100+ organisations publish first International Ethics Standards A coalition of more than 100 property professional bodies worldwide which make up the IES Coalition published today the first set of ethics principles for professionals working in land, property, construction, infrastructure and related […] December 8, 2016
Irish affordable housing scheme focus in wrong says SCSI The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland has said the ‘Help to Buy’ scheme announced in Budget 2017 will have very little impact on the housing crisis because supply is the problem, not demand. Claire Solon, […] October 26, 2016
No fooling on April 1 UK stamp duty surcharge Effective April 1, a 3% stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of second homes and buy-to-let properties will go into effect. The announcement was made last week during Chancellor George Osborne’s budget speech. Disappointing to […] March 23, 2016
Number of suburban renters up in US The US home ownership rate dropped to 63.7% in 2015, according to data from the US Census Bureau – down 0.8% from 2014 and a slight increase in decline over the previous year, which saw […] March 21, 2016
What $1 million buys in a home Last week real estate firms Knight Frank and Douglas Elliman released their 2016 Wealth Report, offering an insight into what $1 million will buy in residential property. According to the report, Monaco is the world’s […] March 21, 2016
New president ready to lead the battle About a thousand people attended the February 29 inauguration of the new board of Secovi-SP, chaired by Flavio Amary, held in São Paulo. Brazil’s vice-president Michel Temer, Minister of Cities Minister Gilberto Kassab, and the […] March 20, 2016
