Foreign Property News | Posted by Aye Myat Thu
A 17th-century Northern Ireland castle with four private islands as well as 17 cottages and apartments has just been listed for the suggested price of €7.5 million (US$8.27 million). The 448-acre Belle Isle Estate is about 8 miles from Enniskillen, the largest town in County Fermanagh. It was listed by James Butler, director of Savills Country Agency, in mid-July. The colossal country estate, which since 2006 has been rented out as a venue for weddings and other events that have accommodated up to 200 guests, is the home of 44-year-old Lord Nicholas Hamilton, whose father, James Hamilton, the 5th Duke of Abercorn, bought it for him in 1991, according to published reports and the...
Foreign Property News | Posted by Hnin Ei Khin
When Tahlia moved from Brisbane to Sydney, Australia she hoped to find the perfect rental property. She and her husband had never been to Sydney before.Despite this, they picked a place they thought was perfect, as it was “fully furnished,” close to the city and affordable. But, according to Tahlia, they got more than they bargained for when they signed their contract, she told TikTok. She did not name the real estate in question. When Tahlia picked up the keys to her rental property, she explained the experience was “very strange.” (Tahlia said her new home had food in the kitchen and seemed like someone had been living there before she moved...
Local Property News | Posted by Shwe Zin Win
[Unicode] ဝင်ငွေနည်းတဲ့ပြည်သူတွေ၊နိုင်ငံဝန်ထမ်းတွေနဲ့အငြိမ်းစားဝန်ထမ်းတွေအတွက်ရည်ရွယ် တည်ဆောက်နေတဲ့ ရန်ကုန်ပြည်သူ့အငှားအိမ်ရာ စီမံကိန်းဟာ (၈၀)ရာခိုင်နှုန်းကျော် ပြီးစီးနေပြီဖြစ်တယ်လို့ မြို့ပြနှင့်အိမ်ယာဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးဦးစီးဌာနက...
Foreign Property News | Posted by Si Thu Aung
Kevin Costner's estranged wife has moved into "staff quarters" on the actor's estate. Christine Baumgartner was ordered to move out of the ocean-front home she shared with the 'Yellowstone' star, and after moving trucks were seen leaving the $145 million compound on Friday (28.07.23), it has now emerged she has found a "temporary solution" to ensure she was out of the abode in accordance with the 31 July deadline set by the court and is still house-hunting. A source told People magazine: “Christine is following the legal advice per the pre-nup and is vacating the family house. She will stay at a smaller house on the property that’s been used as a staff quarter. "This is...
Foreign Property News | Posted by Zarni Kyaw
A widowed grandma who won a $6 million mansion for less than $50 has decided to sell the luxury property just three months later. In May this year, June Smith, 74, from Essex in the UK, entered the Omaze Million Pound House Draw for £25 ($31) and won. She secured herself an ultra-modern three-story, six-bedroom house in the seaside county of Cornwall. The property was said to be the biggest-ever house prize to be given away in a draw in Britain and came mortgage free, with all stamp duty and legal fees covered. Ms. Smith also pocketed £100,000 ($127,000) in cash to help her settle in. Ms. Smith, who has three children and six grandchildren, lost her husband of 42...
Foreign Property News | Posted by Hnin Ei Khin
From secret bunkers to creepy messages under a layer of wallpaper, it seems as if everyone is finding the craziest (and coolest) things in their home. And, if you thought uncovering a sunken living room or indoor swimming pool was the ultimate too-weird-to-be-true, the internet just reminded us that a man found an entire city under his home back in 1963. (Yes, you read that correctly: A city.) According to a popular Instagram account called History Photographed, back in the early 1960s, a Turkish man was chasing his chicken in his basement during a round of renovations—and found a hole that lead to a series of intricate tunnels and shelters up to 280 feet deep. Upon...
Foreign Property News | Posted by Shwe Zin Win
Leaders often grabble with crisis by going into survival mode—that is, by cutting costs and doing everything in their power to keep the business afloat. But one of China’s richest women is doing the exact opposite: Yang Huiyan is donating to charity over half of her company, just as it struggles with the country’s real estate crisis. Huiyan, who is chair of Country Garden Services Holdings Company, is giving about 55% of her personal stake in the property management firm, which is equivalent to about $826 million, to a charity founded by her younger sister. According to a statement published by the company, Huiyan has donated around 675 million shares of...
Foreign Property News | Posted by Aye Myat Thu
At his peak, Sylvester Stallone dominated the Hollywood business for a considerable amount of time. With many blockbusters to his credit, Stallone will have amassed a net worth of hundreds of millions of dollars by the time his career is through. Sylvester Stallone was recognized as one of the finest performers of our time. Recently, one of the most famous singers of our generation, Adele has recently bought his mansion at a hefty price, but it came with a catch. (Sylvester Stallone) Adele seems to be making some significant real estate investments as of January 2022. The British singer bought Stallone’s Beverly Park mansion, which she previously showed...
Foreign Property News | Posted by Hnin Ei Khin
The Belgian city of Antwerp may be known as the world’s diamond trading hub, while most rough stones are mined in Russia or Africa. But some 150 miles north of Mumbai, India, lies a lesser-known gem capital: Surat, where around 90% of all the planet’s diamonds are cut. Now, the city in Gujarat state has a record-breaking building to house its mammoth industry. The newly-opened Surat Diamond Bourse is billed as a “one-stop destination” for over 65,000 diamond professionals, including cutters, polishers and traders. Featuring a succession of nine rectangular structures spilling out from — and interconnected via — a central “spine,” the...
Foreign Property News | Posted by Shwe Zin Win
A GP who paid £230,000 for his dream house has discovered that he only owns half of it due to a bizarre issue. Dr Babar Akbar claims he was sold a lie after losing £150,000 on the property in Dunfermline, Scotland. (A GP was fraudulently sold half of a house in a bizarre scam.Credit: Google Maps) (Dr Babar Akbar was duped by forged papers hiding the fact that the home was still partly owned by the estranged wife of Donald Booth.Credit: University of Dundee) The problem was that Donald Booth, the man who sold him the home, did not disclose that it was still jointly owned by his estranged wife. This meant that Mr Booth was only...