Global direct real estate investment is expected to fall over 30% in 2008 from the record level set in 2007

United Arab Emirates property company Aldar is examining the possibility of investing in some of the UK's largest quoted real estate developers

During an up market everyone is rushing into the real estate market and during a down market everyone is running scared

LONDON, March 26 (Reuters) - The world's biggest interdealer broker ICAP Plc (IAP.L: Quote, Profile, Research) has expanded its property derivatives business into Asia-Pacific to help its clients hedge risks better in the troubled sector,

The Bath and the Earl Shilton have withdrawn all their deals, except those at their standard variable rates.Three others - the Newbury, Melton Mowbray and the Tipton & Coseley - are only lending to local people.

LONDON (Reuters) - The global property market is looking increasingly shaky -- a concern for everyone, not least property investors.

According to the latest house price survey from Nationwide, January saw a further decline in UK house prices with a fall of 0.1% noted. This has lowered the annual rate of house price inflation from 4.8% to 4.2%.

Investors who have purchased properties off-plan may be forced to sell before completion in response to changes in the lending criteria of banks and building societies following the Northern Rock crisis, warns specialist London agent Hurford Salvi Carr.

LONDON - It may not yet be a "crash," but property prices in Britain are falling at a rate not seen since the early 1990s, increasing the pressure on the Bank of England to cut interest rates at its February meeting.

Investors who have purchased properties off-plan may be forced to sell before completion in response to changes in the lending criteria of banks and building societies following the Northern Rock crisis, warns specialist London agent Hurford Salvi Carr.

An increasing number of people are facing tax charges on the sale of their homes where they own more than one property or are selling off land for property development.

Commercial real estate investments, as the names suggests, is investing in commercial real estate like apartments, mobile home parks, shopping centers, hotels, and other commercial income property. In this type of investment the potential and real returns increase, when the investor takes higher degrees of risk.

With a wise investment in a build-to-suit project, you can generate good cash flow from reliable tenants.Be ready for this one though. Your land can sit empty for a long time.

The Iranian-born property entrepreneur has seen the value of his investments plummet hundreds of millions of pounds since Monday, and will be glad of some respite from falling stock markets and housing crisis fears.