Real Estate

• Tuesday, June 28th 2011 - 18:08 UTC

  Brazilian boom full of ambition and consumers, but also has a downside

  

  House prices in some parts of Rio are up nearly 80% in the past year,” says Ronaldo Coelho Netto, an estate agent in Rio de Janeiro, looking up at a new development near the city centre.

• Tuesday, June 21st 2011 - 03:46 UTC

  A million acres estancia in north-west Argentina on sale

  

  Estancia Punta del Agua, probably the largest ever block of freehold land to come onto the market in north Argentina is being sold by London based agent Savills. The estate in San Juan province in the north west of the country is currently owned by a family company and is described as having enormous potential for agricultural or eco power possibilities.

• Friday, June 17th 2011 - 06:03 UTC

  US current account deficit up 6.3% spurred by imports of more expensive oil

  

  The US current account deficit rose 6.3% to $119.3bn in the first three months of the year, the Commerce Department has said. Strong exports of cars, computers and machinery were offset by imports, particularly of more expensive oil.

• Thursday, June 9th 2011 - 08:56 UTC

  Uruguayan government divided over implementation of a new tax on farmland

  

  The Uruguayan government is trying to decide how to implement a controversial new tax on land holdings involving approximately 60 million dollars per annum and which has exposed deep differences in the ruling coalition, is rejected by farmers and feared by investors.

• Thursday, June 2nd 2011 - 04:25 UTC

  Blatter re-elected unopposed; proposes deep reforms for FIFA to fight corruption

  

  Sepp Blatter was re-elected on Wednesday unopposed for a fourth term as FIFA president, shrugging off the scandals that have hit world soccer's governing body to secure another four years in charge.

• Monday, May 30th 2011 - 05:33 UTC

  Miami Herald sells HQ in downtown to a hotels and cruise line group

  

  The publishing company of the Miami Herald, McClatchy Co. (MNI) sold a 14-acre parcel of Miami prime land for 236 million US dollars to Genting Malaysia, a sale begun six years ago by then- independent Knight Ridder Inc.

• Friday, May 27th 2011 - 12:38 UTC

  Impact investment fund targeting low-cost housing in Brazil launches in London

  

  Origen Private Equity Ltd., a boutique investment firm headquartered in London, is launching in June what is set to be the first impact investment fund developing low-cost housing in north-east Brazil in conjunction with the Brazilian government's Minha Casa Minha Vida programme.

• Friday, May 27th 2011 - 08:48 UTC

  Real estate operations in Punta del Este reached 2.25 billion USD in 12 months

  

  Real estate operations in Uruguay’s hottest resort and leisure farms’ area totalled 2.55 billion US dollars in the twelve months to April 2011, equivalent to daily deals involving 7 million USD.

• Sunday, May 22nd 2011 - 23:54 UTC

  Spain’s Mr Zara is buying one acre site in London’s West End for £ 220m

  

  Spain’s Amancio Ortega, the co-founder and former chairman of retail giant Inditex, is splashing out on a 1 acre “island site” on London’s Oxford Street for around £220m according to Property Week.

• Sunday, May 22nd 2011 - 23:41 UTC

  Ukraine’s richest man pays highest price for London residence: £ 136.4 million

  

  Ukraine’s richest man, Rinat Akhmetov, has paid the highest price for a UK residence, buying an apartment in the One Hyde Park development in Knightsbridge. Land Registry documents show that two properties on the seventh and eighth floor of the luxury development have been bought by a single buyer, the total consideration amounting to £136.4m.