According to real estate consultancy firm Jones Lang LaSalle's Indian Real Estate: A Review Of 2013 And Outlook for 2014 report, Chennai witnessed the strongest retail real estate absorption in the first three quarters, at 53 per cent of net rentals …

"The US Federal Reserve's tapering of monthly bond purchases is likely to lead to increased mortgage rates in Hong Kong, reducing the affordability of residential real estate," said Craig Shute, senior managing director at CBRE Hong Kong, Macau and …

"Stability in the real estate market is driving people's desire to buy move-up homes, to invest in real estate," Wind says. "And it means lenders are more comfortable lending against it." Lenders see jumbo loans as an attractive market because jumbo …

“It's no question (houses are) getting bigger and being used less often, not as primary residences,” says Jeffrey Hyland, a well-known high–end real estate agent. Hyland says he expects to see 20 houses of 20,000 square feet or more coming on the …

Says Dutt: "If one buys in a location where chances of appreciation are better, while renting in places where the prices are high, you will reduce risk. You will hedge a price hike risk and at the same time get to enjoy property at high–end locations …

The woman who donated a gold ring to The Salvation Army as a way to honor her former husband on the anniversary of his death has been identified, but says she never intended to receive any attention for her generosity. On Monday evening the red kettles …

Gold is the investment asset class which provides a hedge against inflation and better returns during recession when currencies lose their value drastically. The world is now coming out of tough times and major economies like the US have started …

The gold mining sector is braced for asset writedowns and a fall in the amount of reserves in the ground after the precipitous drop in the price of the metal this year. Some of the world's largest gold miners face having to tell investors that their …

Gold in overseas markets, which normally set price trend on the domestic front, moved up marginally, but it is down nearly 28 percent for the year, and is headed for its worst annual fall in 32 years. Spot gold last traded up USD 2.60 or 0.21 percent …