Archive for July, 2006

DDA to auction plots at prime locations in Delhi

Monday, July 31st, 2006

It may be behind schedule but the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is finally offloading its cache of residential plots in some of the most prime locations in the city. Predictably, reserve prices of all plots have shot up in the new auction date.
The auction of plots — more than 250 in number — were [...]

The Irish Times buys MyHome.ie for €50 million

Saturday, July 29th, 2006

Irish Auction Info
The Irish Times Ltd, publisher of The Irish Times, has announced that it has bought MyHome.ie, the leading Irish online property portal. The deal values the business at up to €50 million, comprising an initial payment of €40 million and an additional payment of €10 million deferred over a five-year period.
The deferred payments [...]

Vietnam’s property market boils over

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

Is Vietnam’s explosive economic growth inflating a property bubble? Some Vietnam-based analysts think so judging by the number of new developments mushrooming across the country.
The 1997-98 financial crisis that hit other countries in the region such as Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia had only a marginal impact on Vietnam, which had then only recently emerged [...]

Cass County siezed property auction

Saturday, July 22nd, 2006

US Auction Info
Cass County’s forfeited properties will go on the auction block Aug. 26 with 50 parcels of property going to the highest bidder.
The property offered was forfeited for non-payment of property taxes from 2003 or earlier. These property owners lost all rights to their property if they did not pay taxes, interest and penalties [...]

Hong Kong government auction Lantau Island site

Tuesday, July 18th, 2006

The government today sold a 24,111 square-foot site on Lantau Island for 30.5 mln hkd, much higher than what analysts had expected, in Hong Kong’s first land auction in the current fiscal year to March.
The 30.5 mln hkd final auction price represents a 111 pct premium to the minimum asking price of 14.47 mln for [...]

Goldcrest buys Reigate site at auction

Tuesday, July 18th, 2006

UK Auction Info
GOLDCREST has purchased a 0.48 acre site on Blackborough Road in Reigate at auction for £1.46 million.
The L-shaped site currently includes two detached buildings, which are used for a combination of office and residential use, as well as a yard area with a range of single storey garages and B1 commercial units.
Goldcrest intends [...]

Heat on land agency over auction

Friday, July 14th, 2006

Australian Auction Info
The Land Development Agency’s selective distribution of information to bidders short-listed for an auction of prime commercial land in Fyshwick is under fire after the release of more Freedom of Information correspondence.
Stepping up his attack over what he calls a sham auction, Canberra Airport owner Terry Snow says the agency withheld crucial information [...]