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The last week was marked by a number of expert forecasts regarding the world’s biggest - Chinese and American - economies recovery. The economical situation in these countries may affect the global market, so this news should be taken most seriously.
A famous French economist Thierry Apotheker expects USA and Eurozone to begin showing signs of recovery from crisis in the second quarter of 2009 with Asia to follow them in the third quarter.
American billionaire Sam Zell, founder of Equity Residential – a company owning the largest number of apartments in USA, and Equity Offi ce Properties – country’s largest offi ces owner, predicts USA property market recovery to begin by spring 2009.
According to “property investment guru” (as Zell is sometimes called), with the country population constantly increasing and a few building starting in 2008 (a million fewer than in each of the last ten years) demand for houses in USA will only rise. After stabilization of the U.S. property market growth would return to other markets, Zell claims.
However Thierry Apotheker adds a blot on the landscape. French economist apprehends the so called Chinese factor, which may prevent Asian economies from recovery. “A catastrophe in China will impact the rest of Asia very negatively due to the growing integration of Asia and China”, the economist suggests. It should be noted that the driver of Chinese economy is a construction industry. And in case it crashes development of Asian countries may halt, which would have a negative impact on global economy. According to Macquarie Securities prognosis, construction volume in China is to reduce by 30% next year – compared to 9% growth during the fi rst three quarters of 2008.
Construction in China employs 77 million people and it contributes about a quarter of all investment in the country. A slump in this industry would lead to growth of unemployment and an investment crisis, as well as to a decline in other branches of Chinese economy – particularly in steelmaking and concrete industries. Meanwhile Chinese and USA governments take measures aimed on fi ghting the residential property market decline. During the Central Economic Work Conference which has recently ended in China, local authorities have discussed several ways to stimulate demand and developer activity on the national property market. Yang Shaofeng, Managing Director of Conworld, a Beijing-based property broker agency is assured that high taxes are the main factor limiting property demand. The government is about to lower tax rates in the mean time, the expert claims. Shaofeng also suggests lowering the income tax for companies working on the real estate market; obliging the local authorities to sell residential buildings to house people that have low income; and encourage banks to fi nance expensive property projects.
President-elect Barack Obama has made an important assignment in his administration. Shaun Donovan will be a new secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Shaun Donovan is a former New York City’s housing commissioner. According to Barack Obama “As commissioner of housing preservation and development in New York City, Shaun has led the effort to create the largest housing plan in the nation, helping hundreds of thousands of our citizens buy or rent their homes”. Future president of the U.S. claims Donovan to be an ideal candidate to solve the mortgage crisis which, he said “not only shakes the foundation of our economy, but the foundation of the American Dream“. In order to strengthen the confi dence in mortgage credits, the U.S. authorities continue to fi ght fraud in the sector. U.S. Justice Department has created more than forty special mortgage fraud task forces to investigate on mortgage-related criminal cases. About 200 FBI agents are occupied in investigating on the cases, which is 80 agents more than a year ago. In conclusion it should be noted that measures taken by governments of other countries have positively affected local property markets.
Australian government lowered interest rates and arranged different programs to help fi rst home buyers, these measures led to an increase in mortgages. Bank of Sweden has also lowered interest rates and this action brought the customers back to the national property market. It has also slowed down the price reduction for the local homes and apartments.

This over 600 meter tall tower is expected to be the tallest building in Europe and the second tallest building in the world and will be located within the "Moscow City" business district.

"Moscow City" is planned to be the equivalent of world-famous business districts like the Canary Wharf in London and La Defense in Paris. Currently there is no other district in Moscow comparable to it in terms of central location, opportunities for large development and central planning of the territory.

The history of The Russia Tower project began in 1993 when its first design was proposed by the American architectural company Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP. The original design provided for a single tower 115-stories high, with gross area of approximately 330,000 square meters.

Soon after RussianLand accepted the project in 2004, it invited the world-famous architect Lord Norman Foster and his company, Foster & Partners, to create a new design of the Tower.

The new concept is for "Three Towers in One" with a central atrium forming the heart to the building. The project is expected to have several functions: office center, a 5-star hotel, residential apartments, a luxury spa, observation platform, restaurants and dining, retail areas and parking facilities.

