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The State Department says it could take up to eight weeks to process passport applications that have piled up during consular closings caused by the coronavirus. By Lara Jakes and Tacey Rychter WASHINGTON — Sarah Farris, an American living in Singapore, rushed to her parents’ home in Florida in April to see her father before he died. She […]

Florida Legislature passes bill that could boost foreign investment in real estate By Katherine Kallergis | May 14, 2019 08:45AM A Florida bill may allow for remote notarizations. Other states that legalized online notarizations include Virginia, Texas and Nevada The Florida Legislature recently passed a bill that would make remote online notarizations legal, a move that could speed […]

Cheryl Arcibal  Published: 7:30pm, 19 Mar, 2019 https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3006303/chinas-mass-urbanisation-projects-mean-end-guangzhous-1000 -US student housing segment popular among sovereign and pension funds, says analyst -According to Euromonitor International, foreign students in US universities grew by nearly half to 918,000 in the decade between 2008 and 2018 The growing number of overseas students heading for colleges and universities in the US […]

https://www.bisnow.com/los-angeles/news/capital-markets/survey-says-los-angeles-remains-a-top-target-for-investors-98016 March 18, 2019 Joseph Pimentel, Bisnow Los Angeles When it comes to commercial real estate investment, Los Angeles continues to stay on top despite the area’s high land and building prices. For the fourth year in a row, commercial real estate investors chose the city as the top target among metros in the Americas […]

PRNewswire  March 18, 2019 12:40pm   Comments https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/19/03/r13379192/the-counselors-of-real-estate-talk-brexit-and-its-impact-on-global-rea CHICAGO, March 18, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — The European Chapter of The Counselors of Real Estate®, in cooperation with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), hosted a Brexit conference on February 28 in London, with panelists offering far-reaching insight on the increasing degree of uncertainty since the United Kingdom voted in a 2016 referendum to leave the […]

By Clare Trapasso | Mar 14, 2019 https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/brexit-us-housing-market/ Britain may be across the “pond” from America, but the growing chaos around Brexit, Britain’s planned departure from the European Union, is expected to have global ramifications—and the U.S. real estate market won’t be immune from them. On Wednesday, Britain’s Parliament voted not to leave the EU without […]

Global housing markets poised to slow, but strong house price rises continue in Europe and parts of Asia March 01, 2019 https://www.globalpropertyguide.com/investment-analysis/Global-housing-markets-poised-to-slow-but-strong-house-price-rises-continue-in-Europe-and-parts-of-Asia During 2018: House prices rose in 24 out of the 45 world’s housing markets which have so far published housing statistics. House prices fell in 21 of those 45 countries. The more upbeat […]

Posted in International Real Estate, Marketing and Sales, technology, Working with Clients, by Blog Contributor on February 12, 2019 5 http://theglobalview.blogs.realtor.org/2019/02/12/global-tech-series-part-4-international-show-tell/ Intro to Global Tech Series by Craig Grant, President, EasyRealtySites and The Real Estate Technology Institute Welcome to our ongoing series of how to use and leverage technology to excel in today’s booming International Real Estate marketplace. In prior articles we did […]