Global Real Estate

China Is Set to Build This Smog-Eating ‘Forest City’ Filled With Tree-Covered Skyscrapers The eastern Chinese city of Nanjing, like many of the country’s urban areas, suffers from intense smog. The Air Quality Index, which uses a scale from 0 to 500 (with higher numbers indicating worse pollution), rates Nanjing’s air quality as 132 – a level considered unhealthy for the public, especially ...

The real estate industry has struggled in the past years, with a nasty recession and housing bubble threatening the industry. But surveys have shown real estate icons are some of the most satisfied in the country—and the new technologies paving the way for their success means success for anyone looking to rent, buy, or sell real estate. Whereas gaps once ...

Just like our minds control the thoughts we nurture so is our brain equipped with the capacity to filter noise and many times it filters background noise that reaches it without us even noticing. This article reveals ways we can reduce ambient noise within our homes. It is common knowledge that exposure to very loud noise can be damaging to ...

The Bermuda Triangle is a triangular region in the North Atlantic ocean that is somewhat bounded by Miami, Bermuda and Puerto Rico.This article reveals 10 terrifying facts you never knew about the Bermuda Triangle The area that harbours the Bermuda triangle has been known to exude paranormal activity and is even feared by many people. Although many skeptics will chose ...

All over the world, people struggle for land. Many of them struggle with land conflicts and some of them struggle to solve them peacefully. This article aims to facilitate the understanding of people’s position, attitude and behaviour, as well as their underlying interests and motivation when an asset such as land ownership is at stake. From the ancient Greek myths ...

One technology that has emerged over the last decade and a half is Building Information Modeling (BIM). This article highlights the importance of BIM to the construction industry in Nigeria. There were no significant changes in the building design methods observed until the mid-nineteenth century and engineers were used to describe their design by traditional methods (pen, paper, and ruler). ...

We know a lot about what Warren Buffett thinks about investments and businesses. But we don’t know as much about what he thinks about real estate and homes. And it turns out, his honest opinion will surprise you. One of the more interesting businesses, which now falls into the wide umbrella of Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, is its real estate arm ...

Reverse Mortgage Daily reports that the newly formed Finance of America Commercial will continue to serve real estate investors and operate alongside the holding company’s other lending arms, including Finance of America Reverse of Tulsa, Okla. and Finance of America Mortgage of Horsham, Pa. Sara Sefcovic, a spokesperson for Finance of America Holdings, said the company plans to foster overlap ...

What if I told you one hundred years from now, the human population will be living in underwater cities and in 3D-printed homes? The first thing that comes to mind when we hear real estate is apartment complexes and skyscrapers dotting the skyline, brick and mortar coming together to form a solid building where we can put our heads, whether ...

Last week Donald Trump was elected as the 45th U.S. president in the  election on the Republican ticket, defeating Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in a stunning upset. The real estate mogul who is scheduled to take office on January 20, 2017 will be the oldest person to assume the presidency in the history of the United States of America. You ...