 2009).

Transport developments hold the key hold the key to boosting commercial property in Moscow, report predicts, (PropertyWire, Russia, October 26, 2009).

Tory plans to kick-start housing projects gets backing from property chiefs, (The Telegraph, England, October 26, 2009).

Queen makes killing in property, (New Zealand Herald, England, October 26, 2009).

Africa and the Middle East

Algeria to offer loans to aspiring home-owners, (Zawya.com, Algeria, October 28, 2009).

Demand for office space rises by 19% in Q2: C&W, (The Times of India, India, October 28, 2009).

International House Hunting in . . . Morocco, (New York Times, Morocco, October 27, 2009).

Over 19,000 invested in property in Dubai, (Gulf News, Dubai, October 27, 2009).

Realtors divided on impact of RBI move, (The Hindu Business Line, India, October 27, 2009).