Real Estate Radar: Worldwide Property News

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$100 Million Silicon Valley Estate is Highest Price Ever Paid in United States

A Russian billionaire investor paid $100 million USD for a French chateau-style mansion in Silicon Valley, marking the highest known price paid for a single-family home in the U.S. The purchase of the 25500 square foot home in Los Altos Hills, California underscores the strength of some luxury properties in an otherwise depressed housing market.

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Expats Renting in Tokyo are Paying the Most in the World

Tokyo’s rents are the highest in the world for expatriates followed by Moscow and Hong Kong, where prices surged 22%, the biggest yearly increase, according to a survey by ECA International

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The Beijing Luxury Overseas Property & Investment Show

The 4th Beijing Overseas Property & Investment Show will take place from the 7th to 10th April, 2011 along side the 18th Beijing Spring Property Show. As a special feature of the Beijing Overseas Property and Investment Show will showcase companies offering overseas real estate, holiday resorts, leisure products and services.

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Latest Economist Index Reveals World’s Most Over and Under Valued Property Markets

It’s hardly a trophy to be proud of: Once again the Australian property market is the most over-valued in the World, according to The Economist, with Hong Kong still not too far behind.

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The Top Eight Vacation Home Locations in the United States

TripAdvisor, the popular travel Web site, recently released a list of the top vacation rental hot spots in the United States for 2011.

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EVENT: Moscow Golf and Luxury Property Show 22-23 April, 2011

In the last years there has been a tremendous increase in the number of Russians buying overseas property. The largest increase has been in the first time buyer sector as the emerging Russian middle class buys. The Moscow Golf & Luxury Property Show will take place on April 22-23, 2011, in the “T-Modul” exhibition hall in the centre of Moscow.

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