Leonardo DiCaprio has sold Malibu villa for $7,999 million
Written on 16 June 2009 by infoWell-known Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio managed to sell his Malibu residence. Sale cost is not informed, however it is known, that the required price made $7,999 million.
The object includes the house with two bedrooms and two bathrooms; the total area of the villa makes 220 square meters, and also the guest house and garage on four cars. From the big panoramic windows ocean view opens. Villa has also private beach.
In 2007 DiCaprio has bought villa for $6,35 million, and the actor has decided to sale it in November, 2008.
This year the 34-year-old actor three times nominated for the award Oscar, has played the next leading role in Martin Scorsese’s new movie Shutter Island.
About 30% of habitation in Dubai will become empty
Written on 16 June 2009 by infoNumber of empty habitation in Dubai can double by the end of 2010.
UBS analysts prove that the number of empty houses can sharply grow - from today’s 15 % to 30 % of all housing market by the end of next year.
Real estate market of Dubai is stronger than others has suffered from world financial crisis. According to Deutsche Bank’s report prices for habitation in Emirates have already fallen on 50 % and can decrease on 20 % this year.
Britney Spears house doesn’t attract buyers
Written on 10 June 2009 by infoCrisis in the US housing market has affected Britney Spears. Nobody wants to buy Britney’s house in Los Angeles, which the star has exposed on sale. Spears has even decided to reduce the price.
Pop star has bought the house in Beverly Hills for £4,7 million in 2007, but in September, 2008, Britney has exposed it on sale.
The singer hoped to sell the house for £5,3 million, but she has had to reduce the price for £533 thousand. Now the house price makes £4,3 million pounds. So, Britney is losing £400 thousand.
Now the singer rents more spacious house in the Californian small town Calabasas.
Real estate market of New Zealand is out of crisis
Written on 10 June 2009 by infoIn May prices for houses in New Zealand have decreased on the 2009 minimum level.
According to experts, delay of rates of falling of the prices shows that the real estate market of the country will soon recover and will help economy to struggle crisis.
According to national appraiser Quotable Value New Zealand Ltd., in May average prices for houses have fallen on 8,1 % in comparison with last year. Bloomberg proves it is the most insignificant falling since December, 2008.
Wal-Mart has opened first supermarket in India
Written on 1 June 2009 by infoWorld’s largest retail network Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has opened the first supermarket in India. This and subsequent supermarkets Wal-Mart will belong to company Bharti Wal-Mart Private Ltd., which is a joint venture of Wal-Mart and its Indian partner Bharti Enterprises.
Within the next 3 years the company plans to open from 10 to 15 supermarkets, thus having hired more than 5 thousand employees.
Wal-Mart - is world’s largest retail network, which includes 6 thousand 782 shops in 14 countries. Hypermarkets and the supermarkets, selling the food and industrial goods, are among them. The total number of the personnel of the company makes 1,6 million persons.
During 2008-2009 net profit of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has made $13,4 billion, the company gain for the accounting period has made $405,6 billion.
Prices for habitation in the USA have again deceived forecasts of analysts
Written on 28 May 2009 by infoIn March falling of cost of habitation in 20 largest USA cities has exceeded forecasts. According to data of index S&P/Case-Shiller, reduction of prices has made 18,7 % in comparison with March, 2008. Bloomberg analysts predicted average reduction of real estate price index on 18,3 %.
Most of all the prices have fallen in the Phoenix, Las Vegas and San Francisco.
Experts have noticed that the record number of deprivations of the property rights promotes falling of the prices for habitation and makes it more accessible.
In this connection rates of sales reduction are slowed down, and, probably, it will allow stabilising them.
In March Habitation cost in the USA has decreased on 2,2 % in comparison with February, 2009. In I quarter of 2009 prices have fallen on 19,1 % in comparison with the similar period of 2008 and it is the maximum decrease from the beginning of tracing of these data in 2001.
Meanwhile sales in the secondary market of habitation in the USA have grown in April on 2 % in annual calculation and have reached 4,66 million houses. Such forecast was published by agency Bloomberg. In March 4,57 million houses were sold.
European hotels lack visitors
Written on 23 May 2009 by infoAccording to research company STR Global, level of hotels’ fallibility in Europe has fallen to 8,9 % in 1 quarter of 2009 in comparison with the same period of 2008.
Hotel business of East and Southern Europe has suffered most of all - there this indicator has fallen on 19 % and 16 % accordingly. The average income of standard room in the first quarter o f 2009 has fallen on 23 %: in hotels of Madrid - on 23 %, Paris - on 19 %, Rome - on 17 %.
According to STR Global, in average prices for rooms have decreased on 9,6 %.
Knight Frank predicts deficiency of the inhabited real estate
Written on 23 May 2009 by infoIn connection with sharp reduction of volumes of new building practically in all developed countries of the world, deficiency of objects of the inhabited real estate and, as consequence, a rise in prices is predicted in short-term prospect.
Knight Frank prove that even in difficult market conditions qualitative objects from reliable world brands with a good arrangement will be in demand. For example 28 % of apartments are already bought in project Porto Montenegro (Montenegro), though construction started last month.
Situation in office real estate market
Written on 15 May 2009 by infoProfitableness growth reduction in the market of office real estate in Europe has finally overcome crisis. Such information has been represented in Jones Lang LaSalle’s report.
According to company Jones Lang LaSalle, in the first quarter of 2009 the minimum average rate of profitableness of office real estate in Europe has increased by 20 basic points, from 5,8 % to 6 %, that is much less, than growth on 50 basic points between the third and fourth quarter in 2008.
Jones Lang LaSalle analysts believe that profitableness rates in many markets, including London and Paris, can reach the marginal level till the end of the year and in some cases can even start to decrease.
German and Italian markets still show the most contained growth of profitableness from the moment of the beginning of market crisis (50-60 basic points within the last 12 months). All German markets remained stable throughout quarter; profitableness rates in Milan have grown, in the meantime, on 15 basic points, and remained stable in Rome. Profitableness rates have shown the highest growth (50 basic points) in the markets of Bucharest, Dublin, Moscow and St.-Petersburg.
AIG sells headquarters in Japan for $1 billion
Written on 5 May 2009 by infoInsurance giant American International Group (AIG) is going to sell the headquarters in Japan for $1 billion.
One of the Japanese insurance companies, which is still in secret, is the prospective buyer of AIGs main office.
Exact date of the transaction is not called. Office sale in Japan will become one of the largest AIGs losses during crisis.
The company is compelled to sell actives in order to pay off with debts to the American government.
As it has become known, transaction on sale of AIGs leasing business - International Lease Finance - is almost completed.