The concept is well adapted to the local environment. The space orientation of the Tower will be optimized to give the building maximum natural lighting. The large floor plates have been planned as column free to ensure flexibility and comfort: the internal layout will be easily adjusted according to the clients’ demands. At the same time the building plan makes it possible to create a “community” workplace, which is valued by potential large corporate tenants.

Real Estate Markets of the Middle East will Outperform All Other Regions says Jones Lang LaSalle in its first Investor Sentiment Survey, in association with Cityscape

• Middle Eastern real estate markets expected to significantly outperform all other regions
• Middle East expected to be one of the regions least impacted by global credit squeeze
• Investors remain bullish on UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar

The real estate markets of the Middle East will outperform all other regions, according to findings from the Investor Sentiment Survey, an in depth study of real estate professionals market views conducted by Jones Lang LaSalle in association with Cityscape Dubai, the world's largest real estate conference and exhibition. The report also reveals that almost half of all respondents believe UAE will offer the best performing real estate market in the Middle East over the next 1 - 2 years, with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to be the next best performer.

Pooling the views of a sample of over 350 developers, sovereign wealth funds and high net worth investors, the survey is the first of its kind conduct

Polska została uznana najciekawszym rynkiem dla nowych inwestycji zagranicznych w Europie w najnowszym Europejskim Raporcie Atrakcyjności wg Ernst&Young.

Polska zajęła drugie miejsce pod względem tworzonych miejsc pracy i siódme miejsce w rankingu bezpośrenich inwestycji zagraniczncyh.

Pomimo zachowania swojej znaczącej pozycji, Europa powoli traci swoją dominującą atrakcyjność inwestycyjną. Dotyczy to głównie Europy Zachodniej, gdzie widoczna jest migracja od projektów produkcyjnych do usług biznesowych.

Wciąż jednak Wschodnia i Centralna Europa rozwijają się bardzo dynamicznie. Wśród potencjalnych inwestorów badanych przez Ernst&Young, Polska zajęła 1 miejsce /18%/ wyprzedzając między innymi Niemcy /16%/, Rosję /12%/, Francję /11%/, Rumunię /10%/ oraz Wielką Brytanię /9%/.

Polska cieszy się też wysokim współczynnikiem tworzenia nowych miejsc pracy. W ubiegłym roku, w związku z inwestycjami zagranicznymi, stworzono 18399 nowych  miejsc pracy, co daje Polsce drugie miejsce w Europie, po Wielkiej Brtytanii. Pod względem ilości inwestycji zagranicznych Polska zajęła w 2007 roku siódme miejsce, zamykając 146 projektów.

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NOWY JORK - Sprzedaż domów nieoczkewanie wzrosła w kwietniu do poziomu najwyższego od października ubiegłego roku, podała w poniedziałek grupa specjalistów rynku nieruchomości. Wciąż jednak sprzedaż utrzymała się na poziomie o 13% niższym niż przed rokiem.

NAR /Krajowe Stowarzyszenie Developerów/ skorygowało wskaźnik sprzedaży oczekwianej, któy wzrósł do 88.2 procent od marca, w któym wynosił 83 procent - najniższy poziom od momentu stworzenia wskaźnika w 2001 roku. W kwietniu 2007 wskaźnik róny był 101.5.

Ekonomiści Wall Street w sondażu Thomson/IFR przewidywali pozostanie wskaźnika na poziomie 83.

Poziom 100 jest równy śreniemu poziomi sprzedaży w roku 2001.

Główny ekonomista NAR, Lawrence Yun zaznaczył, że sprzedaż wzrosła w rejonach objętych największymi obniżkami cen - takich jak Detroit czy Las Vegas.

"Poszukiwacze okazji masowo weszli na rynek" powiedział Yun. "Znaczące obniżki cen prowadzą do szybszego powrotu do poziomu równowagi cenowej|".

Yun przewduje, że średnia cena domów spadnie w pierwszej połowie roku o 8.4% procenta i ustabilizuje się na tym poziomie. W 2009 roku ceny wzrosną o około 4.4% i osiągną średni poziom $213,900.

Sprzedaż domów w roku 2008 powinna wynieść około 5.4 miliona, zaś w kolejnym roku oczekuje się wzrostu sprzedaży do 5.74 miliona.


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Griffin Property Finance (GPF), pierwszy fundusz inwestycyjny typu mezzanine na rodzimym rynku planuje zainwestować 250 milionów w Polsce i inych krajach Centralnej i Wschodniej Europy.

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