SHANGHAI: Despite the central government's attempts to cool the property market, a Shanghai district government last Thursday, Oct 14 released seven sites for sale.

HONG KONG: Elderly residents in crumbling areas of Kowloon City would like to take advantage of the new flat-for-flat scheme — but only if their new homes are as big as their old ones and they do not have to pay any extra money.

HONG KONG: The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) cannot afford to build only cheaper flats because it has to pay its own way under the government's new renewal strategy and needs revenue from luxury flats to stay in the black, Development Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said last Thursday, Oct 14.

LONDON: Property asking prices in England and Wales rose for the first time in four months in October, with sellers responding to seasonal pressures instead of market fundamentals, a survey showed on Monday, Oct 18.

DELRAY BEACH (Florida): Curtis Jones has fought for more than a year to keep his two-story townhouse in this beachside Florida city from being foreclosed.

Jones, a 49-year-old construction worker, feels like it is a one-sided fight.

"Nobody is willing to work with me. They just brush you off," he said.

Bandar Utama in Petaling Jaya is one of the Klang Valley’s property hot spots that is known for overnight queues for its terraced homes.

Selangor Dredging Bhd’s (SDB) Seventies-inspired RM170 million development Dedaun — which means leaf in Malay — is set for official launch on Oct 22. The project sits on about an acre of freehold land off Jalan Ampang, not far from the British High Commission.

For 38-year-old Teoh, the long wait to purchase a 2-storey shopoffice unit at Phase 6A3 in Bandar Kinrara, Puchong, was well worth it. He was convinced of the potential appreciation in value of the units as a supermarket would be coming up soon on a neighbouring plot.

The prices of landed properties in the Klang Valley that went under the hammer in August and September have risen considerably from earlier this year.

Everyone loves a view, especially of the sea from a very high elevation. That, and more, can be found at the luxurious Reflections at Keppel Bay in Singapore, which will be launched in Malaysia this month, says its developer Keppel Corp Ltd.The leasehold project, which comprises six high-rise towers and 11 low-rise villa apartment blocks, is due for completion in 2012.