Talking Real Estate

Survey: Dublin second-hand house prices up 10% 
A new survey claims that the price of second-hand houses in Dublin has risen by more than 10% so far this year. According to the survey by auctioneers Douglas Newman Good, the annual rate of house price inflation in the city now stands at 25.8%.

Dublin house prices continue to rise 
The average price of a second-hand house in Dublin has increased by over 10% since the start of the year, according to a price survey released today.

NEW ZEALAND 
The country might be far off the beaten track but dinner-table chat about house prices is as common in New Zealand as it is in the UK, US or Japan.

East Lothian tops league as Scottish house prices soar 
HOUSE prices in Scotland have more than doubled over the past 10 years, according to figures published yesterday. East Lothian had the biggest price rises in Scotland with a 180% gain in average price since 1996.

(AFX UK Focus) 2006-04-18 07:16 GMT: UK house prices rise for 5th month running in March - RICS 
LONDON (AFX) - UK house prices rose for the fifth month running in March, though at a slower pace than in February, a key survey showed today.

Home Slides Onto Road In Monte Rio 
The Sonoma County Fire Department’s dispatch center said one of three red-tagged houses on Starrett Hill Drive in Monte Rio slid onto Moscow Road around 1 p.m. this afternoon.

Atlanta Community Offers Amenities of Earlier Age 
A New Urbanist community in Atlanta is trying to re-create a way of life that has largely disappeared in the age of the automobile. Houses tend to be close together; streets are easy to walk. While often found in the suburbs, neighborhoods like Glenwood Park are increasingly showing up in cities.

Emir receives delegations 
DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani received yesterday at Sheraton Doha hotel members of the British Houses of Lords and Commons on the periphery of the 6th Doha Forum on Democracy Development and Free Trade currently in session in Doha. The delegation comprised of Baroness Elizabeth Symons, Baroness Rawlings, Lord Holme L, Mike Ghabbes and Lord Haul Ligelford.

Man Missing After Northern Calif. Mudslide 
MILL VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - A 73-year-old man was reported missing early Wednesday after going outside as a 10-foot wall of mud slid into his house in rain-soaked Northern California. “We’re still considering this a rescue operation,'’ said Fire Battalion Chief Greg Moore. Three other houses on the man’s street were evacuated in the hilly community about 10 miles north of San Francisco. Recent