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Blog: The micro compact home is a Munich housing masterpiece

M-chMicro compact home


As Munich continues to grow in popularity and property investor eyes are on Germany, there is an increasing shortage of modern affordable housing in Munich city.


It is no wonder therefore that the German’s are busy developing a solution. Enter the m-ch or micro compact home, the conclusion of a research project at Technical University Munich to design a 2.6m cube dwelling. Prof. Richard Horden initiated the project with his team of students and assistants in 2001 in response to another housing shortage: the university has about 90,000 students and just 10,000 ...

Eco Property, German Property, New Developments
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Blog: A Munich housing shortage keeps property demand high

Munich City
So we move to Munich, which according to Heinrich Heine some 150 years ago “Nestles between art and beer like a village between hills.” With the advent, of the World Cup 2006 my guess is that more beer is the order of the day than art.


German Property, Overseas Property News
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Blog: Realestate dot com valuable Internet real estate domain name

In the context of valuable Internet real estate, RealEstate.com would be one domain name worth having if you are in this industry. In the dotcom boom business.com sold for $7.5 million, so the acquisition of RealEstate.com by Lending Tree Inc in 2003 was a savvy move.


This piece of Internet history started life as a realtor site back in the early days of the Internet. It’s had an unstable lifetime with multiple changing of owners, but never really maximised its potential until in December 2003. Its previous owners kept the domain for just 13 months and never really engineered the market for it and with ...

Overseas Property News
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Blog: Berlin Property Investment Booms

Olympiastadion BerlinAs this Friday sees the start of the World Cup 2006 Quarter finals, we thought we should feature the capital city of Berlin, whose at their new-look, 76,000-capacity Olympiastadion sees host country Germany take on favorites Argentina.


Berlin is similar to London, in that it houses a collection of communities rather than a mass of people. However matters were complicated by nearly 30 years of division by the Wall, which has created big differences between east and west. Look east and to the riskier former communist areas of Prenzlauer Berg and Kreuzberg. Whilst prospects are good, risk is higher ...

German Property, New Developments
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Blog: German Investment Property is good overseas bet

Germany World Cup 2006
You would have to either be Martian or lodged in the deepest darkest corner of Amazonia or Antartica to have missed the 2006 FIFA World Cup, which this year is once again being hosted by Germany after 32 years. Since both the public and media spotlight is firmly fixed on the Wunderbar Bundesrepublik Deutschland, we felt Nubricks should follow accordingly so for the next few days we will be highlighting off-plan opportunities in Germany’s world cup host cities.


Home to Europe’s largest property market and therefore economy respectively, according to Moneyweek’s Sven Lorenz, Germany the ...

German Property
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Blog: Want a Property in Costa Rica Diamante Del Sol is a new Jaco Beach development

Jaco BeachLying 130 km from San Jose capital, the Punterenas province, Playa Jaco is one of the most popular beaches in Costa Rica. Offering a developed central location with proximity to San Jose, a night life with a reputation for the “fun and sun” spot on the Pacific coast, unique shops, close to 100 restaurants and bars and finally excellent surf have put Jaco on the Costa Rica property map. Infrastructure improvements have lead to downtown Jaco being paved, a commercial project for a major US Casino, a four star air-conditioned restaurant and a theatre with Broadway Shows developed ...

Costa Rica Property, New Developments
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Blog: Beachfront Condominiums For Sale in Jaco Beach, Costa Rica

Costa Rica
This is an opportunity to invest in a brand new beachfront condo development, in Costa Rica’s happening Jaco Beach located in Puntarena on the Pacific coast. The tiny Central American country of Costa Rica has long since been touted in the US and Canada as a low-cost property investment location backed by a reputation as a safe and stable nation of friendly people. It also enjoys strong economic growth and continues to invest in an already well developed infrastructure, Costa Rica was recently ranked above the United States in a study of world healthcare systems. Add in year ...

Costa Rica Property, New Developments
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Blog: Buying property abroad the male female perspective

women in marketing
Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus and that is just the start when it comes to the different sexes. At Nubricks we have found that 67% of property buyers that register for new development details are male with only 33% being female, many enquiries also come in at lunchtime between 11am and 2pm. On the face of those statistics it would seem that many more men are now doing property research on the net. Historically market research shows a general trend that women conduct initial buying research more so than men when buying ...

Property Investment Guide
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Blog: Brazil emerging as a property development hotspot

Rio Grande do Norte


As Brazil makes its presence felt on the World Cup 2006 stage in Germany, it is also starting to carve out its place on the World property stage.


When it comes to overseas property these days it seems the world is a much smaller place with property buyers venturing further afield for a bargain investment property potential spurred on by more adventurous holiday destination options and undaunted by the trials and tribulations of the most basic of property laws.


Brazil Property, New Developments
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Blog: Cape Verde Property trips summer 2006

Are you looking to visit the Cape Verde Islands on a property inspection trip this summer?


1 week Property inspections trips in July and August 2006 for 379 pounds sterling. Trips are available Tuesday to Tuesday and are limited and only available this week, so contact us soon.


For more information please email us here…


Cape Verde Property, Services
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