The volume of residential property sales in Canada fell by 4.5% in January 2012, the first time decrease since August 2011 and the largest decline since July 2010, the latest data from the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) shows...

South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan gave his 2012 Budget Speech this week, vowing to cut the budget deficit target for next year as tax revenue is set to rise, in a bid to ease investors’ concerns about increasing debt in Africa’s largest economy...

CBRE has strengthened its international residential sales and marketing capabilities in the prime London market with the appointment of Matthew Cobb as Associate Director...

Home prices in Spain are expected to continue falling until at least the middle of next year when a signification portion of the country’s existing housing glut should have been absorbed, according to rating agency Standard & Poor’s...

Don’t believe them when they say size doesn’t matter. Every homebuyer wants the best deal – and the largest space – for their money when it comes to purchasing a new home...

Supermarket giant Tesco has launched a Thai property fund in a bid to raise £370m as part of its efforts to fund expansion and the refurbishment of its shops in Britain...

A shrewd property investor sold a double-Grammar zoned house in Auckland, New Zealand, at auction for NZ$1.3m (£690,000) just two days after buying the property for $880,000 (£465,000)...

Although a slew of important UK economic developments generally had a limited impact, sterling edged higher against most of its major rivals last week, financial experts Hargreaves Lansdown report...

There is little chance of a property bubble occurring in Bankok, Thailand, in spite of a glut of condominiums, according to international estate agents Jones Lang LaSalle...

The average cost of renting a home in Spain fell last year as rental prices depreciated in 77% of Spain’s primary rental markets, the latest to data from Idealista...